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            • Important dates and process
            • Support for applicants
              • RMIT Teaching Awards - Information for referees
              • Writing an application - Part 1
              • Writing an application - Part 2
              • Writing an application - Part 3
            • Past recipients and celebrations

RMIT Teaching Awards support

Awards coordinators

• RMIT University Teaching awards and grants coordinator
• College of Business awards coordinator
• College of Design and Social Context awards coordinator
• College of Science, Engineering and Health awards coordinator
• Portfolios awards coordinator - students, teaching and learning

Information sessions

• Information sessions
• 2011 information sessions presentation (PDF, 660 KB)
• ‘Writing Applications for Teaching Awards’ presentation (PDF, 223 KB)
• 'Some Cross Cultural Issues in Writing Award Applications' presentation (PDF, 598 KB)

Professor Geoffrey Crisp's presentation on writing an application for an RMIT Teaching Award. This was recorded at Storey Hall on 25 July 2011.

• Watch the ‘Writing an application for a Teaching Award’ video - part 1 [M4V, 45.1MB, 00:23:11min]
• Watch the ‘Writing an application for a Teaching Award’ video - part 2 [M4V, 46.1MB, 00:24:39min]
• Watch the ‘Writing an application for a Teaching Award’ video - part 3 [M4V, 20.8MB, 00:10:51min]

Guides for writing

• Information for referees
• An amusing piece of advice, the Worst Scholarship Essay, has been written for applicants of US Universities, with sage words about writing styles and not ‘going over the top’.

Examples of applications

• Teaching Awards exemplar 1 (PDF) (Staff log in required)
  is an example of an application for a Teaching Award under the ALTC Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning which demonstrates the style of writing which can be used in teaching award applications.
• Cat A Award exemplar 1 (PDF) (Staff log in required)
• Cat B2 TAFE Initiative of the Year exemplar (PDF) (Staff log in required)
• Early Career Award Exemplar (PDF) (Staff log in required)
• Cat P – Program Awards – First Year Experience exemplar (PDF) (Staff log in required)

Accessing CES data

You are required to use CES data as evidence to support your claims. To access data for comparative purposes visit Survey Services for the Course Evaluation Survey. From there you can access data relating to:

• Field of Education (ASCED – Australian Standard Classification of Education)
• Portfolio
• Program
• School