FAQs for Course leaders.
What if the TW academic does not turn up to teaching session? The TW team believe that this is a collaborative working environment. We work with a professional ethos and communicate to our TW academics that if they for any reason are unable to attend the planned teaching session as part of their course that you are made aware well in advance in order to allow time for your course team to provide cover. We advise our TW academics to work collaboratively with your courses to pencil in dates and time which work best for both the course and the TW availability. If for any reason the TW does not turn up and provides no notice due to reasons beyond their control the course leader can contact Montana. Hosting the TW academic, do we pay them from course budgets? No, we at Shades of Noir pay for the TW academic to engage in 36 paid hours of teaching which is fully funded by Shades of Noir. The course teams do not have to do anything. The Teaching Within team will have advised the TW academics about the relevant steps to take to log their completed hours with the TW team. This is all processed and managed by the TW team. However, anything beyond the 36 hours of paid teaching must be paid from the course teams budgets. What expectations as a Course leader and my team are there? The Teaching Within team will organise introductory meetings with your allocated TW academic alongside Montana who is the lead of TW, Angie who deals with the logistics of the TW and usually your programme leader will attend. This is an opportunity to meet and greet one another and find out the expectations of the programme as well as an opportunity to answer any questions. We see this as a mutually professional and beneficial environment which needs an ongoing commitment from all staff in welcoming the TW academic and offering a space which allows the TW academic to learn and also provide teaching as part of your team. The expectations are we expect professionalism, commitment and openness from all parties involved. We see that by hosting the TW academic programme this will provide your team with a skilled individual equipped to aid the workload with a shared sense of commitment. The TW academics should be treated like another academic member of staff and no different.
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