Planning for CIA in Semester 2 2009

I have not added to this journal for some years but events over the last semester or so have encouraged me to refocus on formal reflective practise.  These reasons include:

• The journey through the TATAL program and the development of a teaching philosophy statement and a teaching portfolio
• The formal training I have received in reflective practice through the distributed leadership project
• The need to show evidence for the performance development review

I am making some significant changes to CIA this semester.  The motivation for these changes include:

• Ideas I have acquired about teaching through the TATAL program
• Ideas I have acquired through attending sessions conducted by A/Prof Helen Carter and A/Prof Mark Freeman
• Results from the CEQ surveys showing some continuing weaknesses in student satisfaction and generic skills
• Some problems with engagement with students which occurred in Semester 1 in CIA that may have contributed to the higher than expected failure rate
• Some positive results from engagement exercises conducted in Semester 1 in Professional Accounting

I will detail the individual changes in separate entries.