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    Unitec has identified eight core teaching competencies that form the basis for professional development.

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    Teaching Competencies @import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Carrois+Gothic'); Teaching Competencies Create learner-centred environments Design for effective learning Facilitate learning Assess and give feedback on learning Review learning and teaching Show discipline/ industry expertise Engage in continuous professional development Contribute to programme's operation and success

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  • Competency 1

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    Learner-centred icon Create Learner-Centred Environments
    COURSE NAME DESCRIPTION
    Working with International learners
    		 This course helps teachers to recognise the English language needs of International learners, acknowledge the demands of specific courses and know what to do to support International students' learning. More...
    Teaching Pacific learners
    		 This course helps teachers to recognise the needs of Pacific learners and explore teaching approaches that suit them. More...
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  • Competency 2

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    Effective Learning icon Design for Effective Learning
    COURSE NAME DESCRIPTION
    Design Collaborative Learning
    		 This course helps teachers to design learning activities using appropriate strategies for collaborative learning. More...
    Design Group Assessment
    		 This course helps teachers to design group assessment processes that ensure fairness and transparency. More...
    Introduction to Moodle  This course helps teachers to set up and use Moodle to actively engage students. More...
    Writing Learning Outcomes  This course helps teachers to develop skills in designing and/or redeveloping learning outcomes for a course to ensure achievement of the programme graduate profile outcome(s). More...
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  • Competency 3

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    Facilitate Learning icon Facilitate Learning
    COURSE NAME DESCRIPTION
    Active Learning  This course helps teachers to design and facilitate active learning to engage students. More...
    Echo360 Classroom Engagement - Interactive Presentations This course helps teachers to create, design and apply the Echo360 presentation active learning features to better engage students in face-to-face environments. More...
    Literacy Learning Strategies: Writing After completing this course, you will be able to apply appropriate teaching and learning strategies to support the literacy development of selected learners. More...
    Literacy Learning Strategies: Reading After completing this course, you will be able to apply appropriate teaching and learning strategies to support the literacy development of selected learners. More...
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  • Competency 4

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    Assess and Feedback icon Assess and Give Feedback on Learning
    COURSE NAME DESCRIPTION
    Introduction to Summative Assessment  The course is designed specifically for staff who are new to teaching. The intention is to make sure new teachers know how to implement, mark and record the outcomes of 'summative' assessment processes in accordance with Unitec's rules and regulations. More...
    Improve Summative Assessment This course helps teachers to deepen their understanding of what good assessment is; and to use that knowledge to make improvements to existing assessments. More...
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  • Competency 5

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    Review icon Review Learning and Teaching
    COURSE NAME DESCRIPTION
    Peer Teacher Coaching This course helps teachers to observe colleagues' teaching practice, to give constructive feedback, and to enhance learning and teaching in a team. More...
    Teaching Under 25 Learners  This course helps teachers to evaluate their teaching practice for working with under 25 learners against good practice criteria. More...
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  • Competency 6

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    Industry expertise icon Show Discipline/Industry Expertise
    COURSE NAME DESCRIPTION

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  • Competency 7

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    Professional development icon Engage in Continuous Professional Development
    COURSE NAME DESCRIPTION

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  • Competency 8

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    Programme contribution icon Contribute to Programme's Operation and Academic Success
    COURSE NAME DESCRIPTION
    Academic Integrity This course supports teachers to guide their students about their responsibilities with academic integrity. More...
    Working with Graduate Profiles Supporting teachers to work with graduate profiles to create relevant and useful courses and programmes of study. More...
    Pacific learners : Success and Retention
    		 This course supports teachers to monitor students' progress and apply relevant pastoral care.  More...
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