BKO-IO: A map of didactic competencies Project Group BKO-IO Jan Schoormans, chairman Ellen Bos, ES&A Mandy Tamerus, HR Wil Luijten, secretarial support 1 Grounds of this project Ground 1 • Agreement between Ministry of Education and TU Delft Executive Board: a performance indicator for financing: in 2015 70% of all academic staff is expected to meet the competencies of the (3 TU) BKO-programme Ground 2 • Low scores on didactic quality of our staff in NSE (National Student Enquiry) | 2 (3 TU) BKO-programme • ‘BKO’ stands for Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs/University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) • BKO-Programme contains a set of didactic modules. A BKO-certificate will be earned if a candidate has finalized with success: • • • • The three basic courses of the BKO programme One optional course The final assignment The interview with the evaluation committee • Investment: 160 hours | 3 The aim of the project BKO-IO We need to determine if and to what extent each academic staff member meets the didactic competencies of the BKO-programme A staff member • Owns a BKO- or other related didactic certificate • Fullfills the didactic competencies based on (proof of) experiences: • Does not fullfill (all) the didactic competencies. • He/she is obliged to follow (part of) the BKO-programme | 4 The target group Academic staff member: • Permanent contract (including Tenure Track) • With the UFO-profile: HL, UHD, UD, Teacher, O&O (only if being a teacher) • Appointment > 0,2 fte • Age: < 60 years | 5 Our procedure Step 1 Fill in the Education Portfolio IDE. 4 - elements: Curriculum Vitae in prescribed format Suggestion of 4/5 names for peer feedback Statement of your own Teaching Philosophy Self-evaluation (supported by proof) of the five didactic competence areas. Estimated investment: 8 – 12 hours | 6 Our procedure Step 2 4 review committees, each composing of: • A coordinator of one of the four educational programmes (Ba, Ma-DfI, Ma-SPD, Ma-IPD) • A didactic expert The review committee formulates to what degree a staff members didactic competencies are BKO-comparable. | 7 Our procedure Step 3 Based on the evaluation of the review committee, the project group formulates a proposed decision: yes, or no to follow (part of) BKO-course. This will be communicated to the staff member involved and his/her manager. Possibility of asking for revision. | 8 Our procedure Step 4 Decision by dean of the Faculty Inclusion results of the evaluation in R&O cycle (staff member) and decision in R&O-cycle (manager) | 9 Planning Medio Nov ‘13 Medio Dec ‘13 2nd week of Dec. Medio Jan ‘14 Jan. Send letter to department DE Deadline DE staff member Send letter to department ID + PIM Deadline ID + PIM staff members Proposed decision to DE staff members Feb./March ‘14 Proposed decision to ID + PIM staff members April ‘14 – Dec. ‘15 If needed, Staff members start to follow (part of) the BKO programm | 10 Some specific aspects • IDE Workshops ‘Project didactic’ and ‘assessment’ –> part of BKO-programme • Consequence of the instrument ‘feedback by colleagues’: one person can have to fill-in several feedback forms | 11 Questions Or: • Contact: Jan Schoormans, Ellen Bos, Mandy Tamerus or Wil Luijten | 12