STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF STAFF AND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT -
A GLANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB
SCM TEMPUS - SMSDU - Zagreb, November, 2004.
prof.dr. Vlasta Vizek Vidović
UNESCO Chair in Governance and Management of Higher Education
University of Zagreb
• University of Zagreb portrait
• SWOT analysis of staff/faculty development
• Examples of good practice at UZ
• Why SMSDU?
Topics
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University of Zagreb portrait 2002-2003
• founded in 1669 by Leopold I Habsburg • the oldest Croatian and South-East European
university
Constituents:– 28 faculties– 3 art academies– teacher’s academy– university studies/centres – university CIT centre– student centre
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University of Zagreb portrait 2002-2003 cont.
• 52.000 enrolled students (54% females)• 130 BA and 80 graduate study programmes• cca 6,700 students awarded BA degrees• cca 600 M.Sc. and 270 Ph.D. • cca 5,100 faculty and 2,300 administrative staff• cca 100 foreign students • 50% of total yearly research output in Croatia• bilateral agreements with 45 universities from Australia,
N & S America and Europe
SCM TEMPUS - SMSDU - Zagreb, November, 2004.
SWOT analysis of staff/faculty development at UZSTRENGTHS • Recognition of the importance of the S/F development
as a part of university development strategy (“Breakthrough 2001”, Tempus- QUASYS)
• Independent efforts of some faculties to start their own teacher training courses
• Introduction concepts of institutional quality culture and accountability
• Support of staff/faculty development in the area of CIT (librarians, administration, young researches)
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SWOT analysis continued
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WEAKNESSES• Still dominant traditional beliefs about teaching as
transmission of knowledge• Ecellence in teaching and/or professional competence
not tied to the promotion scheme• Students’ previous experience as passive learners• Lack of financial and human resources to support
infrastructure needed for systematic staff/faculty development
SWOT analysis continued
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OPPORTUNITIES• Worldwide changes in the approaches to
learning/teaching in HED• Growing body of research data on different aspects of
learning/teaching in HED• Recognition of international documents on continuos
education and life-long learning• Rectors’ conference recognition of the importance of
university teacher training in new approaches to teaching and learning
SWOT analysis continued
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THREATS• Inability to approach all EU programs supporting
the transformation of European area of higher education
• Lack of clear national strategy in the domain of higher education
• Prevailing general view of higher education as a consumption and not an investment
• Insufficient financing from the state budget of the Croatian reform of higher education
Program: READING AND WRITING FOR CRITICAL THINKING ACROSS CURRICULUM IN HED
Provider: NGO Forum for the freedom of educationFinancial support: from OSI to self-supportingAccreditation: International Reading AssociationFormat: 4 workshops - total 60 hoursTopics:1. Active learning and ERR teaching framework2. Reading, writing and discussion for critical thinking3. Cooperative and experiential learning 4. Planning and assessment in higher educationBeneficiaries: 110 university teachers from Zagreb, Zadar, Rijeka
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Assumptions underlying ALCT program
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1. Enhancing student competences, developing work related skills
2. Using student experience as a learning resource 3. Encouraging active and cooperative learning 4. Promoting students’ responsibility for learning 5. Engaging also with student values, feelings and
motives 6. Fostering open, flexible and outcome-based
assessment
Education for CIT
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Providers: CARNET and SRCEFinancial support: MZOS and self-supportingTypes of programmes:• European Computer Driving License – SRCE• EDUPOINT – Carnet• E-academy – Carnet• Training for researchersTopics: Introductory computer use, Internet courses; e-
learning; IT administrators training; scientific database searching
Beneficiaries: Faculty, administration, students, IT staff
Medical School Teachers training programme
Provider: Harvard Medical InternationalFinancial support: MZOS, Faculty of MedicineTypes of programmes:• curriculum development workshops, seminars, trainings• consultationsTopics: raising curriculum development awareness, tools for curriculum development, international curriculum experienceBeneficiaries: Faculty, management
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Why SMSDU?
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• Formulate binding strategic document regarding staff/faculty development policy at the participating universities
• Define conditions for the accreditation of staff/faculty development programs
• Provide outline of minimal requirements for the promotion of staff and faculty based on CPD credits
• Outline organizational structure of the staff/faculty development unit & educational consultancy service at universities
• Promote the concept of the advanced postgraduate certification programs for educators and trainers (MEd, DBA in HED)
• Initiate applied research projects in educational developments in HED