The Faculty of Health Sciences recognises staff for teaching excellence and innovation. Awards are presented annually across a number of areas.
To better enable and encourage staff to apply for a 2023 Faculty Teaching Excellence and Innovation Award, we have made some changes:
Extended application period – now due 5pm Tuesday 31 October 2023
Flexible format for the Application Statement – select a format that suits you (written statement, video presentation, be creative!). Details are in the attached documents.
No requirement for a certificate of completion of PREP – just evidence that individuals/team leaders have commenced or completed the process.
$2000 prize monies for successful individual applicants and up to $10k for successful teams.
Health Sciences recognises excellence and innovation in teaching
These awards aim to provide recognition and reward for outstanding performances, by both individuals and teams, in teaching and enhancing student learning. The categories include Teaching, Programs that Enhance Student Learning and Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.
$2000 prize monies for successful individual applicants and up to $10k for successful teams are available across the following areas:
The Lifetime Achievement Award was introduced in 2018 and recognises individuals in the Faculty of who are reaching retirement and have demonstrated sustained excellence in student learning. Due to the nature of this award and remuneration guidelines this award does not attract funding.
Faculty Award winners will be encouraged to nominate for University Teaching Awards.
Each award category has different requirements and selection criteria. Applicants will need to refer to the appropriate guidelines for each category (see links above).
Heads of Schools/Program Areas, Directors of Learning and Teaching and peers should encourage worthy nominees to submit an application. In all cases, except the Lifetime Achievement Award, the nominee must prepare and submit the application. Applicants are advised to allocate adequate time to this task to ensure that references and Head of School support can be included with the application.
Eligibility
All members of the Faculty of Health Sciences academic staff whether full-time or part-time, teaching in undergraduate or postgraduate programs, on-shore or off-shore, are eligible to be nominated, provided they have taught at Curtin for at least two years. Citations are also open to non-academic staff and university associates who make a contribution to student learning. Refer to each category of awards for more detailed eligibility guidelines.
Winners of a University EITA or Australian Government AAUT are ineligible to apply for a Faculty Teaching Award in the same calendar year in which they are a recipient.
Interested staff are encouraged to discuss with their School’s Director of Learning and Teaching.
The 2023 round is now OPEN.
Individual Nominees and Team Lead Nominees are required to have undertaken a Peer Review of Educational Practice and provide the certificate of completion.
Receipt of nominations will be acknowledged by email.
Awards Selection and Notification
The Dean, Learning and Teaching will chair a panel of Directors and other relevant staff to determine the winners. All applicants will be notified of the outcome shortly thereafter and awards will be presented at a date yet to be determined. Feedback can be provided, by the Dean, Learning and Teaching on request. Please note, it is advantageous to evidence sound scholarship (e.g. applied knowledge of educational theory and relevant current scholarship).
Previous excellence in teaching winners
Category
EITA Winner
School
Teaching Award: Individual Teacher
Dr Krysten Blackford
Curtin School of Population Health
Teaching Excellence Award: Teaching LargeClasses
Dr Takeshi Hamamura
Curtin School of Population Health
Teaching Excellence Award – Teaching Team
Evidence-Based Practice for Physiotherapists Team -Associate Professor Kylie Hill, Associate Professor JennyDowns, Professor Anne Smith, Associate Professor ViniciusCavalheri and Dr Susan Morris
Curtin School of Allied Health
Citation for Outstanding Contribution toStudent Learning – Innovation, leadership orscholarship that has influenced and enhancedlearning and teaching and/or the studentexperience
Cockburn ARC Exercise Science Practicum Placement Team -Mr Tom Kimmet and Mr Ray Seaby, with the citation “Authenticlearning experiences within internal, student-led ExerciseScience practicum placements that led to greater self-perceivereadiness for employment within industry”.
Curtin School of Allied Health
Citation For Outstanding Contribution ToStudent Learning: Approaches to the supportof learning and teaching that influence,motivate and inspire students to learn.
Dr Carly Brade,Providing authentic and effective learning opportunities to first-year Exercise and Sport Science students to advance practicalskills and enhance professional identity and employability skills.
Curtin School of Allied Health
Category
Nominee
School
Individual Teacher Award
Kiran Parsons
Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Early Career Award
Chantelle Highman
Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology
Citation for Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or the student experience: For advancing anatomy education through digital technologies, innovative assessment methods, and meaningful feedback for learning.
Beatriz Ito Ramos de Oliviera
Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
Citation for Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or the student experience: For leadership of the undergraduate speech pathology course; facilitating an enhanced student learning experience and excellence in course design and delivery in a challenging context.
Lydia Timms
Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology
Citation for Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or the student experience: For outstanding leadership of occupational therapy fieldwork education resulting in diverse, high quality, sustainable and innovative work-integrated-learning experiences.
Sally Hunter
Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology
Category
EITA Winner
School
Individual Teacher Award
Toni Hannelly
Public Health
Early Career Award
Sharon Smart
Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology
Teaching Team Award
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Team – Michelle Kendell, Evan Coopes, Karen Richards, Bronwyn Smith, Alan Reubenson, Julie Bayliss, David Sainsbury, Tanis Kelly, Sonia Ranelli
Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
Citation for sustained and outstanding contribution to physiotherapy education. Supporting students and educators through leadership of high quality, industry-engaged and innovative work-integrated learning
Alan Reubenson
Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
Citation for enhancing physiotherapy students’ clinical, professional and employability skills through the design and implementation of immersive and work-integrated simulation-based learning activities
Diane Dennis
Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
Category
EITA Winner
School
Lifetime Achievement
Alma Dender
Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology
Citation For Outstanding Contribution To Student Learning: Sustained and outstanding contribution to student learning in Social Work through leading high quality, sustainable, industry-engaged work-integrated-learning
Kate Duncanson
Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology
Citation For Outstanding Contribution To Student Learning: Sustained and outstanding contribution to physiotherapy education through the innovative use of technology to support learning
