Draft in progress (2 April 2007) Mia O’Brien (TEDI) 1 CURRICULUM LEADERSHIP IN ACTION A sub-project within phase two of the UQ Educational Leadership Project funded by the Carrick Institute (2006-2009) 1 Mia O’Brien (Project Leader) Fred D’Agostino (Project Director and Co-Leader) Invitation to Participate Are you involved in a curriculum leadership role within your school or faculty? These would include (though not limited to) such tasks as: - convening a major or program of study; - contextualising/developing major or program specific graduate attributes; - responding to school evaluation reports for the UQ curriculum review or TQA process; - implementing a ‘whole-of-program/school’ approach to assessment or other teaching/learning initiative; - consolidating and embedding an initiative across the first year/final year; - realigning course objectives and assessment within a major or program; - aligning program/major courses and assessment with external accreditation bodies/requirements; - embedding technology and flexible approaches to learning and teaching within the major or program. If so, you are invited to nominate for participation in this curriculum leadership in action project. Please use the attached template to provide details of your curriculum leadership task, and your nomination must include an endorsement from the Head of School or Director of Studies (and the program convenor where relevant). Proposed Timeframe June 2007 – July 2008 (timeline is flexible and will give consideration to school/faculty timeframes where possible) Why nominate (what’s in it for you)? Curriculum leadership is a highly under-recognised activity. Often people involved in curriculum leadership tasks have little opportunity to formally prepare for such roles nor much to draw on in the way of experience, resources, guidelines, and support. Most importantly, the outcomes of these activities are rarely acknowledged and formally recognised as significant contributions and scholarly achievements. This project is part of a larger project on curriculum leadership, recently funded by the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching (see footnote). Our aim is to document the complex suite of knowledge, expertise and activities involved within curriculum leadership 1 Closing the Gap in Curriculum Development Leadership. A project funded by Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching, under the Carrick Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching 2006 Scheme. Project description downloadable from: www.carrickinstitute.edu.au/carrick/go/home/grants/pid/97