Teaching & Learning Centre - Academic Staff Development
TLC drives the pedagogical staff development to enable curriculum and practice to be aligned with the NP direction to provide an enriching and engaging learner-centered experience.
A range of staff development opportunities are offered throughout the academic year. These include:
In-house training programmes
Academic Leadership Development
Academic Consultation & Collaboration
Applied/Action Research Projects
In-house Training Programmes
For New Academic Staff
- Professional Development in Education (Basic)
This programme is for newly appointed full-time academic staff. It familiarises participants with teaching and learning principles and practices which are key to the NP Learning Environment. - International Fellows' Induction Programme
This programme is for newly appointed International Fellows. It provides participants with a summary of the teaching and learning principles and practices which are key to the NP Learning Environment. - Professional Preparation Programme
This programme is for newly appointed Adjunct teaching staff. It provides participants with an overview of the teaching and learning principles and practices which are key to the NP Learning Environment.
Continuing Professional Development in Education
- Professional Development in Education (Advanced)
A broad range of half-day or one-day training modules are offered under this banner to cater to the continuing professional development needs of academic staff in the area of teaching and learning. These modules are tailored to develop one or a combination of 10 key Teaching and Learning competencies across a range of key academic job functions. - MeLBytes
A broad range of byte-sized hands-on programmes are offered under this banner to cater specifically to developing IT literacy and the use of technology for teaching and learning. - Lunchtime Seminars
This platform encourages academic staff to present, share, discuss and exchange teaching ideas and practices. Sessions are short, informal, and held over lunch. Examples of topics presented in such sessions include 'Exploring Dialogue for learning - an engineer's journey' and 'Laptops in the Classroom: bane or boon'.
Academic Leadership Development
TLC offers training programmes tailored to the particular needs of staff in academic leadership and course management positions. These programmes equip these staff with the essential knowledge and know-how to plan and lead curriculum innovation and to ensure a quality learning experience. Examples of key areas of focus here are curriculum planning and mapping, futures thinking, and planning and leading change.
- Academic Consultation & Collaboration
TLC offers consultation to individual academic staff as well as teaching teams in aspects of teaching and learning as identified by the staff. 'Module design' and 'infusing e-learning into a module' are two examples of such consultation projects. Staff participating in these consultations develop key skills in the specific aspects of each project.
TLC holds regular collaboration and consultation with all NP Schools in areas that include planning and leading LcL, and leveraging on Technology across the curriculum.
TLC also collaborate with our iMedia Centre and the NP Schools to develop courseware that are purposely fit into the learning design of the recipient modules.
- Applied/Action Research
TLC offers academic staff the opportunity to work collaboratively with it on specific applied or action research projects. Staff participating in these projects will develop a deeper understanding of educational issues through an exploration and analysis of authentic teaching and learning issues, literature, and data.
The outcome of these projects will be presented at appropriate teaching and learning conferences and seminars.