This document discusses teaching excellence from national and institutional perspectives. It provides perspectives from government ministers and organizations on the importance of teaching and evaluating teaching quality. It also discusses frameworks for evaluating teaching excellence, such as the UK Professional Standards Framework and National Student Survey. Student quotes are presented that praise excellent teachers for their teaching skills, commitment, and ability to make lessons engaging. The document considers what evidence can be used to demonstrate teaching excellence at the individual, team and institutional levels.

1. PGCertLTHETeaching excellence21st September 2011

2. National and institutional perspectivesUK Professional Standards Framework

3. Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategies

4. National Teaching Fellowship Scheme

5. Liverpool Students’ Union Outstanding / Amazing Teacher Award

6. L and T criteria for Readerships and Professorships

7. National Student SurveySupporting teaching excellence “Of course, there is nothing to stop universities from granting professorships on the strength of excellent teaching..Nor is there any obstacle to institutions rewarding good teaching in their pay and career progression frameworks. We’ve just got to do it. David Willetts 9th September 2010

8. 2010....... Teaching is the new research?“It should be no less prestigious to achieve world-class excellence or elite status in undergraduate teaching” Vince Cable 15th July 2010“The sector is grappling with the need to demonstrate value for money to the government and the population at large” HEA Future work and structure August 2010“What is provided for students will be put under far greater scrutiny in the years ahead – and it should be” Aaron Porter 8th September 2010“It should be a source of pride for an institution to be an excellent teaching university. That is what most students rightly see as the backbone of their university experience.” David Willets 9th September 2010

9. Commenting on the results from the National Student Survey 2010, Universities and Science Minister David Willetts said:‘I want to ensure prospective students have comprehensive, up-to-date and comparable information about what is on offer.’‘It is desirable to make available clear guidance about the risks and issues associated with using NSS results for the purposes of comparison’ HEFCE July 2010

10. ‘The man is a legend. His encouragement makes you feel like you can achieve anything at anytime, his teaching style is a dream and he is committed to showing students how to think outside the box.’‘he made a potentially boring lecture .... an un-missable lecture, his disciplined approach to the subject made it important to attended the class’....‘actually teaches in her lectures. She is interesting, informative and knowledgeable.’‘he works hard to ensure that we fully understand his subject’‘his high professionalism, his extreme good nature, his no-nonsense approach to slackers and his quirky charm that have led to the enormous respect he holds with all who have been taught by him.’

11. What are we missing? Schuck et al. (2008) ‘Student views of education accurately capture the essence of good teaching’....

12. Non –instruction biases in student evaluations of teaching CourseTutorStudent

16. Teaching excellence: what does the research say?Barnett- “jettison” the notion Entwistle, Prosser and Trigwell, Tight, Ramsdenand others – student focused D’Andrea and Gosling, Knight, Kreber, Shulman, Skelton – scholarlyMacfarlane - set of virtues