Associate Lecturer Education Teaching

**STANDARD TEACHING POSITION DESCRIPTION
**Position **Associate Lecturer Education Teaching and Research Post-Graduate Research, International Baccalaureate, pedagogy, and Chinese***
**Position Number **1110I03** Level/ Classification **ACLEA Step 4
**Reports to **Dr Peter Whipp***
**Division **Education
**College **SHEE

**Position Purpose**

An Associate Lecturer Level A is expected to carry out activities to develop scholarly research and
professional expertise relevant to the profession or discipline. This position contributes to the teaching
effort of the Discipline, particularly at the undergraduate level, and is also expected to perform a limited
range of administrative functions.

**About Murdoch University**

Murdoch University helps people discover how to make a difference, through education and research
endeavor, and remains one of the most inclusive universities in the country, providing students with quality
education and recognised academic standing within an engaging and caring environment. We are a
university for all, irrespective of background and social standing with a focus on social equity, self-direction
and freedom of thought and belief.

With strong links to government, business and the community, Murdoch University helps people discover
how to make a difference. We are a young, innovative and enterprising university with more than 23,000
students and 1,700 staff across Perth, Singapore and Dubai. We are committed to high quality education,
innovative research, and strong community engagement both locally and internationally.

Our Strategic Plan and Future Horizon 2017-2027 outlines an ambitious blueprint for development and
growth, with a focus on one purpose: to be a creative force for current and future generations.

We are clear about our two core goals: to educate free thinkers who thrive in society and are sought after
by employers; and, to provide life changing solutions for the world’s big challenges through our outstanding
translational research and innovative practice.

**About the Work Area**

The School of Education is one of Murdoch's most established Schools. It has a long tradition of world
- class research in educational assessment, program evaluation, and the design of curricula utilising new
technologies in the learning sciences, STEAM (science education integrated with arts-based inquiry)
and educational policy and pedagogies for social justice. A range of undergraduate and postgraduate
courses in Teacher Education, and postgraduate masters and doctoral courses in Education are offered
both onshore and offshore.

Position Description
Associate Lecturer Level A

The School is proud of its stimulating collegial research and teaching environment with strong links
nationally and internationally. It also has strong networks locally to school systems, communities,
professional bodies and associations. Underpinning the School’s values is a strong commitment to
research that is relevant, rigorous and makes a difference. Teacher education courses aim to develop
critically reflective graduate teachers who have a strong theoretical grounding in learning,
teaching/pedagogy and curriculum.

The College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education was formed in January 2019 from an
amalgamation of the Schools of Veterinary and Sciences, Engineering IT, Health Professions,
Psychology and Exercise Science, and Education. The combination of these individually strong areas
has been designed to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration, academic expertise and promote strengths
in research and teaching across the sciences.

The College hosts a number of cross disciplinary research and teaching facilities, research groups and
centres in:

- Psychology, Counselling, Exercise Science and Chiropractic
- Nursing
- Education
- Engineering and Energy
- Maths and Statistics, Chemistry and Physics
- Agricultural Sciences
- Environmental and Conservation Sciences
- Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences
- Veterinary Medicine - Virtual School of Veterinary Medicine

**Reporting Relationships**
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Head of Discipline (Education)**
Academic Staff Member

**Key Responsibilities / Duties**

1. Undertake teaching at the undergraduate level, including preparing and delivering lectures, tutorials,

seminars, practical classes, demonstrations, workshops, student field excursions, clinical sessions
and studio sessions, and marking and assessments.

2. Develop and practice innovative teaching and learning methods.
3. Develop a scholarly-informed professional expertise relevant to the profession or discipline.
5. Consult with, and provide advice to, undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Position Description
Associate Lecturer Level A

6. Contribute to the College, the University, the profession and the discipline.
7. Participate in the University’s Academic Contribution Development Review (ACDR).
8. Undertake such othe