Starting as programme director
When starting out as a program director, you often need support and expansion of your expertise for your (new) responsibilities. As a program director, how do you ensure the quality of the programme, good staffing and good cooperation? What is involved in the process and what should you pay attention to?
Each year an induction programme starts that supports you as a programme director with the above. It is a partly demand‑driven programme, in which the needs and questions of the participants are the starting point.
Programme details
Didactic principles:
- Interactive, inspiring and informative
- Sharing knowledge between programme directors
- Room for peer consultation and working on your own learning questions
During the training you will address, among others, the following questions:
- What does the role of programme director involve? What are you responsible for: programme content, quality assurance, budgets?
- What do you need to know about the organisational structure? What does that mean for structuring your own programme? Who is involved?
- Information provision: What information comes your way, or do you want to look for yourself? What is relevant for your role?
- How do you organise collaboration and exchange with the management team and the teaching team?
- How do you ensure alignment within the curriculum, for example between lecturers or between learning objectives and final qualifications?
- What does the quality cycle for the programme look like?
- What would you like to achieve in the coming period?
- Where are your own (potential) development areas in your role as programme director?
You will receive a detailed programme for the four sessions (half‑days).
In short
| Target audience | Programme directors in the first year of their appointment and for whom this role is new. | |
| Time investment | Four interactive workshops, a total of 16 contact hours. You are expected to attend each workshop. In addition, you will spend on average 1 hour per workshop on a preparatory assignment. | |
| Language | Dutch | |
| Educators | Jacobijn Olthoff and Judith Bekebrede | |
| Participants | Ideally 5–10 participants | |
| Location | Roeterseiland campus (see “Registration”) | |
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About the trainers
Jacobijn is programme director of the University Teacher Education programmes and, prior to that, was programme director of another degree programme and chair of the Works Council of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG). She has built up substantial (practical) expertise in programme management and leading lecturers in a university context.
Judith is an educational advisor for teacher development at TLC-Centraal. She is an experienced trainer and coach in higher education. Previously she was programme director of the Universitaire Pabo van Amsterdam (a dual bachelor’s programme). In that programme she gained extensive experience with complex contexts, leading lecturers and student advising.
If you have questions or would like more information, please contact: j.olthoff@uva.nl or j.i.bekebrede@uva.nl
Registration
After registering, you will receive an automated invitation for each session in your Outlook calendar (don’t forget to accept it). If the location is not yet known at the time of registration, you will receive an update for each date later.
This programme is funded from central resources. Participation requires approval from the Director of Education (or your line manager).
After registration, we will contact each interested/selected candidate to schedule a short intake interview in late August or early September. We will explore your needs and learning questions so that we can tailor the programme to them.
Do you have a question or want extra information about this programme?