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September 2022
Welcome to the Australasian Centre for PASS newsletter.
Here's what you will find in this month's issue:
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A message from the Chair
As the Chair of the Australasian Centre for PASS Strategic Advisory Board, it gives me pleasure to announce the recruitment of four external representatives from Universities around Australia. This followed an Expression of Interest selection process involving a sub-committee of the Board. The new representatives are:
- Associate Professor Jane Skalicky, Director, Student Academic Success, University of Tasmania
- Dr Chelsea Avard, A/Manager. Student Academic Skills, The University of Adelaide
- Georgina Barratt-See, Manager, Peer Learning Programs, University of Technology, Sydney
- Linah Tan, National PASS Program Coordinator, Torrens University, Melbourne
Jane, Chelsea, Georgina and Linah have been instrumental in coordinating PASS programs in their own institutions and therefore will bring considerable expertise to guide the Australasian Centre for PASS in a range of areas, including strategic advice, planning, promotion, training, research and the annual conference. I look forward to working with them on the Board.
Professor Nicholas Buys
Dean, Learning & Teaching (Griffith Health), Griffith University
Chair, Australasian Centre for PASS Strategic Advisory Board
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Inaugural On Campus PASS Supervisor Training
August was a big month for the Australasian Centre for PASS (ACP)! We welcomed 15 new PASS Supervisors to the community at our inaugural F2F PASS Supervisor Training held at Griffith University, Gold Coast. Please join us in extending our congratulations and welcoming the new members to the PASS Community!
This was a special edition of PASS Supervisor Training as we were joined by special guest and International Certified Senior Trainer, Sally Rogan. The training ended on a high note, with Sally Rogan certifying 3 trainers for the ACP. We would like to thank Melissa Zaccagnini and Sally Rogan for their assistance in this process. Congratulations to Heba Allouche, Juanita Shaw and Fiona Vance-Peachey who are now Certified (UMKC) International Trainers of SI/PASS for the ACP!
The Director ACP, Associate Professor Michelle Whitford presented Sally Rogan with a Golden Honorary Award from UMKC.
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Upcoming Supervisor Training Dates
Registration for the following 2023 PASS Supervisor Training Workshops will open shortly:
January 18-20, 2023
PASS Supervisor Training F2F (Brisbane)
February 1-3, 2023:
PASS Supervisor Training (Online)
June 14-15, 2023:
Advanced Supervisor Training (Online)
Keep an eye on the Australasian Centre for PASS website for more details and registration links, coming soon.
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Final call!
2022 Australasian Peer Leader Awards
These Awards aim to recognise and reward the extremely valuable contributions of PASS/PAL Leaders or other Peer Educator roles for the Australasian region. Submissions are accepted for:
- Outstanding New PASS Leader
- Outstanding Senior PASS Leader
- Outstanding Peer Educator Team (not specific to PASS)
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Find out more about the awards ➜
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2022 National Students as Partners Roundtable
The University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) will host the 2022 National SaP Roundtable event in November. This year’s theme is Sustainability: Developing pathways to transformative change. The event will consider partnerships exploring four key themes:
- Partnerships maintained into the future
- Transformative partnership outcomes
- Highlighting social impact against the UNSDGs
- ‘Leave no one behind’ at the core of partnership
UniSC would like to extend a warm welcome to the PASS Community to join members of the Australian Students as Partners Network to SHARE Students as Partners practices, ideas and experiences; DISCOVER new ways of considering Students as Partners in higher education; NETWORK with a diversity of Students as Partners practitioners; and HARNESS the creativity of staff and students to address teaching and learning challenges.
Date: 22-23 November 2022
Location: Online
Contact: studentsaspartners@usc.edu.au
Sign up for event updates➜
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Australian Peer Programs Network
Contributed by Nathan Seng (Manager, Student Transition, Mentoring and Financial Support, Griffith University)
The Australasian Peer Programs Network is a community of practice for peer learning and mentoring coordinators from higher education institutions in Australia and New Zealand. The network was started as an initiative of the STARS conference and has since grown to have several state/regional chapters and members from numerous universities and institutions across both countries.
State/regional groups aim to support, encourage, and enable transformation through research informed, co-created knowledge sharing about student peer learning, mentoring, partnerships, and leadership. Network members support each other with advice and encouragement and ultimately the network results in services being more accessible and valued by students.
If you’d like more information or are keen to attend a regional network meeting, please email transition@griffith.edu.au.
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Invitation to the next Community Catch-up
Thank you to everyone who attended the last Community Catch-up on Mentor Training and Recruitment! We shared experiences and challenges around securing program funding, recruiting leaders in a strong job market, and delivering training (online and face-to-face). We enjoyed a great presentation from Georgina Barret (from UTS) on Leader boundaries and ethics training. Georgina discussed setting appropriate ground rules for sessions, managing conflicts of interest, and issues around student confidentiality.
If you would like to attend the next community catch-up on Leader Development and Connection, please see the details and register your interest below.
When: Thursday 6 October, 2:30pm-3:30pm AEST
Where: Online via Microsoft Teams
Register your interest by Monday 3 October to receive the Teams invitation and agenda.
Click here to register your interest ➜
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Community Message Board
Do you have an article that you would like to include in the ACP Newsletter? Please let us know by emailing the centre.
Email address: australasianpasscentre@griffith.edu.au
Subject line: Community Message Board
We look forward to hearing from you 😀
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