Following onto my very short first blog from the induction session I thought I’d better introduce myself a bit more. I’m the Year 2 lead in Fashion Photography at LCF (and I teach on Year 1 and Year 3 as well). I have been an associate lecturer since 2018 and in I became a full-time member of staff. Previously, I was a fashion photographer and actively ran my practice for around 10 years.
I have been developing and delivering the course delivery for the last four years and my last CSS survey result was just under 80%. Considering that our cohorts are around 60 students, I am proud of this result as I’ve had no previous training in the role of a year leader. Naturally, also realising that improvements could be made, I chose to apply for the PG Cert in order to gain further context and perspectives on how I can improve my unit delivery and content structure.
What I really liked to hear in the induction session was the fact that one of the approaches will be about focussing on is the coherence between our professional selves and teaching: the practitioner, the teacher and now the researcher. These are roles that I have been struggling to merge or collectively straddle so far and hoping that this coming year will provide greater unity to. The focus of the text I was asked to read for this week’s workshop provided further in-depth dialogue on this subject, which I found useful.
Lastly, I’m impressed by the reading lists provided and look forward to getting my teeth into the texts found on our unit Moodle – time permitting, of course, as I’m starting my own teaching next week!