student feedback and leadership - Office for Learning and Teaching

Part A: Developing a Distributed Leadership Model - Secton 4: Outcomes and Critical Sucess FactorsThe P.A.C.E.D Distributed Leadership Model has five key leadershipcharacteristics:I. Participative leadershipII.III.IV.Accredited leadershipCollaborative leadershipEngaged leadershipV. DevolvedParticipative LeadershipThe Participative leadership element requires all stakeholders (academics,formal leaders, service providers and students) in improving student feedbackto be included in two-way communication and joint consultative processes.Accredited LeadershipThe Accredited leadership element requires staff and students who are leadersin the improvement of student feedback to be recognised (through awards andcertificates), rewarded (through promotion) and provided with developmentopportunities (through leadership professional development and othertraining opportunities).Collaborative LeadershipThe Collaborative leadership element requires the establishment of opportunitiesfor formal leadership strategy, practices and policy (Top-down) to be designedfor implementation that suits different disciplines, contexts and circumstances(Bottom-Up) and to be supported by systematic service provision andinfrastructure support (Middle-out).Engaged LeadershipThe Engaged leadership element requires a systematic approach to networkingthat enables all leaders in pedagogy (formal leaders and recognised expertsin learning and teaching delivery to transfer lessons learnt for learning andteaching experience and innovations to be shared so that they can betransferred through their adaptation to different environments.Devolved LeadershipThe Devolved leadership element underpins all other elements througha commitment across the university to develop systems, infrastructure andformal leadership action that is congruent such that shared understandingis achieved.Page 75