Issue 15, Monday 14 October 2002

Mad Dogs and Jury Men 

The Faculty of Education is presenting the production of Mad Dogs and Jurymen at the George Jenkins Theatre on 1 and 2 November at 8 pm.

In the first half of the play, Katy and Scott bump into each other and discover the joys of the range of Noel Coward songs and plays before rushing off to take part in a stunning performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury, which forms the second half. 

Students from various faculties are taking part in the production with the main contribution from the Faculty of Education. Tickets are $15 each and are available from Greg Hurworth, extn 44277, the Student Union, The Faculty of Education, or at the door on the night. 

Work, Life, Family

The Family and Child Care Service (University Community Services) and the Work, Life and Family Unit (Equity and Diversity Centre), invite all staff to a new initiative -  the PARENT INFORMATION EXCHANGE. 

This initiative has been established to assist staff returning to work after parental leave and provides an opportunity for staff to access information concerning parenting courses, child care, family life resources and Monash University’s work, life and family policies. 

In launching this initiative, Anne Stonehouse will present the first parent information session tilted 'The agony and the ecstasy - being a parent in 2002'. 

DATE: Wednesday 16 October
TIME: 1 pm—2 pm
WHERE: Elizabeth Burchill Room, (Building 68, Performing Arts Precinct)
BYO lunch, coffee/tea provided

At this session the university's pre-natal leave and job share policy will be launched. Please direct all enquiries and bookings to Judi Suli on extn 56923.

Success for Network Computing tutors

Nine tutors from the School of Network Computing were successful in
obtaining the Faculty of Information Technology Certificate of Tutor Development for which the inaugural presentation ceremony was held recently. 

The Faculty of Information Technology sees the program and the certification process as a way of ensuring a consistent standard for tutors and a consistent quality of tutor support for students across all degrees within the faculty, while allowing a greater flexibility in employment of tutors across the schools.

The semester long program included workshops that covered areas such as expectations and responsibilities of tutors and students, handling difficult situations, motivating students, plagiarism, assessment and evaluation, and areas of concern raised by the tutors. As well as the workshops participants completed of a number of items of assessment including a reflective process of self evaluation.  

The program was designed and run by the FLITE Centre (Facilitated Learning for Information Technology). The centre also organised the Award Ceremony.

The successful tutors (pictured below with Professor John Rosenberg, Dean of IT, and Dr Kaya Prpic, FLITE Centre lecturer) were Sunny Avdihodzic, Ben Llewellyn, Craig MacDonald, Adrian Ryan, Paulo Tam, Chu Tiong Yeoh, Jackie Low and in absentia Desmond Tay and Vincent Lee.

Down on the farm

Fluffy bunnies, guinea pigs, ducks and goats visited children at the Peninsula Childcare Centre last week. The children had the opportunity to feed, play with and cuddle the animals when the mobile farm visited the centre.

Relay for Life fun fundraisers

Friday 18 October the Monyx team is holding a Trivia Night at the Campus Centre, Clayton. Tickets are $15 per person for tables of up to ten. All proceeds from the night will go towards Relay for Life. The night starts at 7 pm. For further information or tickets please contact Paul Mitchell on extn 44217.

Saturday 9 November the IT@Monash team is hosting a shopping extravaganza. A great opportunity to get all you Christmas shopping out of the way in one day. The cost will vary depending on the number of participants. For further information or to register, contact Nicole Stanes on extn 44262 or Kim Scanlon on extn 44116. 

Other teams who have events or activities that they would like to advertise, please contact Julie Ryan on extn 44015.

Graduate certificate for health care educators

The Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education (CMHSE) is offering a Graduate Certificate in Health Professional Education

The course is a one-year, part-time programme and is relevant to all those who teach in a medical or health care setting and want to improve their teaching, supervision or course development skills. The course design is practically orientated and will assist in applying theory and best evidence to participants’ educational role.

The Graduate Certificate in Health Professional Education will help participants to:

• Plan, implement, assess and evaluate teaching more effectively;

•  Reflect critically on their own and others teaching performance and its impact on learning;

• Examine the theoretical underpinnings of their teaching and apply this effectively in the practical context in which they teach

• Develop teaching and courses that are based on the best available evidence and are congruent with the current clinical environment and;

• Think critically about education in their own profession whilst learning from the experience of others.

Further information and an application form can be obtained as follows:

* Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Clayton campus, Email: (58026, website.

Notice board

Welcome to new Manager of Monash International at the Peninsula campus, Mr Amer Malik. Amer started at the campus last week. Before coming the Peninsula campus he was international student advisor based at Monash's Caulfield campus. Prior to his time at Monash, Amer was the Coordinator at RMIT International. He has also spent time as a commercial manager and HR officer in multinational companies in Frankfurt, Dubai and Islamabad. Amer's office is located on the ground level of A building and he can be contacted on extn 44677.

Don't forget Community Services' 'Nurturing and caring for yourself expo' this week from 14 to 17 October between 12 noon and 2 pm each day.

A range of events and activities will be held including free cooking demonstration, food displays and sampling, Feng Shui display, Aromatherapy and flower essence displays, health promotion displays and videos.

For further information and bookings, contact Community Services on extn 44223 or email Penny Kalkman.

Two staff club functions are coming up:

• Cup Day Spit Roast, Tuesday 5 November. Cost: $5 members, $12 non members. Contact Michael Mirra on extn 44212 to book.
• Christmas Lunch, Thursday 12 December. Costs and details to be confirmed.

Authorised by the Office of the Campus Director - Peninsula 

Contributions can be emailed to julie.ryan@adm.monash.edu.au by 5 PM Thursdays.