Dr Jane Skalicky
Head, Student Learning and Academic Development
BEd (Hons), PhD
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As Head of Student Learning and Academic Development, Jane leads the team to provide a comprehensive suite of programs and services that enable all degree-enrolled students (both domestic and international) to maximise their learning at UTAS, to develop as proactive and engaged learners, and ultimately to succeed and fulfil their study and course goals at UTAS. Jane also contributes to strategic initiatives and policy development that advance student learning within the context of faculties, centres, and institutes and at the institutional level.
Jane brings to UTAS extensive experience in both education and industry. Jane has taught in both schools and tertiary settings and spent eight years working in management in the banking and finance industry. Jane joined UTAS in 2003 to undertake her PhD in mathematics education. Jane moved to the Centre for Advancement of Learning and Teaching in 2007 working across both staff academic development and student learning programs, before taking up her current role in the Student Centre at the beginning of 2012.
Jane's teaching and coordination experience spans thirty years and at a tertiary level includes mathematics education for pre-service teachers, providing a variety of learning and teaching workshops for staff, and training and supporting student peer leaders for their role in the provision of effective study group sessions for first year students.
From 2007 to 2011 Jane led the strategic roll-out of the Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) program across the institution. PASS at UTAS has established itself nationally as an exemplary course-integrated peer learning program. It is well recognised and respected across the Australasia region and in 2010 Jane played a leading role in the development of the Australasian Best Practice Guidelines for PASS. Jane is a nationally accredited Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) Advanced Supervisor.
In 2009, as the academic coordinator of PASS, Jane was awarded a Vice Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.
From 2007 to 2011 Jane also coordinated and co-convened the annual Teaching Matters conference, UTAS' major showcase of learning and teaching. Proceedings for Teaching Matters can be found at http://www.utas.edu.au/teaching-matters/past-proceedings
Jane co-developed the UTAS Peer Professional Learning Program for Awards informed by the UTAS Peer Learning Framework (Skalicky & Brown, 2009) and has worked with key UTAS excellent teachers' supporting them to mentor groups of UTAS academics applying for institutional and national teaching awards.
Jane has a current research focus in learning and teaching in higher education, specifically peer learning, as well as numeracy education within both school and tertiary sectors. Jane's PhD was undertaken in the field of mathematics education, specifically investigating the place of numeracy within reform-based learning environments.
Jane is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Peer Learning and is on the editorial board of Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
2013 - 2015 OLT Grant - Development of mathematics pathways for VET students to articulate to related higher education courses.
2013 - 2014 Teaching Development Grant - Psychology Skills Online: A learning resource.
2009 - 2011 ALTC Grant - A national discipline-specific professional development programme for lecturers and tutors in the mathematical sciences.
2010 - 2011 External Reference Group - ALTC Teaching Fellowship for Peer Assisted Teaching Scheme, Assoc Prof, Angela Carbone, Monash University.
2008 - 2010 Student Transition and Retention Taskforce Grant: UTAS Tertiary Numeracy Enquiry - mapping the tertiary numeracy demands across all Schools at UTAS.
2009 Student Transition and Retention Taskforce Grant: UTAS Peer Learning Framework.
2008 - 2009 New Appointees Research Grant: Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS): A leadership pathway and its contribution to the development of the generic attributes of graduates from the University of Tasmania.
Student Pathways and Transition Sub-Committee
English Language Proficiency Policy Working Group
Streamline Visa Processing Working Party
Learning and Teaching Evaluation Sub-Committee
For full publication list see WARP record.