Chris Norton, Academic Services Manager

Chris Norton

Academic Services Manager

WelTec - Wellington Institute of Technology

Location
New Zealand
Education
Diploma, Tertiary Teaching
Experience
28 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :28 years, 11 Months

Academic Services Manager at WelTec - Wellington Institute of Technology
  • New Zealand
  • My current job since May 2011

Maintaining the QMS Quality Management System; Policy review and development; quality control systems and compliance; managing internal and external quality assurance relationships; qualification development; surveys, survey data analysis; compliance disclosure statements (student programme handbooks); Self-Assessment/Evaluation and Review, interpretation of performance evidence

Self-assessment systems contractor at Wintec - Waikato Institute of Technology
  • New Zealand
  • September 2010 to March 2011

Developed and enhanced self-assessment data presentation and analysis tools.

Programme and Systems Developer at Bahrain Polytechnic
  • Bahrain
  • May 2008 to July 2009

Responsible for evaluating Kingdom, student and institutional requirements to recommend appropriate programs of learning to the institute; developed activity coding schema; assisted in QMS development; assisted in design, and implementation of Phase 1 student MIS and timetable systems; developed a diploma in business management; taught computer applications.

Qualification program manager at Wintec - Waikato Institute of Technology
  • New Zealand
  • February 1994 to March 2008

Manager of Bachelor of Business Studies and its Graduate Diploma - a 600 student program with 25 staff and nearly 40 concurrently taught courses; transitioned from old degree to new degree in business; developed administration tools and processes; internal quality assurance consultant; member of Academic Board and Quality Assurance Committee; employee workload consultant.

Education

Diploma, Tertiary Teaching
  • at The Waikato Polytechnic
  • February 2000

Qualification foe teaching in the vocational education/training field in New Zealand; student centred teaching; integration of technology; reflective practice.

Bachelor's degree, Geography
  • at university of waikato
  • October 1991

Resource Management - environmental planning & policy, earth sciences; religious studies - cultural response; computer science.

Specialties & Skills

Quality Assurance
Application Training
Teaching Adults
Microsoft Excel
Teaching
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

ICDL (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2009
Valid Until:
February 2009