Basic Workshop For Reviewers

NQAAC

Recognize the developmental engagements

Ensure that they operate smoothly and effectively”

Ensure that all team members are familiar with the process and confident about their roles

Refresh their knowledge. Identify the minimum requirements for a

sound evidence base evaluations.Consider at operational level the part they

play in the preparations required for an effective site-visit.

Develop appropriate report-writing techniques.

Academic Standards

Benchmarks Mission

Programme ILOs

Course ILOs

Programme Specs

Course Specs

Course ReportProgramme Report

Annual Self Evaluation Report

Faculty Annual Report Mission

Governance and administrationFaculty staff membersEducational programsAcademic standardsQuality of learning opportunitiesResearch and other scholastic activitiesCommunity involvement

Quality management and enhancementAction plan

Faculty Annual Report (Continue):

Mission

Existence of a mission for the institution

The mission statement.

Reviewing / updating the institution mission.

Strategic objectives - Vision.

•Faculty Annual Report (Continue):

Governance and Administration Organizational structure. Selection of academic leadership. Effectiveness of polices, systems and practices. Responsiveness to changing priorities & emergencies. Contribution of recent improvement / enhancement activities to the strategic objectives and plans.

Review of the impact of previous improvement plans

Faculty Annual Report (Continue):

Faculty Staff

Members Statistics. Adequacy of members and profiles of staff members to achieve the institution mission and strategic objectives .

Staff development to meet the needs of the mission and strategic objectives.

Review of polices implemented to develop staff members.

Faculty Annual Report (Continue):

Academic Standards

Academic standards compared with reference standards.

Student assessment .

Student Retention and Progression.

Student Achievement, including employment opportunities.

External evaluation of the performance of students and the academic standards achieved.

Faculty Annual Report (Continue):

Educational Programs Statistics.Educational programs framework: Percentages of

courses forming the different components of the academic structure of the program:

Basic sciencesSocial sciences and humanitiesSpecialization Computer sciences Practical trainingOthers

Quality of Learning Opportunities

Teaching and Learning.

Student Support.

Learning Resources.

Student Feedback on Courses.

Quality Management & Enhancement

The institution's vision for enhancement.

The extent of implementing the university's policies regulations.

The extent of the engagement االرتباطwith the stakeholders to gain the

community's trust in the academic programmes.

The extent of the effectiveness of the internal review system for quality

assurance.

The issues from any external review report.

Review of the last enhancement plans for improving the quality of

education.

Action Plan for the coming year

Research and other Scholastic

Activities Research plans.Participation of faculty members in research

activity, seminars and workshops. Published research in conferences and

periodicalsAwards offered by the institution.Sources and amount of research funds.Reviewing of the last recommendations for

research enhancement.Propose an Action Plan for the coming year, with

clearly stated responsibilities and timescales

Community Involvement

Contribution of the institution in community, society and environmental affairs.

Evaluation of end users الخدمة من المستفيدينfor community services quality.

Reviewing the last recommendations for community services enhancement.

Proposing Action Plan for the coming year, with clearly stated responsibilities and

timescales

Plans Consolidatedمقوى و معززDevelopmental

Consider all of the proposals for action and development arising from all sections of the report.

These proposals should be prioritized with clearly defined outcomes, responsibilities and timescales (Who / When).

It should take into account the time and resources required for each action.

Program Specification

Course Specification

Program Specification1. General Information2. Core (Basic) Information3. Professional Information

General Information University College (Faculty) Department Title Coordinator External Evaluator Last date of programme approval

Professional Information

Aims: Aims are the broad intentions and orientation

of the programme of study, i.e. what the programme plans to do for the students and how.

Goals that are mission driven and which

inform ILOs.

Written in a general manner expressing broad purposes and intent.

Intended Learning Outcomes(ILOs)

They describe what the students should be able to do or demonstrate, in terms of particular knowledge, skills and attitudes, by the end of the programme.

The complete ILOs of the program should be given such that the courses of the programme can be justified.

ILO’s :

Knowledge and understanding. Intellectual capabilities. Professional and Practical skills. General and Transferable Skills.

Academic standards Specific standards decided by the institution, and

informed by external references and including the minimum knowledge and skills to be gained by the graduates from the programme and fulfilling the stated mission of the institution.

Benchmarking Reference points with which to compare the standards and

quality of a programme. Therefore, benchmark statements represent general expectations about the standards of achievement and general attributes to be expected of a graduate in a given subject area.

Program Structure

Credit hours / courses (%)Compulsory:

Elective اختيارى:

Courses of basic science (%)

Courses of humanities and social sciences (%)

Courses of computer applications (%)

Courses in specialization (%)

Field training (%)

Program Matrix

CoursesSkills

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Axxx

Bxxx

Cxxx

Dxxxx

Exxx

Fxxx

Gxxxxx

Strategies of Teaching & Learning

Self – Learning

Teaching and learning methods

Policy for teaching and learning of disables

Policy for teaching and learning of

distinguished students

Program Admission Requirements

General criteria and rules for admission of students and from which level the programme starts ( Specialization, Pre-requisite courses and Others ).

Regulation for Progression and Completion

Unites or credit hoursPassing in all or some of registered coursesCompleting the courses of major and minor (units)Others

Student Assessment (Policy)

TOOLS

TIME SCHEDULE

Weighing (Marks)

Construction or Design

Student Assessment (Policy)

TOOLS- Oral

- Written exams - Assignments - Practical exams.

TIME SCHEDULE - Mid-term exam. (6th week) - Practical exam. (12th week) - Final exam. (14th week)

Program Assessment

Peer reviewersGraduates feedbackStakeholder questionnaireSkill – gap analysis Survey Others

( time schedule – method – samples .. etc.)

Programme Evaluation

Regular evaluationStakeholders doing the evaluation and how?

1- Senior students

2- Alumni

3- Peers

3- Stakeholders ( Employers)

4-External Evaluator (s)

5- Others

Course Report

Program Report