Basic Workshop For Reviewers NQAAC

1. Quality Assurance & Accreditation Project Operating the Developmental Engagements Basic Workshop For Reviewers NQAAC

2. Objectives • 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

3. Reviewers will be able to • 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.

4. Course Report CourseSpecs Mission Annual Self Evaluation Report Programme Report Programme Specs Course ILOs Programme ILOs Benchmarks Academic Standards

5. Faculty Annual ReportMission Governance and administration Faculty staff members Educational programs Academic standards Quality of learning opportunities Research and other scholastic activities Community involvement Quality management and enhancement Action plan

6. Faculty Annual Report (Continue):MissionExistence of a mission for the institution The mission statement.Reviewing / updating the institution mission.Strategic objectives - Vision.

7. Faculty Annual Report (Continue):Governance and AdministrationOrganizational 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

8. Faculty Annual Report (Continue): Faculty Staff MembersStatistics. 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.

9. Faculty Annual Report (Continue):Academic StandardsAcademic 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.

10. 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 sciences • Social sciences and humanities • Specialization • Computer sciences • Practical training • Others

11. Quality of Learning Opportunities • Teaching and Learning. • Student Support. • Learning Resources. • Student Feedback on Courses.

12. Quality Management & Enhancement • The institution's vision for enhancement. • The extent of implementing the university's policies regulations. • The extent of the engagement الارتباطwith 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

13. Research and other Scholastic Activities • Research plans. • Participation of faculty members in research activity, seminars and workshops. • Published research in conferences and periodicals • Awards 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

14. Community Involvement • Contribution of the institution in community, society and environmental affairs. • Evaluation of end users المستفيدين من الخدمةfor community services quality. • Reviewing the last recommendations for community services enhancement. • Proposing Action Plan for the coming year, with clearly stated responsibilities and timescales

15. مقوى و معززPlansConsolidated Developmental • 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.

16. Program Specification Course Specification

17. Program Specification • General Information • Core (Basic) Information • Professional Information General Information • University • College (Faculty) • Department • Title • Coordinator • External Evaluator • Last date of programme approval

18. 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.

19. 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 : • Knowledgeand understanding. • Intellectual capabilities. • Professional and Practical skills. • General and Transferable Skills.

20. 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.

21. Program Structure

22. Program Matrix

23. 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

24. 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 hours • Passing in all or some of registered courses • Completing the courses of major and minor (units) • Others

25. Student Assessment (Policy) • TOOLS • TIME SCHEDULE • Weighing (Marks) • Construction or Design

26. 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)

27. Program Assessment • Peer reviewers • Graduates feedback • Stakeholder questionnaire • Skill – gap analysis Survey • Others ( time schedule – method – samples .. etc.)

28. Programme Evaluation • Regular evaluation • Stakeholders doing the evaluation and how? 1- Senior students 2- Alumni 3- Peers 3- Stakeholders ( Employers) 4-External Evaluator (s) 5- Others

29. Course ReportProgram Report