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A7 - Evaluation |
  
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- Informing principles
- Goals
- Strategic alignment
- Details of Faculty support for an 18 month period
- Tasks, timelines & budgets
- Total Resources/ Budget Required
- Required documentation and policy rewriting
- Professional development requirements
- Scholarship opportunities
- Communication plan
- Evaluation strategies
- Course and Program Evaluation and Review Plan
Informing principles
University Calendar 7.5 Policy on Teaching and Learning http://www.usq.edu.au/resources/75.pdf
University Calendar 4.2 The Planning, Accreditation and Review Process for Academic Programs http://www.usq.edu.au/resources/42.pdf
Policy on the Evaluation of Teaching, Courses and Programs http://www.usq.edu.au/resources/751.pdf
University Calendar 11.3 USQ Privacy Policy http://www.usq.edu.au/resources/113.pdf
Human Resources Policy and Procedure Manual F6 Promotion for Academic Employees http://www.usq.edu.au/hr/polproc/partf/f6.htm
Human Resources Policy and Procedure Manual G1 Performance Planning and Review http://www.usq.edu.au/hr/polproc/partg/g1.htm
Queensland Public Records Act 2002 http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/P/PublicRecA02.pdf
Goals
to fortify the quality cycle for evaluation of learning and teaching for quality enhancement
to align with the University’s strategic goals and priorities such as graduate attributes/ vertical integration; and
to generate salient and timely information or feedback to the University to further inform decision making in learning and teaching issues.
Strategic alignment
USQ Learning and Teaching Operational Plan
Curriculum Project
Program Revitalisation Project
Enabling Project
Learning and teaching evaluation project
Details of Faculty support for an 18 month period
Embedded in a program development team approach, with supplementary support from PQO and Legal Office.
Tasks, timelines & budgets
Refer to Course and Program Evaluation and Review Framework
Tasks | Timeline | Budget |
Post Evaluation Support for Academic Staff |
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Post evaluation resources – toolkit (web resources) | Ongoing (dependent on new instrument items) Development site - aim for launch in February 2008 |
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Post-evaluation outcome report (course examiners) | By Semester 1, 2008 |
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Post-evaluation professional development packages | Package 1 (strategies) – by Semester 2 2008 Package 2 (communication) – by Semester 3 2008 |
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Evaluation of Post-evaluation support system (assessment) | March – June 2009 |
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Evaluation of Post-evaluation support system report (for improvement) | By July 2009 |
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Benchmarking opportunities | By July 2009 | Travel budget? |
Annual Evaluation of Courses |
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Student Evaluation of Programs and Courses (new survey instrument based on CEQ) | Trial S1 08 (March – July 2008) Implementation S2 08 (July – November 2008) |
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| On-going by PQO | N/A |
| Each semester of offer | Faculty budget |
Develop annual evaluation of courses system Comprehensive, quantitative data and qualitative course mapping questions: ie attrition rates; grades analyses; student evaluation outcomes; benchmarking; development and delivery statements | Trial Semester 2 08 (July – November 2008) SharePoint development PQO | 0.5 staff/ admin 1.0 IT/ Programmer (for job 2 and point 3) (may share with 1.0 IT personnel for benchmarking system) |
Annual Evaluation of Courses Outcome Report | SharePoint development PQO |
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Annual Evaluation of Program |
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Develop program system Comprehensive, quantitative and qualitative – see attached evaluation framework – links to VIP with qualitative program mapping questions on Flexibility, Pedagogy; Assessment; Grad Attributes; Student Engagement and Support; Generic Skills competency; Curriculum innovation; Indigenous Perspectives; Internationalisation; Sustainability; Evaluation; Benchmarking; Variations to triennial Portfolio Plan; Market Analysis; Delivery/Development issues | Linked to VIP timelines SharePoint Development PQO | 0.5 staff/ admin 1.0 IT/ Programmer (for job 2 and point 3) (may share with 1.0 IT personnel for benchmarking system) |
Annual Evaluation of Programs Outcome Report |
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Annual Portfolio Plan Faculty based – linked to USQ Planning Process, 3 year scope (must be undertaken prior to USQ Planning Process so that data profile can be supplied to support load debate) |
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Total Resources/ Budget Required
1.0 Staff/ IT/ Programmer – for items 2 and 3
0.5 Staff/ Admin – for items 2 and 3
Required documentation and policy rewriting
Policy rewriting - related policies on evaluation, review and accreditation
Terms of references – for program coordinators and course coordinators
Professional development requirements
Post-evaluation support
2 packages
Target audience: New and existing academic staff
Frequency: Each semester, close to release of summary evaluation report
Annual Course Evaluation
May be in any scope identified from the Annual Course Evaluation Outcome Report
Target audience: Course team, course examiners, course coordinators
Annual Program Evaluation
May be in any scope identified from the Annual Evaluation Outcome Report
Target Audience: Program team
Process, Leadership and Management Packages
Target Audience: Program coordinators/ Senior management
Scholarship opportunities
Faculty – action research project for implementing intervention in course, publish and disseminate project
Communication plan
Information sessions on Annual Course and Program Evaluations
Target 1: Head of Schools/ Associate Deans (L & T)
Target 2: Program coordinators/ program team
Target 3: Course coordinators/ course team
Evaluation strategies
Post-evaluation support
Impact evaluation of post-evaluation system (delivery - processes and outcomes)
Feedback data on delivery processes eg. Workshops/ information sessions, pro-forma forms, tool kit
Survey with users of system (staff and students) - quantitative and qualitative
Number of post-evaluation outcome reports produced
Number of interventions (enhanced courses/ programs) made by teachers in courses
Annual Course and Program Evaluation
Number of PD identified
USQ LTPF funding – allocation of funds based on L & T indicators
CEQ indicators – using PQO’s trial of collecting CEQ data at graduation (for programs)
Course and Program Evaluation and Review Plan
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