Quality Assurance Model TLQAA Roundtable Project Status and Perspectives October 16, 2012 Ministry of Education And Higher Education

TLQAA WP1: Lebanese Quality Assurance Model Modèle pour le système libanais d’assurance qualité WP2: Standards and Procedures Références et Procédures WP3: Selection and Training of Experts Sélection et formation des experts WP4: Pilot Evaluation Evaluation Pilote

TLQAA - WP1: The Model Higher Education Institutions Autonomy Institutions d’ES Autonomie Agencies Independence Agences Indépendance Ministries National Policies Citizen protection Ministères Politiques nationales Protection des citoyens National vs Institutional Policies Politiques nationales vs. institutionnelles Internal vs External evaluation Evaluation Interne vs. Externe Evaluation of appropriateness, opportunity, quality By Curvale

TLQAA - WP1: The Model A Proposed Model Centered on an Evaluation Agency –Independent –Seeking Quality Improvement –Technical and Academic Activities –Producing Public Reports about Quality In a First Stage –Institutional Evaluation Un modèle centré sur une agence est proposé –Indépendente –Amélioration de la qualité –Activités Techniques et Académiques –Rapports Publiques En première phase –Evaluation Institutionnelle

TLQAA – WP1: The Model Targeted Agency is a Learning Organisation Seeking to Accompany the Development of the Lebanese Higher Education Licensing, Authorization and Recognition are Performed by the Ministry Agence ciblée est une organisation qui apprend et s’adapte pour accompagner l’evolution du système libanais Licenciement, autorisation, et la reconnaissance sont du sort du ministère

TLQAA WP1: Lebanese Quality Assurance Model Modèle pour le système libanais d’assurance qualité WP2: Standards and Procedures Références et Procédures WP3: Selection and Training of Experts Sélection et formation des experts WP4: Pilot Evaluation Evaluation Pilote

TLQAA – WP2: The Standards Bibliographical study Identifying local constraints and needs Setting the standards –9 standards –Generic expression –Substandards –Teaching and learning as a core Etude bibliographique Contraintes and besoins locaux identifiés Définition des références –9 références –Expression générique –Sous standards ou critères –Apprentissage et enseignement comme référence centrale

TLQAA – WP2: The Standards Setting the standards (cont.) –Research in all standards –Stressing on academic integrity, on ethics and values Consider the context in application Définition des références (suite) –Recherche dans toutes les références –Insister sur l’intégrité académique, sue les valeurs et l’éthique Considérer le contexte lors de l’application

TLQAA WP1: Lebanese Quality Assurance Model Modèle pour le système libanais d’assurance qualité WP2: Standards and Procedures Références et Procédures WP3: Selection and Training of Experts Sélection et formation des experts WP4: Pilot Evaluation Evaluation Pilote

TLQAA – WP3: The Experts Two levels: –Pool of experts –Evaluation committee HEI and Agency propose candidates to the pool Experts selected based on criteria Experts training Deux niveaux: –Vivier d’experts –Comité d’évaluation HEI et l’agence proposent des candidats pour vivier Experts sélectionnés sur base de critères Formation des experts

TLQAA – WP3: The Experts Criteria for evaluation committee Collegiate decision Head of committee to mediate Academic and administrative support Individual reporting Critères pour le comité d’évaluation Décision collégiale Rôle médiateur et fédérateur du chef du comite Soutien academique et administratif Rapports individuels

TLQAA Where do we go from here? Où l’on va d’ici? Good consensus reached Un bon consensus a été trouve Straight to the target: Pilot Evaluation Droit au but: Evaluation Pilote

TLQAA – WP2: Prepare detailed procedures and guidelines Offer supporting documents and lists of possible indicators to: –Higher Education Institutions Supporting self study reporting –Experts / Evaluators Supporting the evaluation process Préparer des guides et procédures détaillés Produire des documents et listes d’indicateurs possibles aux: –Institutions d’Education Supérieure Pour aider la rédaction des rapports d’évaluation interne –Experts / Evaluateurs Soutenir le processus d’évaluation

TLQAA – WP3: Train the Experts Study tours Train the trainers Train the HEI to prepare self study reports Former les experts Visite d’études Former les formateurs Sessions de formation sur la préparation des rapports d’auto- évaluation

Is the mission statement precise, distinctive, inline with Lebanese HE principles, published? Is the mission respected in the objectives, by the different units, programmes?

- Does the governance works on improving the learning environment in all its aspects whil respecting the mission of the institution? - Are inputs from all stakeholders integrated in the decision-taking process? - Is the quality culture fostered? How branches are managed?

- Is the hiring of professors based on criteria that include teaching, research and community service? - Are the professors supported to develop their academic experience and research activities? - Are the professors encouraged to maintain close relation with local fabric? - Are the professors requested to help in tutoring and orientation of the students? - Are the teaching, research and service workloads balanced and coherent?

- Are the admission rules appropriate and public? - Are the students aware of their rights and responsibilities? - Do they participate in the different committees and especially in the internal QA process? - Is sufficient tutoring and orientation support provided? - Is there a clear scholarship published system? - Are the extra curricular activities supported?

- Is there enough competent technical and administrative staff to support the different support activities?

-Are the learning outcomes defined for the programmes and courses? - Is the process for the development, evaluation and update of programmes and courses precisely defined and taking into consideration the local needs? - Are the courses and programmes descriptions available to the students? - Is there a part dedicated to ethics, democracy, tolerance, respect of diversity, languages, entrepreneurship …? - Are learning and assessment methods appropriate?]

- Is the library well equipped and accessible? - Are there enough laboratories? - Are the classrooms, exam halls, conference rooms appropriate for an efficient learning process? - Are the facilities for extra curricular activities available? - Are online facilities available?

All Experts and HEIs are invited To participate in: –Training the trainers –Pilot evaluation focusing on Core standard: Teaching and Learning Facing each other in a spirit of cooperation for always higher quality in a diverse and harmonized system A participer a: –Formation des formateurs –Evaluation pilote centrée sur la référence centrale: Enseignement et Apprentissage Se regardant mutuellement dans un esprit de coopération pour une éducation de toujours meilleure qualité dans un système divers et harmonieux

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