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Program Quality Assurance

Program Quality Assurance

Selkirk College is committed to excellence in education and learner success through the delivery of high-quality educational programs and quality assurance processes. The Quality Assurance Framework provides a structure for the ongoing development and maintenance of educational programs and services provided by the college.

Quality Assurance Process Audit (QAPA)

The Quality Assurance Process Audit (QAPA) is an external review process to ensure that public post-secondary institutions periodically conduct rigorous, ongoing program and institutional quality assessment. All BC public institutions participate in the QAPA once every seven years. For more information on this provincial audit, see the government’s QAPA site. The audit for Selkirk College took place in December 2021.

Quality Assurance Tools & Resources

Quality Assurance

New Program Development

Level 1: Operational Planning

Level 1 is an annual plan completed by all schools or programs (to be determined by the dean or another educational leader).

  • An annual template and deadline are provided to the Education & Students Division from the VP Academic and Provost Office and are posted to the Program Quality Assurance Teams site (internal access only, managed by the VP Academic and Provost Office), along with past reports.

Level 2: Renewal

Level 2 is an in-depth look at one or more variables that over an extended period of time (one to three years) are not meeting the required criteria set by the college or other requirements.

  • Level 2: Program Renewal Template (TBD)

Level 3: Program Review

Level 3 is an in-depth assessment that either occurs every seven years or as needed to ensure a program is sustainably meeting long-term needs of the strategic directions of the institution. The program review includes an internal self-study, as well as engagement with the PACs and an external panel review of the program/service.

Program review templates and supporting documents:

 

Other Resources

Selkirk College Plans: Strategic Plans, Campus Master Plan, Education Plan, Indigenization Plan, Internationalization Plan, Student Services Plan.

Selkirk College Brand Hub

Institutional Accountability Plan & Report

Institutional Research Data (internal)

Program Quality Assurance Teams site (internal access only, managed by VP Academic and Provost Office)

  • Operational Plan template and past reports
  • Program Accountability and Sustainability (PAS) Report
  • PAC membership and minutes records

BC Student Outcomes

  • BC Student Outcomes Survey (BCSOS)

Indigenization and Reconciliation Resources

Selkirk College Policies

  • Policy 8101 Academic Programs
  • Policy 8110 Program Advisory Committee

Program Advisory Committee (PAC)

Selkirk College Education Council and Standing Committees

  • Committee schedules and submission deadlines

Teaching & Learning Centre (internal MySelkirk page) – provides support at all three levels of quality assurance

 

Contacts

  • Program areas consult with their school chair and dean/manager.
  • The Teaching & Learning Centre supports program quality assurance. Contact Aanyta Fahrenbruch, Education Developer.
  • Final reporting is sent to the VP Academic and Provost Office.