CHAPTER 7

TRAINING ACTIVITIES

7.1 Accreditation training program

Day 1

09:00-09:15 Introduction

The purpose of the meeting

Brief information about the meeting (the participants will be reminded of the question-answer session at the end of the day between 16:00-17:00 hours. They should take notes of the points they would like to ask then).

09:15-10:00 General information on accreditation

Definition of accreditation and its importance in the Turkish education system.

Information on the accreditation process

· Preparing the self-evaluation report

· Visit team’s analysis of the self evaluation

· Examining faculty documents during visits

· Writing reports at the end of visits

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:30 Presentation on standards, with group work

General information about standard domains

Details of standard domains

Group work

11:30-12:00 Presentation on the relation between teaching competencies,

faculty-school partnerships and the standards

Teacher competencies

· Qualifications related to subject area and subject teaching

· Qualifications related to the teaching and learning process

· Observing students’ learning, assessment and keeping records

· Other professional competencies

Relating competencies to the standards

Relating faculty-school partnerships to the standards

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:30 Presentation on the self evaluation report, with group work

General information

Group work to prepare a report for each standard domain,

and the documents to be prepared by faculties

Discussion of a sample completed form

14:30-15:00 Break

15:00-16:00 Schedule of an accreditation visit team

Team meeting in the evening before the visit

Day 1 Visiting the dean and program heads

Examining the documents

Lunch with program heads and faculty accreditation co-ordinator

Visits to program facilities, staff and students

Team meeting

Day 2 Continuation of visits to programs

Lunch with students

Interview with the dean about management and

quality assurance standard domains

Visits to the library

Visit to partner school(s)

Team meeting and beginning report writing

Day 3 Continuation of visits to partner schools

Lunch with faculty staff

Team meeting and finishing report writing

Visit to the dean and leaving the faculty

16:00-17:00 Question-answer session

Remind participants to read Appendix 2: Self-evaluation of Piri Reis faculty and Deniz faculty report

Day 2

09:00-10:30 Group work

· Discussion on Piri Reis faculty self-evaluation report in groups. Relationships between the report and the standards.

· All documents needed for the self-evaluation of the example faculty.

· Discussion on how well the report reflects the self-evaluation of the faculty.

(Note: A participant from each group will gather feedback, and prepare a summary of it).

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00-12:00 Feedback from group work and general evaluation

· Presentation of feedback from each group.

· A general evaluation on the subject by the team chair.

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:30 Group work

Individual report writing

Self-evaluation report writing studies

The participants will prepare a sample self-evaluation report for

one or two standard domains which they will choose.

Discussion of the written report within groups. The participants will exchange what they have written, and evaluate it.