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This document outlines the TEAC Internal Audit Procedures for the College of Education, initiated to ensure the quality and reliability of faculty claims about graduate competencies. Key questions explored include the accuracy of accreditation briefs and the efficacy of faculty qualifications, hiring practices, curriculum standards, and facility evaluations. Internal auditors, including faculty and administrators, conducted thorough monitoring and inquiry into these areas. The findings aim to improve the program’s quality and compliance with state standards while promoting transparency and accountability within the educational institution.
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TEAC Internal Audit Procedures March 24, 2011 College of Education
Accreditation is a Reflective Process • Do Wayne State University graduates understand what the faculty claim they know and can do? • What have the faculty learned from their monitoring and inquiry into our program’s quality?
Internal Auditors • Kathleen Crawford-McKinney, Asst. Dean of Curriculum COE • Janet Andrews, Academic Advisor, Academic Services • Donna Carroll, LiveText Manager, COE • Tom Edwards, Mathematics Education, TED • Nancy Engels, Database Manager, COE • MarianeFahlman, Health Education, KHS • Chavon Jackson, Graduate Student, TED • Sharon Sellers-Clark, Field Services Director, TED • Jo-Ann Snyder, Elementary Education, TED • David Whitin, Elementary Education, TED • Phyllis Whitin, Literacy Education, TED
Main Questions in the Audit: • Is the brief accurate? • Can it be relied on as an accurate brief?
Faculty Qualifications Probes • Hiring Procedures (FT & PT) • Job descriptions • Searches • Recommendations procedures to be hired • Letter of offer • Periodic Reviews • Promotion Procedures • Productivity of Faculty (publications, presentations, grants, etc)
Curriculum Probes • Program Approval from State • Required assignments entered on LiveText with final assessment rubrics • Course Syllabi reflect COE mission, state standards, COE competencies • Course evaluations (not instructor) • Q. 1 How do you rate this course? • Q. 2 How much have you learned in this course?
Accuracy of the Brief • Clean Opinion: At least 90% targets verified • Qualified Opinion: At least 75% targets verified and/or more than 25% have errors of any kind (trivial and consequential). • Adverse Opinion: More that 25% of the targets are not verified • Disclaimer Opinion: more than 25 % of the target could not be audited • Disclaimer + Not Verified is more than 25%
Dates for Internal Audit • June 1, 2,: Internal Audit Committee meeting • June 6-7: Audit Partners Complete work • June 8: Discussion of; • Findings, • Conclusions, and • Discussions
TEAC Advisory Summer Retreat(June 16 & 17) • Examine Audit Results & Appendix A • Examine 2010-2011 data of evidence • Assignments for brief writing and completion of Sections 4 & 5 by July 15: • Results, and • Discussion • Plan
Sept. COE Meeting • Internal Audit Presentation & Approval • Entire Inquiry Brief Proposal will be available to read on line
INQUIRY BRIEF SUBMISSION • COE Assembly are encouraged to read Inquiry Brief Proposal (IBP) before October 2011 COE meeting. • Final approval of the IBP at October 2011 COE meeting • IBP is sent to TEAC • TEAC determines if brief is auditable • External auditors come on campus April 1-4, 2012
TEAC Internal Audit Procedures Discussion Motion to Approve the Internal Audit Procedures?