Standard 4.0 – Program Delivery and Student Assessment

Effective quality assurance mechanisms ensure the quality of program delivery and student assessment, and demonstrate continuous improvement.

Requirements

A college-wide program delivery and student assessment approach:

4.1: Ensures consistent delivery of programs of instruction regardless of the program delivery strategies (hybrid, on-line, full-time or part-time, or are delivered with a third-party or other post-secondary institutions), including those programs which take place offsite.

  • Describe the key institutional quality assurance mechanisms used by the college in the components of its quality assurance system and related to this specific standard/requirement.
  • For each mechanism, the narrative must include: the contribution of the mechanism to quality assurance; the key individuals responsible for its implementation; and, a critical assessment on the ability of its mechanisms to ensure continuous improvement in quality (performance in practice).

4.2: Engages teaching staff in regular experimentation with new methods of teaching and learning that are consistent with best practices; and that these new methods are reviewed and widely shared to support currency and relevancy of teaching and learning across all programs of instruction.

  • Describe the key institutional quality assurance mechanisms used by the college in the components of its quality assurance system and related to this specific standard/requirement.
  • For each mechanism, the narrative must include: the contribution of the mechanism to quality assurance; the key individuals responsible for its implementation; and, a critical assessment on the ability of its mechanisms to ensure continuous improvement in quality (performance in practice).

4.3: Ensures fair and equitable evaluation of student achievement through valid assessment methods, accompanied by prompt and constructive feedback on student performance.

  • Describe the key institutional quality assurance mechanisms used by the college in the components of its quality assurance system and related to this specific standard/requirement.
  • For each mechanism, the narrative must include: the contribution of the mechanism to quality assurance; the key individuals responsible for its implementation; and, a critical assessment on the ability of its mechanisms to ensure continuous improvement in quality (performance in practice).

4.4: Assesses the capabilities of program graduates (recent and/or imminent) consistent with the established program vocational learning outcomes.

  • Describe the key institutional quality assurance mechanisms used by the college in the components of its quality assurance system and related to this specific standard/requirement.
  • For each mechanism, the narrative must include: the contribution of the mechanism to quality assurance; the key individuals responsible for its implementation; and, a critical assessment on the ability of its mechanisms to ensure continuous improvement in quality (performance in practice).
Ontario College Quality Assurance Service (OCQAS) 
CQAAP Standards 2015 
Approved by the OCQAS Management Board March 20, 2014 
Revised August 18, 2015