TEAC Audit

TEAC Accreditation Process at a Glance

• Review handout.

Nature of the Audit

• The audit determines only whether the descriptions and characterizations of evidence in the IBP are accurate. The auditors do not make evaluative decisions about accreditation except about institutional commitment.

• Auditors of Inquiry Brief Proposals, however, are at liberty to seek information that will strengthen the program’s eventual case and otherwise advise the program about methods that might be better suited to the program’s argument.

Auditors

• Auditors are positive and sensitive.• Auditors are discreet.• Auditors maintain a professional distance

between themselves and program faculty.• Auditors are not coaches or consultants.• Auditors maintain confidentiality during and

after audits.

Audit Tasks

• A target is what the auditors are seeking to verify in the IBP.

• A probe is a specific action taken by the auditor to establish whether the portrayal of the evidence for a target is accurate.

• Finding

• A target is verified if the auditors determine that the evidence, statistic, or claim representing the target is accurate.

The audit visit for the IBP has four core purposes:• To audit targets associated with the capacity

and parity standards.• To audit targets associated with the quality

control system as described in the program’s internal audit.

• To audit the program’s rationale and methods of assessment.

• To consult with the program about how its plan (rationale and method) might be strengthened and improved.

Audit Task Examples

• Survey students, faculty, and cooperating teachers about the accomplishments of the students with regard to Quality Principle I components.

• Pose teaching scenarios and dilemmas to students and faculty to determine if their responses align with the description of the program’s mission, goals, and claims in the Brief.

Audit Task Examples

• Visit class sessions to see if the facilities, pedagogical values, and substance of the lesson(s) align with descriptions found in the Brief.

• Interview faculty with regard to any errors they found in the Brief with regard to the portrayal of the program and its characteristics.

Audit Report

• After the visit the auditors prepare a draft audit report. This is sent to program faculty for comment. Then the auditors prepare a final audit report.