QUALITY ASSURANCE IN EDUCATION THROUGH

VOLUNTARY ACCREDITATION

QUALITY ASSURANCE IN EDUCATION THROUGH

VOLUNTARY ACCREDITATION

According to British Higher Education Council:

According to former CHED Executive Director:

“Quality” is the central mystery in all the variants of meaning and nuance of which the word is capable.”

“Quality” is not perfection, it is improving your previous best and showing that you are at the leading edge in most aspects.

What do I need to learn?

What do I need to learn?

QUALITY-refers to an ascending degree of excellence

Different Concept of Quality

Different Concept of Quality

Set of standards Assurance

Quality Assurance in Education

LEGALBASIS OF VOLUNTARY ACCREDATATION IN THE PHILIPPINES

LEGALBASIS OF VOLUNTARY ACCREDATATION IN THE PHILIPPINES

EDUCATION ACT OF 1982

CREATION OF THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER

EDUCATION(CHED) IN 1994

In 1994, Commission on higher Education (CHED) was organized by virtue of Republic act (R.A.) 7722.

Accrediting agencies federated under the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines(FAAP):

Philippine Accrediting Agencies of Schools ,Colleges and Universities(PAASCU

Association of Christian Schools ,Colleges and Universities Accrediting

Agency(ACSCUAA)

Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA)

TWO ACCREDITING AGENCIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS:

Accrediting Agency for Chartered Colleges and

Universities of the Philippines(AACUP)

Association of Local Colleges and Universities

Commission on Accreditation(ALCUCOA

VOLUNTARY ACCREDITIONVOLUNTARY ACCREDITION

In the Philippines and in the world , the accepted measure of quality assurance in education is voluntary accreditation.

What is voluntary Accreditation?

Voluntary Accreditation is a concept of self-regulation which focuses on self-study and evaluation and on the continuing improvement of educational quality .It is both a process and a result .

As a process ,it is a form of peer review in which an association of schools and colleges establishes sets of criteria and procedures.

As a result ,it is a form of certification granted by a recognized and authorized accrediting agency.

Voluntary Accreditation is mission-centric

Rationale for Voluntary Accreditation

Basic Principles /Characteristics of Voluntary Accreditation

a. Accreditation is based on accepted standards.

b. Accreditation is primarily concerned with the students learning welfare , growth and development.

c. Accreditation provides opportunities for institutional growth through self study, evaluation and self regulation.

d. Accreditation admits periodic review ,criticism , and readjustment of its criteria, policies and procedures in response to changes in Education

Significant practical values of Education

OUTCOMES –BASED EDUCATION(OBE)OUTCOMES –BASED EDUCATION(OBE)

Shift of Instructional focus

Student Learning Outcomes(SLO)

The outcomes of Education

Program objectives(P.O)

Curriculum Mapping

Immediate Outcomes b.Deferred outcomes

DETERMINING THE ATTAINMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLO)THROUGH OUTCOMES- BASEDASSESSMENT

DETERMINING THE ATTAINMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLO)THROUGH OUTCOMES- BASEDASSESSMENT

Educational Assessment

is a comprehensive process of describing, judging and communicating the quality of learning and performance of students

Outcome- based assessment

requires teacher to define clearly in language that their student can understand and apply

Recommended Outcomes-based Assessment tools

Characteristics of OBA

Use of Measurable Assessment Tools

Key to OBA

What do I

need to

remember?What do I

need to

remember?

1.Quality Assurance in Education2.Voluntary accreditation as the recognized

instrument for quality assurance 3.Outcomes-based Education (OBE) the recent

development in voluntary accreditation :Program outcomes and student learning outcomes.

4. Curriculum mapping by matching the identified students learning outcomes with the program courses.

Achieving outcomes –based education through outcome –based assessment (OBA)

THE END!!!

Amparo , Liliavic C.Bargasao , DanilynCafé, Aiza L.Commandante , Melky