Description

One of the core components of accreditation is the site visit.  And the key players of site visits are visitation evaluation teams (also known as VETs).

VETs can be experts in education, theologians, stakeholders or students. But, whatever their background, it is unlikely that they have been trained in the specific tasks and procedures that are required for the highly professional task of an accreditation visit.

This course covers a number of key issues, both conceptual, personal and practical to equip both new and not-so-new VETs for their tasks.  Watch videos from a selection of experienced VET members from different parts of the world as they share their insights and hear from accreditation agency officers as they explain to you how visits can be prepared, organised and followed up on.

This is a highly recommended resource for all accreditation agencies as they train their VETs.

Course Outcomes

This is a course is co-designed by several ICETE QA agencies as a tool to train visitation evaluation team members.  It is suited to train those involved in accreditation visits of theological schools. 

Course content

• An overview of accreditation procedures
  
• The purpose of accreditation visits
  
• Preparing for a visit
  
• Performing the visitation
  
• Visitation follow up
  
• Good practice tips
  
• Mistakes and challenges
  
• Regional guidelines

Authorship

This course is co-authored by the following ICETE agencies:  ABHE, ATA, ECTE and MENATE

Delivery mode

This is a self-paced online course.

Duration

10 hours of learning

ICETE Academy points

10 points

Completion requirements

You will need to complete the learning sections, produce a position paper and pass a quiz testing your basic knowledge and understanding of visitation evaluation procedures and criteria. 

Course enrolment key

ICETE003

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