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Course Performance Reports and Faculty Academic Program Reports – Policy and Procedures

Intent

This policy sets out the requirements for the completion of annual Course Performance Reports and Faculty Academic Program Reports.

Scope

This policy applies to all Faculty Pro-Vice-Chancellors and to Course Coordinators and other staff with designated responsibilities for the preparation of the reports required by this policy.

Definitions

Academic Program: the suite of courses owned by a Faculty.

Course: an approved Higher Education Award of the University as defined in the Glossary of Terms for Policies in the Student and Teaching & Course Management chapters - JCU

Course Performance Reports (CPRs): Annual reports completed for each undergraduate and postgraduate course by the Course Coordinator.

Faculty Academic Program Reports (FAPRs): Annual reports completed by the Faculty Pro-Vice-Chancellor identifying key strengths, weaknesses and priorities for the following year as identified from the Faculty’s suite of Course Performance Reports.

Policy

The University undertakes Course Performance Reports and Faculty Academic Program Reports as part of its commitment to the philosophy of quality enhancement that moves beyond compliance and attaining standards (assurance) to participative and critical self evaluation and continuous improvement.The conduct of these reports incorporates the eight principles that underpin JCU’s Quality Enhancement Framework:

Aligning our activities with the University Intent, purpose and values;
Encompassing the four dimensional cycle of ‘approach, deployment, results and improvement’ (ADRI);
Encouraging a culture of self-reflection and peer review so that strengths and weaknesses may be identified and addressed;
Collaborating with our colleagues across boundaries;
Embracing a student focussed approach where student participation and feedback informs all phases of the quality cycle;
Actively engaging with the community to meet its needs;
Using evidence based practice, informed by scholarly review, and utilising quantitative and qualitative data for effective decision making and strategy evaluation; and
Identifying and using relevant internal and external benchmarks and good practice to set goals and strive for improvement.

Course Performance Reports and Faculty Academic Program Reports are methods of evaluating performance and identifying individual or collective course improvements on an annual basis.At course and Faculty level, reflection on the previous year’s performance and analyses of current data is undertaken to identify successful strategies and areas for improvement for course quality that will then be included in the annual planning process (Faculty and School Plans).

Procedure

The procedure for the completion of Course Performance Reports and Faculty Academic Program Reports, including timelines, is set out in the Course Performance Reports and Faculty Academic Program Reports – Guidelines.

Policy sponsor:	Director, Quality Enhancement
Approval authority:	Academic Board
Version no:	12-1
Date for next review:	28/02/2017

Version no:	Approval date:	Implementation date:	Details:
12-1	28/02/2012	29/02/2012