The Vice Provost Academic team will be providing you with many resources throughout the year to support your Self Study review.
Along with our yearly launch meeting, we have organized these Self Study support resources to align with a series of five workshops we will be hosting through the year. These resources will be updated through the academic year.
Launch Meeting
Each fall a Launch Meeting is held with programs beginning their Cyclical Program Review. This meeting provides an overview of the process and significant timelines for the Cyclical Program Review. This year’s meeting was held on September 14, 2023 and hosted by Vice Provost Academic Lyndon Martin.
Launch Meeting Materials
The handouts, presentations and other helpful documents distributed at the launch meeting are housed on the YU link website.
- To access these documents log into the YU link website with your username and password.
- Under the heading Academic Resources use the drop down arrow and go to Teaching and Learning sub-heading.
- Under this sub-heading on the left hand side menu, click on Quality Assurance.
- Go to Cyclical Program Reviews heading on the bottom of the page.
- You will find the York University Quality Assurance Launch Meeting Presentations posted each year after the Cyclical Program Review Fall Launch Meeting.
Workshop 1: Where to Begin – September 22, 2023
- Presentation PPT (in PDF)
Resources and Helpful Links
- Templates and Guidelines
- Suggested Workflow for Undergraduate and Graduate
- Lauren Anstey. 2022. “Setting The Tone: Strategies For Preparing An Effective Self-Study.” Curriculum Commons: A Guidebook for Continuous Curriculum Advancements at Queen’s. eCampusOntatio.
Workshop 2: Curriculum and Program Learning Outcomes – October 27, 2023
- Presentation PPT (in PDF)
Resources and Helpful Links
- A whole website has been created by the Vice Provost Academic Office to support you in curriculum design and Program Learning Outcome development
- Curriculum and Learning Outcome Support videos
- Teaching Commons Curriculum Development
- Degree Level Expectations (DLEs)
- Walvoord, Barbara. 2011. How to Construct a Simple, Sensible, Useful Departmental Assessment Process. Literary Study, Measurement, and the Sublime: Disciplinary assessment, 335-352.
Workshop 3: Retreats – November 27, 2023
- Presentation PPT (in PDF)
Resources and Helpful Links
- “5 Tips for Academic Retreats,” Inside Higher Education
- “Advancing By Retreating,” by E. Scott Bair, Ohio State University
- “A Faculty Retreat Model Featuring Collaborative and Active Learning” by Siow, Y. et al
- “There Is Such a Thing as a Good Retreat” by Rob Kramer, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- “Ask the Chair: How to Organize a Useful Retreat” by Kevin Dettmar, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Sample retreat agendas from WesternU’s Centre for Teaching and Learning
- Teaching Commons colleagues can support many discussions held during retreats. Contact them for specifics.
- York Change Leadership support materials on SharePoint
- Reminder: Contact York University Libraries for a Library support letter
- YorkU CPR retreat catering reimbursement information
Workshop 4: Storytelling with Data – March 4, 2024
- Presentation PPT (in PDF)
- OIPA Support PowerPoint (In PDF)
Many thanks to our OIPA colleagues and Emma Posca, Administrative Coordinator, Writing LA&PS for sharing their experiences.
Mini-Workshop on Collecting Student Data
- Presentation PPT (In PDF)
Resources and Helpful Links
- Alternatives to the ISR Student Survey
- Focus Group Discussion Guide and Consent Form
- YorkU CPR student focus group catering reimbursement information
- “Conducting Focus Groups for Curriculum Review and Improvement” from WesternU’s Centre for Teaching and Learning
- Sample Student Survey from WesternU’s Centre for Teaching and Learning
- Survey examples, including alumni and employers, from Queen’s Office of the Provost and Vice Provost Academic
- Dyjur, P. et al. (2019). “Curriculum review: Guiding questions, data sources & planning.” Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. Calgary: University of Calgary.
- Hoare, A., et al. (2022). “Program Review Handbook: A course-based approach to conducting program review.” Thompson Rivers University.
Workshop 5: Putting the Final Document Together – TBD
Resources and Helpful Links
In development