Program Quality Assurance Committee (PQAC)
The Program Quality Assurance Committee (PQAC) participates in the Program Quality Review (PQR) process by reviewing the draft reports and providing formative, constructive feedback on the review and the proposed action items. Suggestions from the Committee are incorporated at the discretion of the program. Additionally, the Committee identifies themes across PQRs and reports on these annually to the Senior Academic Leadership Team through the Chair, Program Quality and Renewal. The Committee also provides feedback on quality assurance policies and processes on an ad-hoc basis.
Committee Structure and Membership
In order to have sufficient capacity to review all PQRs and complete other tasks, the Committee has two groups (A and B). Each group meets monthly for 3 hours, or at the call of the Committee Chair(s). An academic administrator and a faculty member will chair Committee A and B, respectively.
The Committee includes one faculty representative from each School/Faculty/Campus:
- Advanced Technology
- Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence
- School of Business
- Health and Community Studies
- Police and Public Safety Institute
- Hospitality and Tourism
- Arts, Media, and Design
- Algonquin College in the Ottawa Valley (Pembroke)
- Algonquin Heritage Institute (Perth)
The Committee also includes three Academic Administrators (Chairs) and one Academic Manager (AC Online).
The following roles are Standing PQAC Members:
- Chair, Program Quality and Renewal
- Program Quality Review Coordinators (x2)
- Curriculum Consultants (x2)
- Manager, Quality Assurance and Academic Operations (IEC)
- Representative, Learning and Teaching Services
- Representative, College Marketing