Aspect
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Determining issue
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Description
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1. Desirable characteristics of vocational education graduates
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1.1 Suitability and feasibility
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Consideration will focus on the goals/criteria for determining the desirable characteristics of vocational education graduates that correspond to the context and genuine condition of the graduates.
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1.2 Reliability
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Consideration will focus on the process and results of the student quality assessment together with the results of the inspection based on genuine conditions or observable evidences. This method relies on multiple sources of data to verify and to reconfirm assessment results in order to assure the consistency of the decision, which will reflect the reliability of the assessment results.
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1.3 Effectiveness
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Consideration will be based on the results of the development of performances of graduates in various fields according to the criteria of each level of education and the context of each individual vocation education institution. This is to verify whether students have any improvement comparing with previous academic years. The information will reveal how well students maintain levels of their development in learning, or their learning is at similar level of the previous year. It, also, can provide information on innovation and good practices by considering concepts, methods, and creative activities that have been applied for self-development, or changes in problem solving in trying to enhance higher competencies by institutions themselves that can serve as a good example for others.
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1.4 Innovation or Best Practices
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Innovation refers to concepts or methods used in practice, to solve problems or for development, which affects changes in mindset. Obviously, it is a further development and increasing value. There is a positive goal, which has the criteria for consideration namely: C – Creativity; N – New, that is new in that context; V – Value-Added, valuable and useful; and A –Adaptive. Best practices refer to the patterns of practices or procedures that affects institution success or to achieve its goals of excellence. The vocational education institution is recognized academically and professionally and its successes have obvious evidences. The success procedures can be systematically summarized and provide traces of observable evidences that can be disseminated to internal or external agencies as useful lessons-learned.
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2. Vocational education management
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2.1 Systematization
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Consideration will be based on the effective operation and the sustainability of the process of vocational education institutions. This includes the participation of all relevant stakeholders; clearly defined target for clear operation, as well as the supervision and the development to monitor and to improve the systems continuously. /td>
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2.2 Reliability
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Consideration will be based on results of self-assessment on the operation process and performance of vocational education institution. The assessment results will be rechecked against the results of the inspection of the genuine conditions or observable evidences. This method relies on multiple sources of data to verify and to reconfirm assessment results in order to assure the consistency of the decision, which will reflect the reliability of the assessment results.
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2.3 Effectiveness
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Consideration will be based on comprehensive results of vocational education management and management in the development of performance-based curriculums. Learning management should be focused on teaching and learning leading to practical skill based on learner-focused vocational education. Goals and objectives of the vocation education institutions should pay attention to the development of teachers and administrators, cooperative vocational education program, and mobilization of resources for the development of teaching and learning. In addition, the objectives of vocational education institutions should also cover community services, volunteer spirit, basic infrastructure, learning center and vocational service center, etc. Vocational education institutions should establish good working relations with students, teachers, its board and relevant stakeholders. They should be able to create innovation and good practices that can be determined from their institutional concepts, operational process, or creative activities that have been implemented to improve and to solve problem with new changing paradigms, or for the development of higher effectiveness and efficiency of institutions that can be served as good practices and model for others.
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2.4 Innovation or best practices
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Innovation refers to concepts or methods used in the operation of institutions to solve their problems or for development, which affects changes in the mindset of their staffs. Obviously, it is a further development and increasing value of the institutions. There is a positive goal, which has the criteria for consideration namely: C – Creativity; N – New, that is new in that context; V – Value-Added, valuable and useful; and A –Adaptive. Best practices refer to the patterns of practices or procedures that affects institutional success or endeavors to achieve its goals of academic excellence. The vocational education institution is recognized academically and professionally and its success has obvious evidences. The success procedures can be systematically summarized and provide traces of observable evidences that can be disseminated to internal or external agencies as useful lessons-learned.
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3. Teaching and learning process focusing on learner-centered
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3.1 Systemization
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Consideration will be based on building an effective learning society focusing on learner-centered. The management of teaching and learning, as well as supplementary activities are consistent with the local and community contexts based on the interests of learners. Learners should have opportunities to participate in the formulation of the contents of teaching and learning, as well as supplementary activities. The curriculum should provide creative exchanges of learning opportunities among learners. Classroom management should be conducive to learning environment. There should be methods designed for effective measurement and assessment tools for learning. The assessment results will be used for providing feedback to learners so that they can apply the results for self-improvement, as well as providing input for teachers to continuously improve themselves and to improve their teaching profession. In addition, the consideration will also be focused on the endeavor to build learning society by teachers and administrators of the institution. This method relies on multiple sources of data to verify the assessment results by reconfirming the results with genuine conditions and observable evidences. By so doing it can assure the consistency of the results, which will reflect the reliability of the assessment results.
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3.2 Reliability
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Consideration will be based on assessing the performance of building learning society carried out by teachers and administrators with the results from genuine condition and observable evidences. It is based on multiple sources of information and data to verify and to reconfirm the consistency of the decision, which reflects the reliability of the assessment results.
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3.3 Effectiveness
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Consideration will be based on the performance of teachers and administrators to build learning society. The determining factors include procedure to build learning society; classroom management; self-development and professional development according to the goals or objectives set by the institution. The institution should be able to create innovation and good practices that can be determined from their institutional concepts, operational process, or creative activities that have been implemented to improve and to solve problem with new changing paradigms, or for the development of higher effectiveness and efficiency of the institution that can be served as good practices and model for others.
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3.4 Innovation or best practices
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Innovation refers to concepts or methods used in the operation of institution to solve its problems or for development, which affects noticeable changes in the mindset of their staffs; process of the institution; and the institution itself. It is a further development to increase value of the institutions with positive goal as its target. The criteria for consideration are as follows: C – Creativity; N – New, that is new in that context; V – Value-Added, valuable and useful; and A –Adaptive. Best practices refer to the patterns of endeavors or procedures that have been brought to make the institution successful or to achieve its goals of academic excellence. The vocational education institution is recognized academically and professionally and its success has obvious evidences. The success procedures can be summarized methodically and provide traces of observable evidences that can be disseminated to internal or external agencies as useful lessons-learned.
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