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Sustainability/ Pérennité

Discover the guidelines for quality assurance and sustainability in Academies. Learn about the support structure, requirements, program rules, measuring quality, and planning for improvement.

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Sustainability/ Pérennité

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  1. Sustainability/ Pérennité Gabriel Fuster gbfuster@cisco.com Technical Advocacy Team

  2. Sustainability • Quality • Financial

  3. Qualitative sustainability

  4. What is Quality? • QAP

  5. What is QAP? • QAP - The guideline for quality at an Academy • Quality Assurance Plan and Academy Operations Guide for Academy curriculum • It summarizes the rules and guidelines to ensure student success and satisfaction. It tells us about: • The hierarchical support structure in the program • The requirements for Academy instructors • The requirements for an Academy • The Basic program rules/guidelines • Measuring quality at an academy • Planning to improve quality at an academy

  6. Academy Types • By Responsibilities • Parent Academies • CATC • RA • Cisco • Child Academies • LA • RA • CATC

  7. The Role and Function of a Parent Academy

  8. Three basic functions • Train instructors • Support Child academies • Assist Child with Quality

  9. 1. Train Instructors Academy instructors need to meet the following criteria Know their subject field well Be a good teacher (best practices, student engagement, etc.) Abide by the program rules and guidelines Child proposes, Parent disposes In addition a Parent Academy instructor: Must be able to share teaching experience LMC and CL’s responsibility to ensure that their instructors meet criteria

  10. 2. Support Child CNAMS support “How do I …. On CNAMS?” Any experienced CATC/RA member Curriculum support “I am having a problem with …. in chapter ….” Typically CL or instructor Operational/Business Support “How can I promote the program to female students?” Typically LMC and/or CL

  11. 3. Assist Quality Support Visits AKA Quality Visit mechanism This is not a witch hunt! Pillars of Quality Well trained and committed Academy staff and instructors Institution’s Management committed to Academy Properly equipped Academy facilities Ultimate proof of Quality The students

  12. Additional Parent responsibilities Create opportunities for child’s continuous education e.g. Regional events, during Support Visits, etc. Work with AAM to grow program Recruit child academy/support program development Ensure flow of communication to Child Remember that communication is a two-way process Curricula Adoption

  13. Other important issues Plan for SUSTAINABLITY Staffing Retention policy Financial Training fees Support fees Growing the program LA recruitment Additional curricula

  14. Remember Successful Children mean that the Parents are doing a good job. Your AAM wants to support you Your CATC wants to support you I want to support you

  15. Responsibilities of a Child Academy

  16. What are the responsibilities of the child academy?

  17. Financial

  18. Financial sustainability • How much does it cost you to run NetAcad?

  19. Financial sustainability • Factors to take into account • Training of instructors • Equipment purchases • Instructor salary • Events • Support Fees • http://planit.ciscolearning.org

  20. Summary

  21. Quality sustainability • Train and support instructors properly • Retain instructors • Is this a problem? • Share best practices • Keep current

  22. Financial sustainability • Know how much it costs you • Maximise usage • Optimise resources

  23. Solution: Curriculum Integration • No “one fits all model” • Work with NetAcad Team to support you • Guarantees a measure of sustainability

  24. Q and A

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