National Association of Industrial Technology

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Team Member Training
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Purpose of the ATMAE Team Member Training
Workshop

• Train ATAME members to become visiting team
  members
• Review and update ATAME trained visiting team
  members

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Typical Steps in the Accreditation Process
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1. Institution Decision 9.
Develop On-Site Agenda 2. Institution
Training 10. On-Site Visit
3. ATMAE Consultant
11. Visit Team Report Draft 4.
Conduct Self-Study 12. Report
to ATMAE Office 5. Apply for
Accreditation 13. Board Reviews
Report 6. Team Assignments
14. Board Hearings/Decision 7. Submit
Self-Study 15. Appeal
Options 8. Prepare for Team
Visit
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Visiting Accreditation Teams

• Membership
• Each team consists of at least three members
• At least one team member must be an industry
  representative
• At least one team member must be from an
  institution offering programs at the level of the
  institution being visited

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Visiting Accreditation Teams

• Membership
• All team members must be members of ATMAE
• Team chair must have served on two visiting teams
  and have been approved by the Accreditation and
  Personnel Committee
• Team chair must complete Team Chair Orientation.

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Visiting Accreditation Teams

• Assignments to Visiting Team
• Assigned by Accreditation Personnel Committee
  (APC)
• Institution reviews team member assignment
• APC tries to restructure team if unacceptable
• Institution may withdraw request if final team
  assignments are not acceptable

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Visiting Accreditation Teams

• Visiting Team Responsibilities
• Review the institutions Self-Study Report prior
  to the visit
• Conduct on-site visit to institution
• Prepare written report following guidelines
• Recommend status of accreditation
• Have chair or team member present at the Board of
  Accreditation hearings

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Visiting Accreditation Teams

• Visiting Team Responsibilities
• All communications should go through the team
  chair unless told otherwise.
• Keep track of all receipts related to the visit.
• Submit an expense form to the team chair for
  approval.

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Visiting Accreditation Teams

• Visiting Team Chair Responsibilities
• Work with institutional contact person to develop
  on-site schedule
• Assign team members to specific team
  responsibilities
• Coordinate team activity during on-site visit
• Coordinate, edit, and submit final team report
• Evaluate performance of team members
• Represent team at Board of Accreditation hearings
• Coordinate travel arrangements

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Visiting Accreditation Teams

• Writing the Visiting Team Report
• The Visiting Team Report shall be a qualitative
  assessment regarding the accuracy of the
  institutional self-study report and an analysis
  of program and option compliance with standards
• The Visiting Team Report does not contain
  recommendations on how the institution should
  rectify any deficiencies

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Visiting Accreditation Teams

• Writing the Visiting Team Report
• If the standard is in compliance please use the
  following This standard was found to be in
  compliance
• Be sure to include the reason why a standard was
  found to be in partial or non-compliance

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• 5.13.1 Placement Services Appropriate services
  shall be available to assist with the placement
  of program graduates. Placement of graduates
  shall be tracked and the effectiveness of the
  services shall be evaluated by the administrative
  unit containing the Industrial Technology
  program(s). This standard was found to be in
  compliance.
• Program Computer Technology
• _X_Compliance ___Partial Compliance
  ____Non-Compliance
• Program Industrial Technology
• _X_Compliance ___Partial Compliance
  ____Non-Compliance

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• 5.13.1 Placement Services Appropriate services
  shall be available to assist with the placement
  of program graduates. Placement of graduates
  shall be tracked and the effectiveness of the
  services shall be evaluated by the administrative
  unit containing the Industrial Technology
  program(s). This standard was found to be in
  compliance for the Computer Technology program.
  The Industrial Technology program is in
  non-compliance due to the fact the program has
  not produced graduates.
• Program Computer Technology
• _X_Compliance ___Partial Compliance
  ____Non-Compliance
• Program Industrial Technology
• ___Compliance ___Partial Compliance
  _X_Non-Compliance

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• 5.13.1 Placement Services Appropriate services
  shall be available to assist with the placement
  of program graduates. Placement of graduates
  shall be tracked and the effectiveness of the
  services shall be evaluated by the administrative
  unit containing the Industrial Technology
  program(s).Placement services are available for
  students. Services range from Career fairs to
  workshops on resume writing and interviewing
  techniques. At this time, no formal tracking
  system of graduates is in place to obtain data to
  evaluate the effectiveness of the services.
• Program Computer Technology
• ____Compliance _X__Partial Compliance
  ____Non-Compliance
• Program Industrial Technology
• ____Compliance _X__Partial Compliance
  ____Non-Compliance

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Visiting Accreditation Teams

• Content for the Team Report
• Cover Sheet
• I. The On-Site Visit
• II. General Information
• III. Compliance with Standards
• IV. Summaries and Recommendations
• List of Standards in Compliance
• List of Standards in Partial Compliance
• List of Standards in Non-Compliance
• Visiting Team Recommendation

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Points to Remember

• You are the Eyes and Ears of the Accreditation
  Board
• Maintain Contact with the Institution
• Do not offer advise or consult
• You are not on a Fault Finding Safari
• Confidentiality
• Dress Code
• Do not remove materials from the resource room

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Questions and Open Discussion