NAME OF FEATURE | THE GLEANER | SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2025 14 SAM SHARPE TEACHERS’ COLLEGE 50TH ANNIVERSARY FEATURE QUALITY ASSURANCE in education is a comprehensive and systematic process focused on ensuring institutions consistently deliver high-quality teaching, learning, and administrative practices (Kayyali, 2023). The Quality Assurance Office plays a vital role in ensuring confidence and trust in the college’s educational offerings and ensuring the graduates are fit for purpose. The department achieves this by working closely with all departments, regulatory bodies and industry partners to guarantee that all college operations align with relevant policies. Additionally, the office strives to keep academic programmes current and relevant, while fostering a meaningful learning experience. To achieve this, the college uses multiple quality assurance frameworks to improve systems across departments. Risk assessments, quality audits, and programme evaluations are conducted to ensure adherence to standards in academics, administration, and support services. By embedding quality assurance principles in its processes, the college actively promotes continuous improvement, a strong focus on its stakeholders, and clear accountability. This is achieved through systematic feedback mechanisms, including satisfaction surveys and course evaluations to gather valuable insights from students and staff, enabling the college to conduct thorough self-assessments and implement data-driven improvements to its operations and services. The Quality Assurance Office actively participates in the annual Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education (CANQATE) conference, ensuring the institution remains well-informed about current regional and international quality assurance trends, potential challenges, effective best practices, and emerging opportunities. This engagement strengthens the college’s capacity to refine its quality assurance processes and align with both regional and global standards, clearly demonstrating its unwavering commitment to continuous improvement and the provision of high-quality education. As Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College looks forward to its next 50 years, quality assurance will serve as a fundamental pillar, guiding the institution toward its vision of becoming a leading higher education institution within Jamaica and beyond. The Quality Assurance Department is dedicated not only to upholding quality standards but also to encouraging innovation, transparency, practicality, and a strong customer-centric approach. CLAVIA MCFARLANE Quality Assurance Officer Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College QUALITY ASSURANCE Embracing Quality Assurance at Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College focused on sorting through social issues. 48. Early Childhood Education: Since its inception, the college has been core to early childhood education, especially in Western Jamaica. The Early Education Department has also offered invaluable training to in-service and pre-service educators, thereby advancing education and the legacy of the college. 49. Physical Education Department: Supports and officiates Sports Day activities with Cooperating Schools. 50. Child Resiliency Programme: The college collaborated with the Hope Counselling and Wellness Centre to support students reading below grade level through a homework programme on campus. MALIK EWAN Placement and Promotions Officer Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College YEARS CONTINUED FROM 10 By embedding quality assurance principles in its processes, the college actively promotes continuous improvement, a strong focus on its stakeholders, and clear accountability. This is achieved through systematic feedback mechanisms, including satisfaction surveys and course evaluations to gather valuable insights from students and staff, enabling the college to conduct thorough self-assessments and implement data-driven improvements to its operations and services.
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