-Component 6: Faculty Members

Indicator 6.1 The Quality of Faculty Members (The quality of academic staff)

For criteria 8 and 9, it is assessed using the Office of Permanent Secretary of Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovations standards.

Score 1	Score 2	Score 3	Score 4	Score 5
Has action 1 item	Has action 2 item	Has action 3-4 item	Has action 5-7 item	Has action 8-10 item

AUN-QA based criteria

For AUN-QA, criteria 1 to 7 are assessed at 7 levels.

Performance

1. Academic staff planning is ensured to meet the quality and quantity of the academic staff

The Faculty has a manual and guidelines for new lecturers and staff recruitment. The applicant must meet the minimum requirement for the position with special consideration with his or her experience in the field. The members of the committee, which includes program instructors and human resources personnel, set interview schedule with the applicant. If the applicant successfully passed the interview, the committee submits the result to the academic board and to the college council for approval. In some cases, some program instructors recommend qualified individual to the human resources department

Evaluation Process and Improvement Plan
The program has evaluated the recruitment process and found out to be effective. 

2. Staff workload is measured and monitored to improve the work quality

Instructors  Subjects Assignment 
The curriculum or program sets up the meeting to assign instructors in subjects that are offered in the next academic year prior to the beginning of the first semester with consideration of students benefits. Instructor expertise , qualifications , and evaluation results from students who were in previously taught courses in the previous academic year with average score of at least 3.85  out of 5 marks will be considered.

Supervision, Monitoring  and Evaluation 

The  curriculum instructor supervises   , monitors and evaluates the performance of the teaching instructor through out the semester. The instructor  teaching performance  is  also evaluated by students in  the subject  taught  at the end of semester. The curriculum or program evaluates assign instructors to subjects system and brings
recommendations to improve in the next academic year.

 Improvement Process  from Evaluation Results

The curriculum instructor encourages  teaching instructors to integrate teaching and learning  from the evaluation  results. These improvement plans  should reflect in the teacher’s TQF

3. The competencies of the academic staff are determined, evaluated, and communicated

The   curriculum instructor supervises   , monitors and evaluates the performance of the teaching instructor through out the semester. The instructor  teaching performance  is  also evaluated by students in  the subject  taught  at the end of semester. The curriculum or program evaluates assign instructors to subjects system and brings
recommendations to improve in the next academic year.

1. The curriculum or program organize a meeting to consider number of instructors in accordance with the curriculum standards criteria.
2. The curriculum or program specifies the qualifications of the instructors responsible for the curriculum or program in accordance with the curriculum standards criteria.
3. In the case of an instructor within the curriculum or program, there will select qualified instructors who meet the curriculum standards criteria.
4. In the case of an outside instructor, the curriculum or program request for approval from the faculty or college management committee to accept applications from outside. The human resource department perform the procedures starting from the application announcement, check qualifications / documents. The curriculum or program considers, selects and announces selected instructors
responsible for the curriculum or program.
5. The curriculum or program new selected instructor responsible for the curriculum or program who come from either inside or outside the curriculum or program to the academic department of the College for checking and reviewing before submitting to the College Academic Council and the College Council respectively for approval and further appointment.

6. The curriculum or program submit a curriculum revision form (08) for requesting amendment / addition of instructor responsible for the curriculum or program to the faculty, the College Academic Council and the College Council respectively prior to the Office of Higher Education Commission.
7. The curriculum or program evaluates the procedures/processes of the instructors responsible for the curriculum recruitment and appointment system.

4. The quantity of academic staff and duties allocated are appropriate

The program follows a system when it comes to the quantity of academic staff and the duties responsibilities assigned to them. . Th program organizes a meeting to consider number of instructors in accordance with the curriculum standards criteria.

1. The curriculum or program determines and assign instructor work load which include all missions of Higher Education; Teaching, Researching, Academic Servicing, and Arts and Culture Preservation.
2. Instructor set up work plan according to work load and goals in terms of;
3. Production of research results / academic works 
4. Development of academic knowledge / work experience 
5. Development of teaching and learning 
6. Other designated assignments 

5. The performance assessment of the academic staff is based on a merit system that accounts for teaching, research, and service.

The following factors are taken into account when evaluating the faculty member  performance: 

• Teaching
• involvement in student activities
•  academic service
• research

The faculty performance are evaluated as follows:

• Student evaluation
• self-evaluation
• Dean’s Evaluation
• Vice President for Academic Affairs( reviews above reports)

6. Duties and responsibilities of academic staff allocated are clearly stated and communicated to all staff

There  institution has several ways in communicating to all academic staff about their duties and responsibilities:

1. The institution conducts an Annual meeting to all academic and supporting staff before every start of semester
2. The program conducts Orientation of newly hired lecturers
3. There is a monthly meeting with the dean of the Faculty 

The  faculty distributes ‘ Lecturer’s Manual” to every new staff. The manual contains all the information about the Faculty and the college in general. 

7. The training and developmental needs of the academic staff are systematically identified and aligned to the program needs.

The instructor Support and development system of B.Ed in English was created by program instructors and Faculty Board. The professional development plan included attending seminar or academic conference and research fund request.

( See System and Mechanism Attached )

b. Evaluation and Assessment Process
In the academic year 2022 the program has reviewed the instructors’ Professional Development and found that we focused mostly on teaching performance and writing the TQF 3 and 5. The program should focus more on research development plan as well as the academic rank proposal.

In addition to the development plan for instructors, the program and the faculty were supervised by experienced instructors. By the end of the academic year, each instructor was evaluated by the program’s head, the dean of faculty and the Vice President of Academic Affairs.

C. Results and Improvement Plan
The program instructors created the development plan for instructor’s administration. They all attend the program meeting and approach for the academic rank. They are also encourage  to conduct research and offer incentives if they have published one. 

Seminars/ Training	Date	Number		Summary of Comments and Benefits for Participants
		Faculty	Staff
1.      STIC STAFF Annual Meeting and Training	May 30, 2022	5	0	The seminar was very informative.
2.    1st KM  Day: Wisdom for Change	October 21, 2022	5	0	It was very informative and helpful .
3.   KM Day: Wisdom for Change II	February 2023	5	0	It was a good seminar to reflect n teachers’s values
4.  Academic Title Workshop for Academic Staff 5.Book & Academic Work Production Workshop: Preparing Manuscripts for Publication: Challenges & Opportunities	November 2 and 9, 2022 December 15, 2022	5 5	0

8. Performance assessment is brought to be part of program management.

Please describe what the program has done with respect to this criterion.

9. Academic staff, students, and communities are together to create learning experiences

The college ‘s organization culture is, STIC: 

                S = Sharing and Caring

                T = Trustworthy, honest, correct, punctual

                I = Inter-cultural competency, compatible with multinational cultures

                C = Commitment to Quality

Guided by the above organisational culture, the academic staff, students and the people of community exist harmoniously through different activities  to create  meaningful learning experiences for the development not only of the  community but of the country in general.

The program has  conducted several academic community service to the community   to ensure a fruitful, meaningful and rewarding learning experience for the  lecturers, students  and staff. 

 

10.  Academic staff integrates Arts and Culture into learning management

All lecturers are encourage to integrate arts and culture preservation in classroom teaching as well as co-curriculum activities. Below are some of the subjects integrated to Art & Culture Preservation:

1.  Self- Actualization for Teachers
2. Children Literature
3. English Teaching & Learning
4. Psychology for Teachers
5. Materials and Information Technology in Teaching 

Aside from the Arts & Culture  course integration, the program also brings the students outside the classroom-to the community- to further develop students love for arts and culture . 

Self-Assessment

Goal	Performance(KPIเชิงคุณภาพให้ระบุข้อ)		Self-Assessment
…5 item…	IQA(1-10)	1,2,3,9,10	9	…4.. mark
	AUN-QA(1-8)	1(4), 2(4), 3(4)	level …5

Evidence

Evidence No.	List of Evidences
6.1.1.1	System mechanism of Instructors management and development
6.1.1.2	Instructor Workload Management
6.1.1.3	Instructors Competencies and appointment system
6.1.1.4	Lecture’s Timetable
6.1.1.5	Academic Staff Performance Evaluation
6.1.1.6	Lecture’s Manual New Lecturer’s Orientation
6.1.1.7	Lecturer’s Professional Devt. Training Instructors Professional Development System and Mechanism
6.1.1.8
6.1.1.9	Academic Service to the Community
6.1.1.10	Courses Integrated into Teaching & Learning

Indicator 6.2   Doctoral degree qualification

Performance

1) Percentage of instructors responsible curriculum/program of study who hold doctoral degrees = (1 / 5)*100 = 20

2) Received score = (20 / 20)*5 =5

Self-Assessment

Goal	Performance(KPIเชิงคุณภาพให้ระบุข้อ)		Self-Assessment
Percentage….	IQA(1)	อาจารย์ปริญญาเอก…คน/อาจารย์ผู้รับผิดชอบ…คน	percentage 20%	5
	AUN-QA(ไม่มี)	None	Level …none….

Evidence

Evidence No.	List of evidences
6.2.1.1	TQF 2

Indicator 6.3   Published Academic Output

Quality Levels of Academic Outputs

Weight	Quality Level
0.20	– A full research/academic article published in proceedings of a national conference
0.40	– A full research/academic article published in the proceedings of an international conference. – Output that was registered as a petty patent
0.60	– A research/academic article that is published in an academic journal listed in Group 2 of the TCI database
0.80	– A research/academic article that is published in an academic journal listed in Group 1 of the TCI database.
1.00	– A research/academic article published in an international academic journal that is listed in an international database in the Civil Service Commission on Institutions of Higher Education Announcement, or the OHEC Regulations Regarding Criteria to Appraise Journals that Disseminate Academic Output of 2013. – Output that was registered as a patent – Academic service to society that has passed assessment for requesting academic rank – Research granted by a national department/organization – Discovery of new plant/animal species that has been registered – Textbook/books or translated books that has passed assessment for requesting academic rank – Textbook/book translated books that has passed assessment criteria for requesting academic rank, but has not been used in an academic rank request – A research/academic article that is cited in a national academic journal listed in Group 1 of the TCI database or in an international journal listed in international database according to the Civil Service Commission on Institutions of Higher Education Announcement.

Performance

1.Percentage of weighted sum of academic outputs = (1/5)*100 = 40

2.Received score = (20 / 20)*5 = 5 = 5

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No.	Title	Name of the Lecturer	Name of Journal	Index	Weight
1	Effectiveness of the project-based learning in developing English communicative proficiency of Thai first year students in the quality assurance network of private international higher education institutions	Aj. Dario Abdullah Mando	Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice ,22(9), 513-523	Scopus Q4 (Aug 2022)	1.0

Self-Assessment

Goal	Performance (Qualitative KPI (items))		Self-Assessment
Percentage ……	IQA(1)	ผลรวมถ่วงน้ำหนักผลงาน/อาจารย์ผู้รับผิดชอบ…คน	percentage 20%	5 mark
	AUN-QA(ไม่มี)	None	level …none….

Evidence

Evidence No	List of evidences
6.3.1.1	Instructor’s Research Output

Self-Assessment

Self-Assessment	IQA	AUN-QA
Indicator 6.1	…4…	4
Indicator 6.2	…5…	5
Indicator 6.3	…5…	5
Overall Average	…4.67…	–