Title: 6. External Peer Review
Course: 2023 Program Review Cohort

NOMINATING EXTERNAL REVIEWERS

Timeline: August 1 - September 30, 2023

Description

External review involves consultation with external experts who provide their opinion about program strengths and opportunities for improvement. This adds validity and value to the review process. The role of the external reviewers (as individual experts and collectively, as a team) is to comment and advise the program on the strengths and challenges facing the program in terms of the market demand, curriculum, pedagogy, structure, service to students, and resource use.

Instructions

1. Read Module 6 in the Program Review Handbook .
2. Attend the virtual info-session on August 30 at 1:00 - 1:30pm.
  - Info-session PowerPoint slides
3. Complete the External Reviewer Nomination Form using the template provided.
  - External Reviewer Nomination form
4. Seek Dean approval of the external reviewer nominations.
5. Send the list of nominees to the Associate Vice President Academic (AVPA) who gives final approval of the list of external reviewers. Once the nominees are approved, Shelley Church will reach out to the nominees to seek interest and begin scheduling the site visit.

EXTERNAL REVIEW SITE VISIT

Timeline: September 30, 2023 - February 28, 2024

Instructions

1. Coordinate the external reviewer site visit in collaboration with Shelley Church, Curriculum Governance Officer (schurch@tru.ca).
  - We recommend that site visits be scheduled a minimum of 3 months in advance to ensure availability of all parties.
  - Where appropriate, there is the option to do virtual site visits.
  - The Faculty/School is responsible for the costs associated with the External Review site visit, including all travel costs of the reviewers and catering. In addition, the program review team is responsible for room bookings, recruiting faculty, staff, and students to attend meetings with external reviewers, and facilitating the site visit events.

Resources

- Suggested external review site visit agenda
- Instructions for hosting a successful site visit
  - Additional tips for hosting a virtual site visit
- Information provided to External Reviewers:
  - External Reviewer Report template
  - Welcome Package
  - Program Self-Study Report and Appendices
  - Additional information upon request