- The SOHS SQC shall consist of:
- Chair
- Vice-Chair
- Members
- Ex-Officio members
- Determining the SQC membership:
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- Members of the SQC will be nominated by the School faculty and selected by the School Leadership Team, in consultation with SQC members.
- The Dean will appoint a faculty member to serve as the Chair.
- The committee will appoint one of its members to serve as the Vice-chair.
- The SOHS Leadership Team will call for volunteers, or nominations from the faculty, as required.
- The committee shall have broad representation from all three major departments in the SOHS (Diagnostics, Laboratory Sciences and Allied Health, as well as Nursing and Specialty Nursing).
- SQC members should serve a minimum term of two years (beginning either in the Fall or the Winter academic term) to ensure consistency, familiarity, and expertise with common issues.
- The Chair of the SQC will serve a two-year term and the Vice-chair, a one-year term.
- In order to provide continuity in the decision-making process:
- SQC members may serve more than one term; and
- the SQC will ensure an orderly transition by not having more than half of its membership being new members in any given year.
- The Chair of the SQC will have the following responsibilities:
- Chairing committee meetings.
- Developing meeting agendas and identifying guests.
- Preparing minutes of the meetings with the assistance of the SQC Coordinator.
- Identifying and assigning pre-work required for meetings.
- Preparing the final report(s) with the committee’s recommendations for the Dean.
- Responding to those submitting questions and proposals to the SQC.
- Communicating with external groups on issues related to committee activities.
- The Vice-chair will assume the role of the Chair in his/her absence or as required.
- All members of the SQC will be responsible for:
- Attending and participating in all SQC meetings on a regular (typically monthly) basis.
- Reviewing proposals and supporting documentation submitted to the SQC.
- Providing input regarding any perceived quality issues related to the submission, including pre-meeting and post-meeting feedback reports as well as the final reports to the Dean.
- Assessing and streamlining SQC processes to ensure they are useful and relevant to all stakeholders, without compromising standards.
- The SQC Coordinator, appointed by the SOHS Leadership Team, will be responsible for:
- Scheduling meetings and making room reservations.
- Distributing agendas.
- Preparing and distributing minutes.
- Sending invitations to guests (e.g. program champion).
- Distributing pre-meeting and post-meeting feedback reports to committee members, program champion, associate deans and/or LTC consultant.
- Distributing the committee’s final report to the Dean, SQC members, program champion, associate dean and/or LTC consultant.
- Keeping a record of SQC’s documents, including the committee’s final reports to the Dean.
- Updating and distributing SQC and BCIT program review and/or approval timelines, within SOHS.