Academic Committees

Governance

The Academic Advisory Committee is the key KTC governance committee, with various sub-committees including for academic matters as below:

Academic Advisory Committee

Membership:

  • Director of Education as Chair
  • Senior Education Officers (SEOs) from the School Improvement Unit (Primary and JSS, SSS)
  • Director Curriculum and Resource Development Unit
  • Director Catholic Education
  • Principal
  • Accreditation Coordinator
  • 2 second year students
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Oversees the overall performance of KTC as an academic institution for teacher training, ensuring quality and compliance within EQAP accreditation requirements.
  • Responsible for setting KTC general strategic direction and assuring quality of the academic work of KTC, also ratifying key policies.
  • Provides advice to the College on the development of academic programs and courses,  policies and reviews, as well as overseeing maintenance of effective teacher training programs, and other issues deemed relevant.
  • Responsible for specific academic matters such as proposal and ratification of new programs of study or courses, awarding qualifications, finalizing assessments and moderation etc., with policies overseen by various committees.
  • Approves new or revised courses and programs and provides feedback to QTLC for improvement of the courses.
  • Considers and reports on any academic matters referred to it by the QLTC

Quality Learning and Teaching Committee (QLTC)

Membership:

  • Deputy Principal Quality and Learning (Chair)
  • Deputy Principal Corporate Services
  • Four Senior Lecturers,
  • Head of Department in Language
  • Accreditation Coordinator, 2 students

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Oversees academic quality across all College activities including annual work plans, curriculum development and quality assurance, pathways and other related matters.
  • Harmonizes all College activities to ensure no duplications and clashes of activities.
  • Monitors the implementation of academic committee plans and evaluates outcomes and outputs to enhance performance.
  • Advises and reports to Academic Advisory Committee and the KTC Executive Committee on learning and teaching matters requiring consideration, action or approval
  • Oversees the general management of academic structures, systems and activities to ensure alignment to EQAP quality standards.
  • Confirms students’ and teachers’ academic results and achievements to determine eligibility for progression to next level or qualification, resumption, redo or exemption from studies prior to submissions to the Academic Advisory Committee.

Sub-Committees:

Recruitment and Admission Committee

Membership:

  • HOD English Language Department
  • IT
  • Support Services Officer
  • TELPA Coordinator
  • 2 lecturers
  • 1 Associate Lecturer

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Oversees the recruitment and admission processes to ensure fairness and transparency.
  • Reviews the admissions policy, guidelines and criteria for admission of pre-service trainees.
  • Identifies and confirms eligible candidates for the next screening stages.
  • Prepares an offer list for submission to QLTC.

 

 

Pre-service and Teacher Development Committee (PTDC)

Membership:

  • Senior Lecturer Advanced Diploma and Internship Coordinator (Chair)
  • Senior Lecturer CPD
  • Two lecturers
  • Two ALs
  • one Second year student
  • one intern student

 

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Oversees the design of both Pre-service and Teacher and School Leader Qualifications Upgrade programs and courses.
  • Ensures that processes to review, develop and approve courses, comply with the Course Design Policy.
  • Oversees the administration, conduct and supervision of practical attachments including block teaching and internship program.
  • Monitors students’ internship performance and initiates positive strategies for improving and retaining students during internship.
  • Ensures fair and consistent supervision and awarding of marks to interns.
  • Monitors the progress of interns’ portfolio and research action.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Committee

Membership:

  • Senior Lecturer – Chair
  • Advanced Diploma and Internship Coordinator
  • Two lecturers
  • 2 Associate lecturers
  • Assistant Research Coordinator – Policy, Planning, Research and Development Unit (MoE)
  • External members – (specialized in Educational research)

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • develops, monitors and reviews policies relating to the College’s research activities, including undertaking research and providing training in research
  • formulates and submits the committee research work plan to the QLTC for approval.
  • monitors the implementation of activities in the research work plan and the adjustment of the plan for outstanding activities.
  • develops a schedule of M&E activities and coordinates and oversees the monitoring and evaluation processes and report writing
  • reviews and approves research topics, proposals, and instruments submitted by teacher trainees, in-service teachers and lecturers
  • oversees the progress of research projects and reports to the QLTC on their progress against the committee’s work plan
  • develops the Research Guidelines for researchers to be used in the field including the Research Code of Conduct and Ethics (RCCE) and the Research Consent form
  • devises the marking rubric for action research and supervises the oral presentation of teacher trainees and in-service teachers’ research findings
  • scrutinizes the final results of teacher trainees and in-service teachers’ action research based on their written paper and presentation
  • arranges and organizes the presentation of lecturers’ research findings to the College faculties
  • screens and publishes research papers in the KTC Research Journal volumes.