Teaching coordination

The teaching coordination functions fall to our faculty in the following levels:

1.- Quality Commission of the Center

It is an advisory body to the faculty's Dean's Team, involved in planning and monitoring the SGIC, and acts as one of the internal communication vehicles for its policy, objectives, plans, programs, responsibilities, and achievements.

It is composed of the Dean, who acts as Chair, the Quality Coordination Staff, a representative from each degree program (undergraduate and postgraduate), a representative from each department with a teaching load greater than 7%, as well as another representative from all departments with a teaching load less than 7%, two representatives from the Administration and Services Staff (administrator and other), and a student representative (preferably graduate or postgraduate students). The Committee will also include three external members who, due to their connection to the subjects of the Faculty's degrees, currently Psychology and Speech Therapy, make a unique contribution to the best achievement of the objectives contained in the SGIC. The Secretary of the Faculty will act as Secretary of the CCC.

The functions of the CCC are:

• Design the SGIC of the Faculty of Psychology
• Receive information from the dean about the proposed modifications to the center's organizational chart and take a position on them.
• To be informed by the dean regarding the faculty's general quality policy and objectives and to disseminate this information to all stakeholders within the center.
• Check the faculty's SGIC planning
• Monitor the SGIC
• Develop processes for reviewing and improving training programs
• Monitor the effectiveness of the processes established in the SGIC
• Study and, where appropriate, approve the implementation of the SGIC improvement proposals suggested by the other members of the faculty
• Oversee the execution of corrective and/or preventive actions, actions arising from the review of the IQAS, responses to suggestions, complaints, and claims, and, in general, any project or process that does not have a specific person assigned to monitor it.

The CCC will meet at least quarterly, upon prior notice by the secretary. The secretary will keep minutes of the meetings and send them to all CCC members, who will have one week to propose corrections. If no corrections are made, the meeting will be considered approved and will be published on the Faculty of Psychology website, making it available to the entire university community.

2.- Academic Planning Commission

A proportional representation of the different sectors of the faculty will form part of the academic planning committee of the Faculty Board:

• The dean or vice-dean in charge of the academic organization of the center, one member from each Area teaching in the degree programs and a presence on the Faculty Board, who will represent the 60% of the committee. The total number of members on the committee will be determined by the number of members from this sector. Representatives of the Areas will be elected at the proposal of the Areas.
• A student representation made up of 30% of the total number of members of the committee, elected from among the members of the Faculty Board by their own sector.
• A representation of the Administration and Services Staff made up of 10% of the total members of the commission, elected from among the members of the Faculty Board by their own sector.

It will be chaired by the dean or vice-dean in charge of the center's academic organization. Elections will be held at the first meeting of the Faculty Board, held within thirty days of the Board's constitutive session. Vacancies will be filled by election of the respective sector by the Center Board, within twenty days of their occurrence.

The Academic Planning Committee is responsible for submitting reports and proposals to the Faculty Board on the following matters:

• The definition, approval and coordination of the faculty's actions regarding teaching.
• The organization and coordination of the teachings to be provided at the center to obtain the academic qualifications contemplated in its study plans.
• The development and modification of the center's study plans and teaching organization.
• The determination of the standards for the implementation and development of the study plans.
• The report on the teaching programs of the departments that teach at the center.
• Ensure effective compliance with the principle of freedom of study and continuous assessment provided for in Article 10 of this regulation.
• Any other matter of academic organization that is agreed upon by the Plenary Session of the Board, by simple majority, or that is assigned to it by these regulations.

 3.- Course commissions

The purpose of course committees is to create a space for dialogue between students and faculty to coordinate academic activities and thereby ensure that quality standards in teaching and learning are achieved and maintained.
composition and periodicity:

• Course committees last for a semester. That is, in an academic year, there will be two course committees, one in semester A and one in semester B, for each of the undergraduate and graduate courses.
• Each committee will be made up of all the faculty teaching each semester and student representatives, elected according to the regulations governing group or course delegates at the University of La Laguna. These regulations stipulate that student representatives must consist of a delegate and sub-delegate per course and group. In our case, two in the morning and two in the afternoon for Psychology, and two in Speech Therapy.
• Each committee will be coordinated by a professor from one of the subjects on a rotating basis.
• The committees will hold at least two regular meetings per semester: an initial meeting to establish and monitor the semester, and another to evaluate it.
• At the same time, all necessary extraordinary meetings may be called.

The meeting will be called by the coordinator of each committee at least 48 hours in advance, unless extraordinary or urgent meetings are held, in which case they may be called with 24 hours' notice.

Functions:

• The Course Committee's main objective will be to analyze teaching activities that contribute to improving the quality of teaching and learning. This involves sharing content, teaching methodology, and assessments, with the aim of avoiding overlapping content, incorporating useful teaching methodologies, and any other initiatives that enhance the teaching-learning process.
• The committee will gather suggestions from teachers and students for the best possible course progress (structural aspects, infrastructure, etc.)
• The Course Committee will ensure proper compliance with the academic calendar and the agreements established by the school's academic planning committee.
• The Course Committee will attempt to resolve any difficulties that may arise during the course and that do not involve other higher authorities.
• The course coordinator has the following functions:
  a) call meetings of the course committees
  b) collect the minutes of the meetings, send them to the members of the meeting and to the dean of the faculty,
  c) energize the meetings so that the course objective is met
  d) channel student requests, being an explicit reference for them.
  e) review the schedule and prepare the practice groups and academic tutorials for the corresponding course.