Quality Enhancement Resources (QER)
#WriteOnFAMU
The Quality Enhancement Resources (QER) is a university-wide initiative to improve student learning and overall educational experience. It involves implementing and assessing targeted strategies and is a core requirement for accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The Quality Enhancement Plan unit at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University is housed under the umbrella of Academic Affairs. It is vital in supporting the institution’s mission to foster academic excellence and continuous improvement. Through strategic initiatives, the QEP focuses on enhancing student learning outcomes and promoting a culture of institutional effectiveness.
For more information about a QEP or the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), visit the SACSCOC Commission on Colleges website at http://sacscoc.org.
#WriteOnFAMU
About FAMU's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
Executive Summary
Desired Goals and Outcomes
The #WriteOnFAMU QER is focused on enhancing proficiency in writing.
Learning Environment Outcome
Develop a culture of writing by enhancing resources and learning environments to improve writing proficiency.
Key Activities:
- Identify writing enhancement courses across curriculums to ensure students are receiving instruction on how to improve their writing throughout their matriculation.
- Provide additional resources to the writing resource center.
- Develop a recognition/reward system for faculty, staff, and students.
Faculty Outcome
Faculty will incorporate high impact pedagogies and provide co-curricular experiences
that improve written communication skill.
Key Activities/Competencies:
- Faculty and staff value high-quality writing.
- Faculty incorporate high-impact pedagogies that improve written communication skills, such as: problem-based learning, collaborative learning, capstone projects, project-based learning, etc.
- Faculty and staff provide co-curricular experiences, such as: service learning, research, co-curricular activities, attending related campus events, attending off-campus events, etc.
Student Learning Outcome
Students will be able to effectively express thoughts and synthesize ideas using standard
English and appropriate vocabulary in quality written documents related to their disciplines.
Key Competencies:
- Explain the importance of writing in relation to learning and career success.
- Exhibit confidence in ability to effectively organize and express ideas in writing.
- Utilize Standard English and appropriate vocabulary in writing.
- Effectively proof read and edit written work, both self and peers.
- Develop career-appropriate and discipline-specific documents with well-founded perspectives related to the students' emphases.
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Utilize appropriate and relevant content to synthesize ideas within the context of the discipline in writing.
QER Faculty & Student Resources
Faculty Resources
Learn MoreHere, faculty will find samples of writing assignments with appropriate prompts, a variety of differentially-styled rubrics, as well as various tools for assessing writing proficiency.
Student Resources
Learn MoreHere, students will find samples of resumes, essays, papers and reports, as well as other written works and different writing styles. These resources can be downloaded and used for free.
WAC Resources
Learn MoreWriting Across Curriculum's most commonly understood method and practice of teaching.
