Quality MattersTM
Institution Representative
Training: IR Role and Tools
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The QM Institution Representative
(IR)
The IR Role: What you need to know
to manage your QM implementation
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The Important Role of the IR:
• Facilitates communication as QM’s campus
contact
– Receives and disseminates information and
resources
– Facilitates contracts, invoices, agreements
– Uses QM tools to manage implementation
• Serves as local QM expert for implementation
– Knows principles of QM, subscription contract
terms and processes, QM policies and practices
– Introduces QM and serves as local expert
• Creates and manages QM training plan
• Manages course reviews
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IRs Support QM Principles
IRs are the key to ensuring every implementation of the
QM toolset and process reflect QM as:
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A faculty-driven, peer review process that is…
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Collaborative
Collegial
Continuous
Centered - in research literature
- around student learning
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IR Selection
• The IR should be the person most responsible for the
day-to-day implementation of the program
• Can, and should, have more than one IR to share the
workload
• Submit Change of IR form online to add or change
the IRs for an institution
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Your QM Tools
MyQM, CRMS, Training Registration,
Moodle, IR Website
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All Tools Accessible via MyQM
• www.qmprogram.org/MyQM
– Your QM data and tool portal
• CRMS
– Course Review Management System (fully automated)
• Training Registration System
– Access to register for QM training
• Training Delivery Platform: Moodle
• IR Website
– Access to documentation, webforms, & forums
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MyQM
• Secure online data portal to individual and
institution-specific QM activity
• Subscribers Only
• Log In – Pre-Assigned based on Email Address on file
with QM
• Track individual (you) and institution:
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Courses submitted for review
Peer reviewer activity
Training records
Subscription History
Document Library
Conference Registrations
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MyQM – Edit Your Profile
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MyQM – Individual Activity Report
• Peer Reviewer
Application
• Record of MOU
• Training Activity
• Courses Submitted for
Review
• Courses Reviewed
• Conferences
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MyQM – All Individuals Report
IR Report of All Individuals at Own Institution
w/QM Activity – including Real-Time Training Reg’s.
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CRMS
• Course Review Management System
– This is the automated tool that helps you manage both internal
and official reviews. You will have the ability to choose the type
of course review you want to set up and if it will be an internal
(informal) or official review. Your choices are:
• Initiate reviews for higher education courses
• Initiate reviews for G6-12 courses
• Initiate reviews (internal only) for publisher/3-rd party created courses
– Anyone who accesses the landing pages for each review type
will be able to view a sample of the developer worksheet and
the reviewer worksheet (containing the complete rubric with
annotations)
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Training Registration System
• IR can register faculty or they can
register on their own. Can do bulk or
individual registrations
– Bulk registrations for training sessions
dedicated to your group
– Individual registrations bring up calendar
for course session selection
• link to Register for Professional Development
is also on home page of QM public website
• MyQM accounts are required to register for
training. Registrants will be prompted to
search for existing account and will be able to
create new account as part of registration
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MyQM – IR Area
Link under My Tools takes you to protected site with information
specifically for IRs.
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QM Research Resources
• QM research initiatives are available @
http://www.qmprogram.org/research
• QM research library is available @
http://www.qmprogram.org/qmresources/research
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