On July 4, 2024 the DOCENTIA_UPV program was presented to the university community within the framework of the DOCENTIA program conference organized by the Vice-Rectorate for Studies, Quality, Accreditation and Languages. The Vice Chancellor, Marival Segarra gave the conference together with Francisca Sempere Ripoll, responsible for the program and deputy director of Quality and Educational Innovation of the Alcoy Campus.
DOCENTIA is the Support Program for the evaluation of the quality of the teaching activity of university professors defined by ANECA (National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation).
The Universitat Politècnica de València was a pioneer in the certification of a DOCENTIA model, referenced in the Academic Activity Index (IAD), with which the entire faculty has been evaluated annually, although the official certification of the program ceased to be valid for some years, regaining its validity in February 2022.
After the changes in the definition of the program made by ANECA in May 2021, the Vice-Rectorate for Studies, Quality, Accreditation and Languages has been working, together with the university community, in the definition of a new model fully aligned with the requirements of the quality agency. The DOCENTIA_UPV model is currently in the implementation certification phase, pending the visit of the panel of experts from the quality agency.
Completing the process of obtaining certification is important for the UPV, not only because we have a faculty evaluation program that is geared towards excellence, but also because the DOCENTIA program has become an important requirement both for the accreditation of our degrees and for faculty accreditation and because, in addition, we must be prepared in case at some point the assessment of teaching is activated through the six-year teaching period.
The entire PDI can participate in the DOCENTIA_UPV program and it will be necessary to complete the self-report annually, with the aim of reflecting on the teaching performance and the possibilities for improvement. In September, the evaluation process of the previous year will begin.
Information about the conference and the DOCENTIA_UPV program can be accessed through the following link.
To see the recording of the day, please visit the following link.