Quality management

Starting Point

The law of the University of Applied Sciences expects their professors to have appropriate didactic skills.
The QM established by the TI on the basis of  EFQM as well as the Institution for Accreditation require such a necessary didactic competence.

Implementation at the BFH

• The plan of further education of the KFH requires - according to the performance qualifications - a didactic basic qualification of 200 working hours. 
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• As a proof of qualification the certificate of the Bern University of Applied Sciences for high school didactics is awarded.
• The certificate is recognized by the other universities of applied sciences in Switzerland.

Target

• Fulltime professors (e.g. professors with a work load bigger than or of exactly 50%, and who teach Machelor and Master courses.
• A certification is also possible for an employment of less than 50%; it is, however, not necessary.
• As agreed with the head of faculty, assistants and scientists may also obtain the certificate.

How to Obtain the Certificate

1. Participation of a recognized further education programme for high school didactics.
2. Proof of teaching qualification
3. Proof of a protfolio

Further details may be downloaded from the document

Procedure to Acquire a Certificate

1. Professors fulfilling all criteria apply for the certificate from the superior (head of faculty). The form of application in the document protfolio/self-evaluaion is to be filled out.
2. The head of faculty checks the application and forwards it to the head of department when all the criteria are fulfilled.
3. The certificate is printed by the secretary’s office and signed by the head of department.
4. The certificate is further signed by the president of the BFH.
5. The principle’s office returns the original certificate to the department, and the certificate is handed over to the applicant.

Need for Action for Owners  of a DIS-Certificate

There are several professors who taught at the three  former HTA schools in Berne, Burgdorf or Bienne and who possess a proof – the DIS-certificate - regarding their didactic skills.
Is this certificate still valid? In principle, yes, but...

DIS stands for Direktorenkonferenz der Ingenieurschulen Schweiz/ Board of Directors of the Engineering Schools Switzerland and, since the name DIS has become outdated in the meantime (it is now called FTAL), and is not known at many schools, we recommend to the holders of the old certificate a transformation of their old DIS-certificate into the new BFH-certificate.
 This means, professors wishing to obtain the new certificate have only to fill the application form for the BFH-    certificate high school didactics and send it together with a copy of the old DIS certificate to the head of faculty.
According to the above mentioned procedure, the head of faculty forwards the application, after examining the correctness of the statement, to the head of department.

Deadline and Further Questions

The transformation/optaining of the certificate for high school didactics is to be accomplished within two years of employment.

 Rolf Jufer answers all further questions in relation to the certificate of the Bern University of Applied Sciences for high school didactics.
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