Acompañamiento a Docentes en la Implementación de Procesos Evaluativos que Mejoren los Resultados de Aprendizaje de los Estudiantes de la Sede Quito de la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana del Ecuador

The Quito Campus of the Salesian Polytechnic University of Ecuador, since 2015, proposed to monitor the situation of subjects with high rates of 'Failed' records in order to generate a line of analysis and identification of the academic reality of students in undergraduate careers, as this input is easy to identify and measure, as well as to intervene in sensitive areas (career/subject/teacher/level). Likewise, this unit of analysis makes it possible to establish immediate relations with other indicators, such as repetition, dropout, second and third enrollments, etc. The objective of this process of accompanying teachers is to improve learning results through strategies that guarantee a diversified, progressive and continuous evaluation. To achieve this purpose, strategies have been generated to modify the teaching practices of learning evaluation, which had difficulties such as the concentration of the achievement grade in a single evaluation event and of the grade of the mid-cycle and final exams. There were also teachers who considered it normal for their courses to have very high percentages of "failed" students, since this was synonymous with academic quality and demand. Data from the last 6 academic periods have shown a decrease in the number of "Failed" students and subjects with "0 grade" as a consequence of the application of improvements in the evaluation processes of student learning, by establishing diversity and greater frequency of evaluation events in the process, guaranteeing progressive and continuous learning. One of the strategies implemented is the monitoring of student grades. To pass a subject the student must obtain a minimum of 70 points out of 100. This evaluation is done in two moments, at each moment the student is evaluated on 50 points, 30 points of achievement and 20 points in an exam. This monitoring makes it possible to identify students who could be at risk of failing the course with grades between 20 and 30 points. With students at high risk of failing the course, various strategies have been implemented such as tutoring, special classes, academic reinforcement work, seminars, etc. This allows students to reinforce their learning and improve their performance in the evaluations. Other strategies are also implemented such as permanent updating of teachers, preparation and organization of content, organization of peer mentoring, pedagogical innovation, among others, to achieve higher levels of academic quality.