Duties of CACEI’s Evaluators


CACEI’s evaluators are people who have one or more degrees in one field of engineering and who have a long experience either in teaching, research and technological development in the industry. Also, CACEI’s evaluators have received training, taught by CACEI, on the methods and procedures that should be followed to make evaluations of the HEI engineering programs. Evaluators of CACEI, when they visit the HEI to which they are assigned, should carefully comply with the procedures and protocols established by CACEI and Copaes; they adhere to the code of conduct and standards generally accepted for this type of work.


Functions of the evaluators in on-site visits and in hybrid modality:


  • Participate in all face-to-face or virtual meetings planned in the schedule.
  • Carry out and analyze, considering the criteria and standards issued by CACEI the self-evaluation, as well as the evidence from the self-assessment.
  • Register in SIGA observations in the matrix comments. This review begins from the moment they receive the documents of the visit.
  • Support Coordinator Visit in completing the report´s evaluation of the program on the platform of SIGA.






Functions of the Coordinator of the Visit in situ or in hybrid mode (single program):


  • Analyze and agree with members of the Visiting Teams the proposed schedule sent by CACEI and validated jointly with the IES.
  • Organize at least four meetings by videoconference with the members of the program's evaluation committee who will participate in the visit.
  • Make comments and observations on the documents and evidence submitted in the self-assessment, mainly in the common indicators to the programs, on the SIGA platform and promptly follow up on the comments made by the other evaluators who are part of the team.
  • Request, if necessary, additional evidence, using SIGA, 30 calendar days before the visit, when inconsistencies or gaps are identified in the revised self-assessment report. The last request for additional evidence may be required up to 15 calendar days before the visit. In previous meetings with the responsible for the Program of the HEI must attend and clarify the doubts of these requests.
  • Make sure to comply with all the activities established in the schedule, in a timely manner, taking care to abide by the established times.
  • At the beginning of the visit, present the members of the Evaluation Committee to the authorities and members of the HEI, indicating the training and institution from which they come. The Coordinator is the spokesperson for the Committee before the highest authority of the HEI.
  • In the final meeting of the visit, must inform the authorities responsible for the evaluated program, orally, what was found in the pre-evaluation (strengths and weaknesses).
  • To be the spokesperson and the person responsible on behalf of CACEI for conducting the opening and closing sessions in the evaluation visit, whatever the modality in which it is carried out.
  • Complete the reports requested in the SIGA, resulting from the collegiate analysis of the self-evaluation and visit, with the support of the other evaluators of the Visiting Team, taking care of the technical rigor and he grounded analysis that accompany the recommendations.






Functions of the Coordinator of the Visit in situ or hybrid mode (multiple visits):


  • Validate the proposed schedule for the IES and ratify or propose adjustments to it, if required.
  • Organize at least four meetings by videoconference with the evaluation committee members of the program that will be visited. Record the agreements in the SIGA comment matrix.
  • Make comments and observations on the documents and evidence submitted in the self-assessment on the SIGA platform and promptly follow up on the comments made by the other evaluators who are part of their list.
  • Request, if necessary, additional evidence, using the SIGA platform, 30 calendar days before the visit, when inconsistencies or gaps are identified in the revised self-assessment. The last request for additional evidence may be asked up to 15 calendar days before the visit. In previous meetings with the responsible for the Program should address and clarify the doubts of these requests.
  • Ensure to comply with all the activities established in the schedule on time, taking care to abide by the appointed times.
  • Heed the recommendations of the General Coordinator and permanently coordinate with him.
  • Starting the visit, at the meeting with the responsible for the Program, inform verbally what was found in the pre-evaluation.
  • Complete the reports requested in the SIGA platform, resulting from the collegiate analysis of the self-evaluation and visit, with the support of the other evaluators of the Visiting Team, taking care of the technical rigor and the informed analysis that accompany the recommendations.






Functions of the General Coordinator in multiple visits on site or mixed mode:


  • Be the spokesperson and responsible on behalf of CACEI for conducting the opening and closing sessions in the evaluation visit, whatever the modality it is carried out.
  • Ensure compliance with all scheduled activities and meetings with the Visiting Teams before and after the visit.
  • Starting the visit, present the Visiting Teams (CEs) members to the authorities and members of the HEI, indicating their background and institution from which they come. The General Coordinator is the spokesperson for the CEs before the highest authority of the IES.
  • In the final meeting of the visit, verbally inform the authorities responsible for the evaluated Program what was found in the pre-evaluation (strengths and weaknesses).
  • Maintain permanent communication with the members of the Visiting Teams and follow up on the activities associated with the group or individual evaluation of the self-assessment.
  • Convene videoconferences with Coordinators of the visit to unify criteria and agree on the final schedule. These meetings can be before or after the visit.
  • Validate with the responsible of the HEI the schedule of the visit. If there is any proposal adjustment to the schedule, it must be justified, and the HEI must accept the changes.
  • Verify and supervise the fulfillment of all the activities and meetings on the schedule.
  • Evaluate the common indicators and, based on the observations made by the Visiting Teams, issue a scoring proposal for all programs in the SIGA comment matrix. To perform this function, the General Coordinator will support and interact with the Visit Coordinators.
  • Have effective communication with the Coordinators of the Visit and with the evaluators and those responsible for the HEI.
  • Coordinate internal meetings of the Visiting Teams.
  • Review the congruence of the scoring assigned to the common indicators and verify that it is registered in the reports completed in the SIGA platform.