Pedagogical Council
Scope of action
The Pedagogical Council is responsible for:
- Providing an opinion on pedagogical guidelines and teaching and assessment methods;
- Promoting regular inquiries into the school's pedagogical performance as well as the analysis and publication of the results of those inquiries;
- Promoting the evaluation of educators' pedagogical performances, by themselves and the students, as well as its analysis and publication;
- Assessing complaints regarding pedagogical failures and proposing necessary measures;
- Approving the regulations for evaluating student achievement;
- Providing an opinion on the time-limitation regime;
- Providing an opinion on the creation of new study programmes and on the curricula plans for the study programmes currently offered;
- Providing an opinion on school awards;
- Providing an opinion on the academic calendar, timetables and exam maps;
- Exercising any other powers or functions as stated by law or the relevant ESD statutes.
Composition
The Pedagogical Council is composed in the following manner:
- Six students, four from undergraduate courses and two from master's courses;
- Six professors, four from undergraduate courses and two from master's courses.
President: Ana Silva Marques (adjunct professor)
Vice-President: Amélia Bentes (adjunct professor)