Who Should Attend?
People with managerial experience and who are managers
themselves. People who are teachers or who have teaching
experience.
Why Attend?
People who want to update their skills to the next level.
Aims and Objectives of the Programme
The aims and objectives of this award is to provide the
trainee with recognition of their actual work based
performance. This is performance of real working activities
in their specific working environment.
Contents
The award will cover:
- Developing plans for assessing competence with
candidates.
- Judging evidence against agreed standards to make
assessment decisions.
- Giving candidates feedback and support on your
assessment decisions.
- Contributing to the internal quality assurance
process.
Activities likely to be involved are:
- Developing realistic plans for learning and assessment
with candidates.
- Understanding assessment requirements.
- Planning the assessment process with candidates and the
other people involved.
- Helping candidates to meet the agreed assessment
requirements.
- Reviewing the candidates’ level of competence and
identifying what they need to do to be fully
competent.
- Supporting candidates with different needs during your
assessment.
- Using a variety of assessment methods.
- Making a record of your assessment decisions.
- Giving candidates feedback on their performance and
reviewing their progress throughout the assessment
process.
- Using different types of evidence to give an overall
assessment of competence.
- Working with the other people involved in the
assessment process, such as workplace supervisors and the
other teachers or trainers.
Learning Methods
Practical and theory based classroom assessment, handouts,
exercises and group discussions. Trainees will also have
self-directed independent learning.
Assessment
- Watching candidates perform in the workplace.
- Asking candidates questions.
- Taking account of past experiences and
achievements.
- Setting tests.
- Setting projects and tasks.
- Arranging simulations.
- Assessing the candidate’s report of their
work.
- Using evidence from other people, including peers and
witnesses.
After the Course..
Candidates who are successful will become a full assessor
with a full NVQ level 3 City and Guilds certificate.