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CIMAPCIMAP Membership Introduction Pack

CIMAP VISION:

To promote the highest standards of professionalism, quality, competence and integrity in Assessment,

Moderation, and ETD Practice.

The Chartered Institute for Management of

Assessment Practice (CIMAP)


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Thank you for becoming a member of CIMAP!

Message from the Chairperson: D. E Damons(CEA) U.K.

CIMAP strives to ensure that professional standards are

maintained and that the advancement of ETD Practitioners and

private providers are the central theme of our efforts.

CIMAP seeks to explore fair and transparent practices that

ensure maximum benefit to practitioners by creating a credible

and respected professional framework, which has

accountability and competence as its central theme.

Our board members and regional committee members have

invested their time and personal resources to establish a

professional body for the benefit of the entire community of

expert practitioners. CIMAP values our vision, mission and values.

CIMAP Mission - To promote Quality Education and Training

practice through voluntary self-regulation while assisting our

members to achieve success through the provision of relevantexpertise, educational opportunities, business resources and

social & business networking opportunities. CIMAP values

inculcate - Integrity, Ethics, Accountability, Credibility, and

Discipline.

It is easy to be a critic, sitting ideally by whilst others resolve

industry challenges. CIMAP realises that it is essential to

formulate a coherent integrated strategy to face the challenges

of private providers and ETD practitioners.

CIMAP service offering:

Setting and maintaining a professional standard through highlevels of involvement with the community of expert practice;

A Channel for CPD activities , events, seminars andworkshops hosted by approved training providers to assist

members to keep their professional knowledge current;

Regular communication with individual members via theCIMAP website, electronic mail and other social networks;

Formulation of a personal development plan & verified skillspassport;

Professional profile match to queries from vetorganisations including training providers with the cons

of members;

A Channel for fostering a culture of Lifelong Learningawarding professional designations;

A dedicated website where members can manage town professional development and network with ot

ETD Practitioners;

CIMAP is a professional body that is dedicated to suppor

the needs of everyone involved in assessment, moderat

facilitation, and ETD Practice. CIMAP is focused on creatin

voice for these critical players in education, training,

development field in South Africa.

CIMAP commits to maintaining standards of best practice

for the professionalization of assessors, moderators, and

Practitioners in South Africa. CIMAP offers a professiorecognition pathway, Code of Professional Conduct and

management of the Continuing Professional Developm

(CPD) programmes.

CIMAP further seeks to:

Ensure the highest possible standards of excellenc Achieve and sustain self-regulation in the industry Promote equitable contracting regimes; Provide the framework for training, certification,

competence and recruitment; and to

Support and sustain the industry; Address industry transformation; Resolve industry issues; and Promote co-operation across the industries.

Possibly the greatest challenge in this vast educatio

landscape is to unify a group of professionals that are enga

at different levels, with different elements of the framew

and across different sectors. This is also the very reason

creating a professional body that can take up this role

bear the responsibilities involved in driving the professio

behaviour of members to create credibility in industry.

Leonardo da Vinci in his quote below reminds us that

those individuals that actually did something in life that wilcounted. It had long since come to my attention that peo

of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen

them. They went out and happened to things.

Yours in assessment excellence!

Deonita Damons (MSc, FCIEA, CEA U.K)

The Chartered Institute for

Assessment Practice (CIMAP) isappreciative of your efforts to

professionalise the assessment

practice industry. We have

reached the proverbial tipping

point that dictates the need to

organise ourselves into a

coherent representative body.


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IMAP Boar Mem ers

CIMAP Board Members came together as an industry

interest group. The initial engagement was to discuss

current challenges and the lack of formal representation

and consolidated submissions regarding legislative

amendments.

Members of the interest group agreed to establish an

industry professional body that would lobby relentlessly for

the interests of our members.

Members have volunteered their time and financia

resources for the benefit of all professional practitioners

and providers.

Regional structures will become the lobby groups, as

national position papers are prepared on behalf of CIMAP.

Structure and Activities

The CIMAP Management Committee, with direction and

support provided by CIMAP Board representatives, leads

CIMAP.

CIMAP Board Members

Chairperson: Ms. D. E Damons MSc; (FCIEA U.K) Vice-Chairperson: Prof. M. C. Mehl, Prof. D S. Matjila; Prof. W. Goosen, (FCIEA U.K) (Convener Strategic

Alliances);

Mr. T. Tshabalala (Convener SMME Development); Dr. W. Guest-Mouton (Convener Provider Forum); Dr. M. Serfontein, (FCIEA U.K) (Convener

Professional Bodies and Associations);

Mr. P. Mathebula (B Ed Hons); Dr. K. Deller (Convener CPD activities); Dr. L. Meyer, (FCIEA U.K); (Convener Designations,

Membership and International Relationships)

Ms. R. Pillay (M.Ed.)

Benefits of CIMAP MembershipCIMAP promotes improvements in quality, transparency, and

technical standards through the publication of guidance and

information notes, codes of practice, and by other appropriatemeans.

Among the benefits of membership are:

Membership skills passport - based on memberscumulative global experience;

Regular updates, with opportunities for input into thedevelopment process;

Regular newsletters, briefing notes on technical issues,regulatory developments and appropriate events;

Access to a secure website, with beneficial downloads; The site also includes discussion forums, facilitating

communication between members and progressing theAssociations overall work programme;

Quarterly regional forums to tackle local issues; Seminars and workshops on numerous topics of interest; Single voice lobbying on regulatory matters, with client

organisations and representation with other related

bodies;

A platform to report unscrupulous and unprofessionalbehaviour from providers, assessors, moderators and

other bodies;

CIMAPs work programme is set out on our extensivewebsite at www.cimap.co.za.

Dissemination of Member Profiles

CIMAP values the importance member privacy. CIMAP will not

compromise credibility of our members or distribute their

personal information without their consent.

Members may elect to have their personal profiles shared with

providers and employers will be reflected in the member

section of the CIMAP website.

An updated list of constituency status will be provided to

verified organisations on request and with your consent as set

out in the membership application form.

Please note that CIMAP is a professional body that ascribes to

excellent professional standards.

Please be vigilant when making your personal information

available to individuals that have no affiliation to the

professional body.


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We have in place a government that spends an inordinate

amount of its budget on education.

Additionally it has signaled very clearly that education is a

major priority of government. From the didactic side is the

fact that we now know more about how the brain works and

how proficiency and competence develops in any area of

human endeavour, than at any time in human history. In the

last 20 years, we have learnt 95% of what we today know ofthe human brain.

Recent books on the subject propose a very seductive

message: every human is born with unimaginable ability and

capacity. We are capable of achieving anything we want if

we go about it properly.

This does not mean that the opportunity to achieve is the

same for everybody obviously, it is not but rather that we

are all born with stupendous potential. Some titles that

illustrate this by drawing on recent research include:

The genius in all of us: David Shenk The Talent Code: Daniel Coyle Talent is Overrated Geoff Colvin Outliers Malcolm Gladwell The Myth of Ability John Mightonto indicate but a few.

The challenge, of course, is to translate this research into

reality in the lives of every individual. Few people get

anywhere near to realizing this potential and, in fact, the

majority of people in all likelihood do not even believe it!

How can this be changed?

While everybody can read the research, some of the ideas we

all hold about talent, intelligence, genetic endowment and

creativity of individuals are so deeply entrenched, that mere

reading is unlikely to change it.

We all have the experience of schooling with its inherent

intellectual hierarchy that firmly embeds the idea that some

(few) have it but many do not. It is surprising how many

people carry this measure of relative cleverness with them

through their life.

Very few people regard themselves as capable of genius in

any field will have begun.

We have a unique opportunity in South Africa to do this on a

national scale. The advent of CIMAP is an important

contributor to the effort at re-conceptualization and renewal

of our prevailing system of education.

Message from the Vice-Chairperson:

Prof. M. Mehl,

WHAT HOPE FOR OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM?

The statistics are dismal. In January 2000, around 1.2 million

children enrolled in Grade 1 full of hope of a bright future. 12

years later in 2011, some 50 % of them only write the

matriculation examination. Around 50% of those who write

do mathematics, not mathematics literacy generally

regarded as a dead-end subject.

Of those who write mathematics, around 30% only achieve

more than 40% of the marks while just 12% of them get more

than 50% - around 36000 in all. Therefore, of the 1.2 million

who started 12 years ago, just 3% of them pass mathematics

with more than 50% of the final mark.

That this is a disaster is obvious. Its impact plays out further

up the line when we compare the number of engineers our

universities produce in comparison, per capita to a country

like India, or indeed any of the rapidly emerging economies.

While we need not lionize mathematics, it is a fairly goodgold standard for some measure of quality in education

provision.

In addition, in truth we seem to constantly be going in the

opposite direction. The pass mark at school level is now 30%.

Imagine that! A learner can be blissfully incompetent in 70%

of a subject and can still be deemed competent enough to

Pass.

I notice in a recent copy of the QCTO Newsletter that the

issue of Fundamental learning mathematics and

communication in SAQA qualifications (as minimalist as

these were in the first place) has been refined and a part

qualificationFoundational Learning Competency is now

interposed.

Why do we always keep lowering the bar instead of raising it

and developing the methodologies that enable?

The irony of the situation in South Africa is that we are now

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We can no longer afford to sit idly by

hoping that someone will look after our

interests!

The centrality of dynamic assessment, carried out within a

framework of intensive, sustained and knowledgeable

endeavour focused on improving not only the capabilities of

the individual, but of the nation as a whole, should not be

under-estimated.

To change individual perceptions, people need to experiencetalent development in their own case. This means that

individuals need to be enabled to do something, which they

deemed impossible for themselves. However, not only

does each individual need to be enabled, he/she must

understand the mechanism used that made it possible. So

the methodology for talent development must be made

explicit so that it never appears to be some magic available

only to a few.

The research is unanimous in identifying Deliberate

continuous assessment with immediate feedback that

enables persons to try-fail-try again with success at ever

increasing levels of competence in fields as diverse as

mathematics, sport, music, art etc. Even within a much

shorter timeframe than years, individuals start seeing

significant indicators of improvement in their competence

levels.

If this process can be initiated in areas in which the

individual has always struggled, then the enabling process

Professor M C Mehl

10 April 2012

CIMAP Annual Industry ETD Awards;

Training Providers may apply for CIMAP blue, bronze, silver,

gold and platinum status awards.

A rigorous validation process is applied. The award

categories include:

CIMAP top 50 Training Provider Awards; Assessor and Moderation Awards; Annual ETD Practitioner Awards.

LIST OF DHET FET COLLEGES:

http://www.dhet.gov.za/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Fx04Bi

vUySM%3d&tabid=36

Message from Dr. W. Guest-Mouton

(Convener Provider Forum);

Registered DHET FET Provider Forum

The Chartered Institute for the Management of

Assessment Practice (CIMAP) is committed to taking thelead in the process of professionalization of the sector.

Stakeholders established CIMAP during 2011 and

practitioners, including DHET registered FET providers,

assessors and moderators now have a platform to

articulate collective needs in a democratic structure.

Our immediate priorities are:

Providing professional membership for practitionersand stakeholders, including assessors, moderators,

and DHET registered FET providers (corporate

membership). (Accredited providers will be eligible

to join CIMAP if they have proof of registration with

DHET as corporate members), (providers in the

phases of their registration process as corporate

affiliate members).

Constructively addressing the challenges facingprivate providers operating within the SETA ETQA

environment. These challenges include protracted

payment complications, securing programme

approval and external moderation dates from

ETQAs, ineffective communication channels etc.

The imperative need to strengthen the formalrelationships with the regulators, industryprofessional bodies, and collective and

representative bodies must be lobbied

immediately.

We must embrace the opportunity to stand together as

professionals and participate as active members for our

collective sustainability!

Please send all provider input on green papers and

regulatory policy frameworks affecting our industry to Dr

Wilma [email protected]
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Message from Dr. L Meyer

(Convener Designations, Membership and

International Relations)

'Every reform was once private opinion.'

Ralph Waldo Emerson

CIMAP membership and designations are an importantdifferentiator when engaging the services of an ETD

Practitioner. Organisations making use of Assessors,

Moderator and ETD Practitioners will have a credible level

of assurance in relation to individuals capacity,

qualifications and experience.

Most individuals that complete Assessor, Moderator or

ETD Practice training are not provided with adequate

mentoring and support. Said individuals are placed in an

untenable position of attending training for a week, and

then being expected to participate in a complex

environment with limited support. CIMAP values credibilityin assessment, and stands by our value proposition that

confirms quality in assessment, moderation and ETD

practice.

CIMAP Membership is available to:

1. Student members2. Constituent Assessors3. Constituent Moderators4. ETD Practitioners5. Corporate Membership6. Private FET and HET Training Providers

Membership Designations1. Affiliate Members2. Practitioner3. Fellow4. Chartered Assessor5. Master Assessor Top Award

Membership Articulation Path

AffiliateAssessor

Practitioner

FellowCharteredAssessor

MasterAssessor

Members will be required to attend at least three CPD activit

per annum to retain designations. The Professional Body

provide a register of approved providers and activities. It wil

up to individual members to select their own activities

relation to their personal development path.

All members that are constituently registered Assessors a

Moderators may progress to the Practitioner level

application once they have attended three CPD activities.

Modules offered by the Chartered Institute of Assessm

Practice U.K are very specific and will allow members

progress to different status levels on the successful complet

of modules by submitting a Portfolio of Evidence.

Qualifications and experience are central to the awarding

professional designations. Applicants will be expected

prepare a portfolio and may be requested to meet w

members from the designation committee to present reflex

competence.

Membership Designations

Members may use the following acronyms behind their nam

once the relevant CIMAP membership committee has

endorsed their applications in writing:

Student Member - Open to anyone with an interestassessment.

Affiliate Assessor - Affiliate Membership is open anyone with an interest in assessment, and confirmat

of achievement of the national assessor stand

(ACIMAP).

Practitioner Assessor - 1-3 years' experience educational assessment, and must have achieved

National Diploma (NQF 5) (PCIMAP).

Fellow Assessor - Fellowship is available to the mexperienced and expert practitioners in educatio

assessment and a NQF 6 level qualification (FCIMAP).

Chartered Assessor (CCIMAP). Masters degree and years of educational assessment experience.

Master Assessor (MCIMAP). Doctoral degree extensive assessment and moderation experience.

Applying for evaluated membership designations:

Applications for membership status reassignment will accepted by CIMAP. Please apply on the CIMAP website a

supply supporting documentation [email protected]!

Does anybody really think that they did not get what the

had because they did not have the talent, the strength, th

endurance, or the commitment?

Nelson Mandela
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CIMAP Professional

Designation Progression

Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world.

Nelson Mandela


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THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR

EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT (U.K)

CIMAP has a working relationship with the Chartered

Institute for Educational Assessment U.K.

The Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors is a

professional body dedicated to supporting the needs of

everyone involved in educational assessment.

CIEA members include everyone involved in assessment, from

senior examiners, moderators and markers to individuals with

an interest in or responsibility for assessment in primary

schools, secondary schools, colleges, universities, training

centers and other educational organisations.

Membership of the Chartered Institute of Educational

Assessors will cement your position as a member of the

assessment community, providing you with access to a

network of likeminded professionals as well as the latestthinking in educational assessment and a range of exclusive

products and support services.

"It is the Institute's ambition to confer recognised status on

its best practitioners. The integrity of the examining process

and the credibility of the results it produces depend upon the

often unrecognized and underestimated skills of examiners. It

is timely to recognise, help develop, and make official the

contribution they make to the educational life of this

country." - Dr Julian Pattison, Deputy Head, Wolverhampton

Grammar School

CIMAP Members qualify for the following discounts from

mid June 2012:

Associate: R 120.00 per year

Member: R 145.00 per year

Fellow: R 280.00 per year (Must meet requirements)

Normal fees directly paid to the CIEA are:

Associate: 25.00 per year

Member: 45.00 per year

Fellow: 80.00 per year

CIEA Continuing Professional Development (CPD) related

tools and resources are extensive and provide an in-depth

view of the skills and competencies associated with the

Professional Framework.

The CPD website allows you to analyse your own skills

analyse the skills of those members of the team with which

work and to look for advice and guidance to support th

specific skills or to improve them.

The CIEA website is the most comprehensive source

educational assessment information available online. Here

can search through over 8,000 periodicals, articles, resea

reports and other documents about educational assessm

from all over the world.

Members can access the full range of information by log

into the member's area in the box on the top right of

screen. Non-members and visitors to the site will be able

view abstracts of articles and journals only.

The CIEA campaigns on behalf of members are designed

provide a voice for the assessment community and raise

profile and relevance of effective educational assessment

well as the contribution it makes to society.

Through the campaigns, the CIEA aim to engage with a var

of leading stakeholders, including the education commun

government, the media and the public.

The CIEA has developed a matrix, or framework

competencies, known as the Professional Framework, based

the current activities performed by educational assessors.

Professional Framework will help to inform our thinking of

types of courses and support that educational assessors req

in order to fulfill their role more effectively.

Members may access a number of educational routes

assessment including:

CIEA Post Graduate Diploma in EducatioAssessment could be for y

http://www.ciea.org.uk/training_and_qualification

ostgraduate_diploma.aspx

Masters Degree in assessment. The ProfessioMaster's Programme fees vary according to

academic year and status of the applicant.

The first step in formulating the relationship between the C

and CIMAP was for a selected group of Assessors to comp

the Chartered Assessor Training. Candidate CEAs had to sub

a Portfolio of Evidence over a twelve-month period. Five SoAfrican candidates were awarded the converted CEA sta

after their PoEs were assessed as compliant.

The CIEA and CIMAP will be presenting a number

interventions in South Africa for CIMAP members.
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Message from Dr. Karen DellerConvener on CPD Activities

The basic premise of Continuing Professional Development

(CPD) is that professionals have to make a commitment tocontinually update their skills and personal and professional

competence. CPD is most critical in professions that face

constant change and have a huge impact on the well-being of

others.

Part of the CIMAP philosophy is that assessors and

moderators are the backbone of the skills revolution. We

literally make the difference between a successful and

meaningful skills development initiative that encourages

lifelong learning and a weak and demotivating one. The

starting point of the typical three-day assessor course is

simply not enough to create sufficient technical competence

to make informed decisions about a learners level of

competence.

Members will be required to attend at least three CPD

activities per annum to retain their CIMAP designations.

Potential CPD providers will be required to submit

programmes to the CIMAP CPD board for inclusion onto the

list approved developmental opportunities. In addition,

formal higher education qualifications will also be considered

where their content is deemed by the CPD board to offer

continuing professional development for assessors or

moderators.

All members that are constituently registered Assessors and

Moderators may progress to the Practitioner level on

application, once they have attended at least three CPD

activities.

The CIMAP board plans to keep the CPD system simple and as

inexpensive as possible, while retaining the absolute need to

ensure that all assessors and moderators who are members

diligently spend time enhancing their professional skills so

that training and development in South Africa continues to go

from strength to strength on the back of quality assessment

practices.

Any provider wishing to apply to have courses registered for

CPD should please contact [email protected] or

[email protected] with their proposal and letter of intent

to provide CPD courses.

Message from Mr. Tsidiso Tshabalala(Convener SMME Development) & Dr. L. Meyer

Entering the market place as a new provider does not

mean you are a fly by night. Without proper support

structures, and a coherent structure for engagement and

evolution, the ETD system is geared to set individuals and

SMME organisations up for failure.

Providers and ETD Practitioners must actively sculpt their

future. Individuals and organisations entering the private

provision space have very different needs than providers

and practitioners that have been working in the system for

a number of years. Transformation, BBBEE opportunities

and development agendas must be supported in a

coherent and structurally defined manner, as we drive the

agenda of change.

Providers in the FET space that have a record of

accomplishment of excellent assessment and provision

practice must be afforded a level of trust and the ability to

progress as is evident in the HET sector.

Peer review mechanisms are a global norm, and well

developed in the SA HET sector. A cautious aversion is

however evident in the FET sector, as many providers that

lack maturity are not aware of the benefits of sharing best

practice mechanisms with peers.

An inadequate mentoring system exists to ensure that

providers and assessors can be supported in the best

possible way, and within the realm of their respective

requirements.

CIMAP will play an active role in ensuring that different

categories of members and organisations affiliated to us

are supported in the best possible way. CIMAP will actively

seek to engage with ETQAs, SAQA, the QCTO and other

relevant statutory and regulatory bodies to ensure that the

playing field supports our members in the best possible

way.

CIMAP appreciates all member input in this regard, and welook forward to your active participation as a CIMAP

member.

'One can never consent to creep when one feels

the compulsion to soar'.

Helen Keller
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In the event that one applicant is the member of

professional body, employers will view this in a positive lig

Members of profesional bodies are regulated by

professional code of conduct and professional standards

excellence.

More importantly professional bodies regulate and enfo

member conduct, and may sanction members that fail

comply with prerequisite standards of ethics and professioconduct.

Embracing A New Paradigm

To gain maximum benefit from your membership to a

professional body, you must:

Become involved and actively participate in theprofessional body;

Access the network of professionals; Educate yourself on member benefits; Participate in CPD activities.

CIMAP memberships provides access to qualifications,

use of membership designations, discounted education a

training opportunities, admission to a wide knowledge ba

and the chance to network with concurring profession

CIMAP allows members the opportunity for keeping abre

of recent developments in assessment; moderation and E

Practice. As a member, it is important that you get involved

regional structures or steering committees, contribut

directly to the running of CIMAP.

Taking control of your career and your professiodevelopment, displays to your employer that you

ambitious and dedicated to advancing yourself professiona

In a global climate where many well-qualified individuals

competing for limited employment opportunities, no one c

afford not to take advantage of every opportunity to add

your skill set and make you stand out as a professional!

Assumption

Quality ofConversation

Quality Thinking

Reinforce Valuesand Truths

Dr. M. Serfontein(CEA U.K) (Convener Professional Bodies and

Associations); & Dr. L Meyer

Professionalization of industries through the development of

professional recognition frameworks has been a pivotal

process in systemic change. Professional certification of

numerous industries in South Africa has seen the evolutionand structuring of industries including payroll, marketing,

labour recruitment, beauty, health & skincare and real

estate, financial services etc.

CIMAP values the pioneering work done into the registration

of professional designation instruments onto the NQF. The

challenges the current definition of "professional

qualifications" has posed systemic historic challenges.

CIMAP believes that Professional Bodies must be afforded an

opportunity to play a momentous role in representing their

constituencies. CIMAP will play a national, collaborative

voice within the given constituency, in relation to education

and training. For too long professional bodies have had to

become accredited as training providers to gain some kind of

identity within the education and training environment in

South Africa.

Industries need their professional bodies to play the role of

referee, rather than player. This implies that professional

bodies should be moderators and standards setters for

education in their industries, and be supported and have an

active membership base.

Critically embracing change requires an industry to embracea new paradigm, critically engage with assumptions and the

facilitation of quality conversations. This will consequently

allow for the facilitation of quality in thinking processes. The

consequence will permit growth or reinforcement of historic

beliefs.

The main objectives of Professional Bodies and Association

have always been to originate and promote the general

advancement of individual industries and the fortification of

members interest. Professional Bodies are normaly not-for-

profit organisations formed for a particular profession that

furthers the interests and development of its members and

of the profession itself.

Employers that are faced with screening job applicants are

able to differentiate very little from presented CVs. Each

possesses the same category of information in a generic

context. New incumbants often display analogous placement

capabilities and lack real-world working experience.


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Message from Prof. W. Goosen(FCIEA U.K), - (Convener Strategic Alliances)

The development of strategic alliances and protocols for

reciprocity promotes the advancement of international

best practice in assessment. Assessment practice globally

has the opportunity to develop in both the educational

sphere as well the field of performance assessment. Much

work is still needed to consolidate thinking to present

assessment as a uniform practice for both learning andworkplace achievements.

Assessment is the basis of adding norms and value to

human life, thus at the core of creating recognition.

Recognition however enables human motivation, as it

allows the individual the opportunity to quantify

achievements and subsequently understand his or her own

achievements and challenges so much better.

Through the clarity the individual can plan, the skills set

and develop a personal vision for future achievements.

Assessment enables us to see what where we are, so that

we may plan where will go!

'Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.'

Edward de Bono

Message from: Ms. A. RoodeB.Com. (Hons) - (Convener - Quality Standards)

Quality is the backbone of assessment and moderation

processes whilst values form the foundation.

Quality in assessment means:

Competent and productive candidates who are able toreflect and committed to their life-long learning

journeys;

Ethical and mindful assessors and moderators who arevigorous in their quest for credible assessment

practices;

Outcomes that encompass knowledge, skills, attitudesand values that are linked to personal effectiveness

and national goals;

Processes and practices through which assessors andmoderator skillfully apply outcomes-based

methodology with well-designed materials for

credible recognition and growth.

Vision:

Creating a common picture of quality assessments andachieving it through teamwork.

Our immediate goals are:

To develop quality standards and best practiceguidelines for Assessors and Moderators;

To develop a Competence Framework for Assessorsand Moderators.

Some challenges in our system include: Insufficient guidance at national level; Lack of trust between stakeholders; Limited professional development.Our approach:

We appreciate the system with its challenges andcomplexity.

We value the collective effort and recognize the needto collaborate at national level. .

We apply lateral and systems thinking in our approachto planning and problem solving.

Stakeholder input:

Your contributions in the development of the qualitystandards are needed and appreciated because it is

the right thing to do.

I am looking forward to working with individuals and

organizations that are passionate about quality standards

and believe that together everyone achieves more!

Regional Conveners

Please contact CIMAP for the name of your closest regional

representative. [email protected]

Regional Conveners:H. Van Twisk, S. Louw, N. Khumalo, P. Lala, H. Edwards,

E. Findley, J. Topping, D. Van Rooyen, D. Padayachie, P,

Mugumo.
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Membership Benefits

Your name known as designations. Designations confirm

your status against predefined criteria that must be

complied with. Designations also confirm the levels of

expertise and qualifications of practitioners.

Credibility and uncompromising quality are at the heart of

CIMAPs existence.

Information, Advice and Communication

CIMAP offers members access to industry news, surveys,

reports, updates, career information, jobs, and details of

events. CIMAP communicates regularly with members

through communiques and newsletters.

Networking Opportunities

CIMAP has regional networking and professional

development events that members may attend to confirm

current developments in our sector. CIMAP conferences will

offer tremendous networking and research opportunities.

Career DevelopmentContinuous Professional Development (CPD) is essential to

forge a successful career. Professional development will

include access to local and international experts.

Public Relations and Marketing

CIMAP will actively market to stakeholders on the scope and

benefits of CIMAP and our industry.

CIMAP will seek to ensure the expansion of opportunities

for or members. By investing in research and building

alliances, CIMAP will focus on building credibility and

position.

Professional bodies are growing their membership globally.

The value of professional bodies cannot be overstated.

'You may feel like a voice in the wilderness, but it is your

voice we are waiting to hearyou are the determining

factor.' Neale Donald Walsh Author

Advocacy

A professional body can only lobby to the extent of its

membership support. All professional assessors, moderators

and ETD Practitioners should join CIMAP.

A group of industry practitioners that recognised the need for

a cohesive and credible voice has started CIMAP. CIMAP is aprofessional body that will lobby government and regulatory

institutions for tangible benefits to our members.

CIMAP opportunities

CIMAP will focus on finding career advice and uncover new

industry resources. Getting the most out of any professional

association membership is like anything else in life -- you are

going to get out of it as much as you put into it! CIMAP would

like members to actively participate in all structures and drive

the industry forward.

CIMAP Memberships opens a pathway to join the rapidly

expanding world of the professional; national members and

an international community of like-minded individuals and

organisations. Membership presents opportunities for

competition, professional recognition and access to

educational forums.

Referral Service

As a core benefit to CIMAP members, is that CIMAP will

maintain an online database of members and their areas of

expertise / specialisation (with their permission).

Corporate referrals for prospective clients looking forassessment, moderation and ETDP services will be done for

members.

Support system

CIMAP Members can take advantage of formal coaching or

mentoring relationships with assessors that are more

experienced, moderators and ETD Practitioners.

Mentors will provide guidance and useful insights. Such

relationships can be a source of answers and solutions when

you are facing a challenging situation. Mentoring will allow

members a support network behind you can boost your

confidence when problems arise.

Yours in assessment excellence!

CIMAP Board and Members.

Professional Recognition and

Designations

Once members have

demonstrated that they have

the requisite experience,

qualifications and skills, you

may join CIMAP and add the

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