tip of the month flyer 8 - iv and ev
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Tip of the Month Flyer for IV and EV skillsTRANSCRIPT
Welcome to the latest edition of the Tips of the
Month Flyer… This month, as promised, we’ve put
together a selection of hints and tips for those who
engage in both INTERNAL and EXTERNAL
VERIFICATION processes… short and sweet, we
hope these tips help!
ASP Tips of the Month... Issue 8
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When IV’ing an assignment, ensure that you are using the most up-to-date “assessment criteria”, and not just the grading criteria.
The assessment criteria delves deeper into the specifics that need to be covered by the assignment.
Using the assessment criteria will also enable the assignment writer to tailor the assignment so that there is no ambiguity on what the [grading] criteria is actually asking for… Hope this makes sense, Paul.
In Performing Arts, we try not to put any assignments or hand out any
assignments to the learners until they have been IV’d. It helps to
familiarise yourself with the college paperwork early on in the year -
my team arrange a time in August to sit down and IV the assignment
briefs between us.
For External Verification, our tip is to check whose responsibility it is to
contact the EV, and then ensure as a team that they have arranged the
visit and chosen the units for the EV process. Look at previous years
sampling to ensure that you don’t submit the same unit as the previous
year even if the teacher or assignment is different. Victoria...
A good idea is
to put
together your
own agenda
for the visit
with things
you want
them to see/
experience.
Try and get anyone who
is starting assessor or
verifier awards to bring
there portfolio to the
EV for counter signing -
makes it much quicker
and less to debate for
the IV signing off the
training.
A very good idea is to survey the staff in
your area for 'things they need to know'
from the particular awarding body.
Have a laptop with
access to the relevant
systems so that learner
information can be
accessed quickly - the
quicker they get what
they want the happier
they are and the easier
the visit - they get to go
home and have tea with
family (same as us!)
Always put
together a list of
issues or difficulties
in the various
qualifications as
well as the
questions - this can
be used to get the
most out of the
visit - don't forget
they are there to
help, not to hinder!
They find it very
helpful and
comforting if the
visit has been well
thought through
and planned for.
Remember that EV's are under as much stress as us - more so in some cases - make the visit as
easy as possible for them, look before hand at what they
want to see, try and get all the relevant
people in the building or near so
you can call on them if required.
If you have any issues when the visit
planner or EV first contact occurs,
make sure you have a conversation
with them asking for clarification -
don't ignore until the last minute - act
straight away, it only takes 5 mins to
look at what they have sent.
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If you can arrange an
assessment visit (using the
correct assessment paper
work) then it's a really
good idea to do so!
Make sure you have a copy
of the last visit’s actions
and report with completed
strategies for each point.
If you can also arrange for
either the assessor or the
IV to be trainees then
that’s great too, as they get
closer to the award.
Write an assessment and
verification outline for your
qualifications - EV can (at a
push) give you advice as to
what you should try and
achieve.
Have standardisation
minutes from meetings -
it’s a good idea to have
them pre-planned for the
year even if it's just an out-
line (Also remember that
conversations in a corridor
or phone count as
standardisation - so minute
them also and put it in your
IV files)...
Remember an EV is
genuinely there to help and
they don't expect it to be
perfect so if you think you
have made a mistake or
you are not sure about
something, ask their
advice - that's their job.
All the best, the Engineering Team...