Verification, verification, verification!

The teaching team were involved in a successful External Verification in 2010. Under the Good Practice section the following points were noted:

·         Master folders were comprehensive, detailed and helpful to new assessors.

·         Shared drive materials as above.

·         Integration of assessment across Units ensure vocational cohesion.

·         Reading material for LO1 of Analysing and Presenting Complex Communication was vocationally relevant and varied.

·         Many examples of helpful feedback to candidates.

·         IV systems and procedures are exemplary. Folder was detailed, including evidence of cognate meetings.

·         IV forms detailed and ensured helpful feedback to assessors.

·         Use of ‘blogs’ and ‘Wikis’ to keep in touch with students and help with assessment was excellent and innovative.

·         Recording of individual presentations on the USB stick made accessing assessment evidence very easy and enabled learners to have a copy of their talk if they wished.