Pre Assessment & Post Assessment Moderation Training

We have a range of moderator and moderation training courses that follow on from the assessment design training course.  It is important not to put all moderator training into a one size fits all approach as each organisation has different moderation systems and moderation training needs.

Assessors participating in internal moderation may only require training in post assessment moderation so they can make informed decisions about other Assessors practice and verify others assessment decisions.
The moderation is a process within the standards based assessment system to provide the quality assurance activities to make sure that your organisation has adequate and appropriate systems of assessment to meet the expected outcome of learning programmes.

It is a quality assurance activity that ensures the assessment processes and decisions are transparent, systematic and consistent, the methods selected are appropriate, fair, manageable, and integrated with learning and that the evidence collected is valid, authentic and sufficient.

Because of this we tend to base our training around how you say you manage quality assessment at your place.

Who are our Moderation Training Courses for?

We have two main Moderation Training Courses. We have two main ‘set’ Moderation Training Courses. We tend to offer  these courses to the organisations who we have worked with in the past who are looking to train moderators or Assessor who can participate on post assessment moderation within their organisation.

Our minimum course number is 6. We have a Special Offer for those organisation who do not have 6 staff  but are prepared to host and fill a course with at least 6 people at their place.

Moderators who hold US 11551 can:

Critique, input into and approve new assessment material for use within your organisation.

Approve existing materials that have been modified due to moderation, continual improvement requests or updating assessments to meet new version requirement

Observe other Assessors Practice and Verify other Assessors’ assessment decisions and provide professional feedback to support good assessment and further develop assessor practice

Complete the moderation administration and participate in all of your organisations internal moderation activities with other assessors.

Post Assessment Moderation Training

This course comprises of a practical workshop where assessors are given a process to use to verify assessment decisions and provide feedback to the Assessor involved. (Post Assessment Moderation)

Our Post Assessment Moderation Training is suitable for those organisations that use the cluster group or the peer moderation model and need to have all Assessor participating in internal moderation activities. There is no assessment against a unit standard.

Moderator Training for ITOs and NZQA Providers (Internal Moderators)

This course is broken into two workshops. Pre assessment moderation and post assessment moderation. Candidate Moderators will learn to systematically moderate assessment material, verify assessment decisions, follow the administrative and quality assurance processes of their organisation.
Our Moderation Training is suitable for those organisations who need to have a moderator on staff who can approve assessment materials and work alongside assessor to develop their assessor practice through the moderation processes and professional development opportunities.

Edbiz will come to your place anywhere in NZ with ourMOderator Training Courses.

Moderator Training Course Prices (Groups 6 – 12)

We can provide you with a quote based on either a per participant rate or we can use our day rate.

Indicative Prices:

Moderation Training Course Prices (Groups 6 – 12)

:: Post  Assessment Moderation (Training Only)

$248.00 +GST per participant

:: Internal Moderator Training & Assessment of Unit 11551 v 3

$398.50 +GST per participant

Or we have an Assessor Training Consultant Day Rate that we can use if we are coming to your place to do the training. There are no minimum numbers required for this service.

Travel & Accommodation costs will apply at cost.

Course Booking Process

To organise an Moderator Training Course for your organisation start the process by giving us a call and provide us with a summary of what you would like, how many people there will be and our Assessment Consultant will get back to you.

Call us on   07  855 3687 or  0508 4 Edbiz  ( 0508 4 33249 )

Special Offer – Booking a Course @ your Place

Edbiz understands that only a few assessors per organisation need to move on to complete Moderator Training so we will offer a 10% commission for every participant you enrol onto a Moderator Training Course that you host @ your place.

Moderator Training Public Courses

We are able to offer a limited number of public courses for those individuals looking to become a qualified Moderators.

:: Moderator Training Course & Assessment of Unit 11551

$398.50  +GST per participant

We prefer if you can subscribe to our Public Course Mailing List to register your interest and recieve our latest course date updates.

Our special Early Bird Discounts rates are only offered to those on our mailing list so click on the Public Course link on the left hand side bar to join up.

1 on 1 Moderator Training with our Moderation Consultant

Edbiz Moderation Consultants have a limited ability to take on a person who is looking to become a qualified Moderator.

We have found that not all organisations can get their staff to a public moderation training course within the timeframes they are after or do not have enough people within their organisation for one of our courses so we have introduced this 1 on 1 training delivery option.

You can start your course when you need to, and we will include the learning resources needed and work with the Candidate Moderators and their organisation to determine the specific moderation policies and procedures for your organisation and the context of your Assessment materials.

Edbiz also recognise prior learning and workplace experience so let us know about your background and we will further customise your learning or assessment.

1 on 1 Moderator Training Prices

:: 1 on 1  Moderator Training & Assessment of Unit 11551 v 3
$455.00  +GST per participant

1 on 1 Moderator Training Application Process

To start the application process call us on   07  855 3687 or  0508 4 Edbiz  ( 0508 4 33249 )

Moderation Training Course Overviews

:: Post Assessment Moderation Training

After establishing a brief with the organisation, we design a 1 day workshop that incorporates the learning resources and underpinning knowledge Assessors need to have to verify other Assessors Assessment Decisions and provide professional feedback.

We will use completed samples of assessed work from the learners within your organisation and your internal post assessment moderation forms as the resources for the workshop. A set number of samples will be allocated to each Assessor participating so you will also be meeting some of you internal moderation QA activity at the same time.

The workshop walks through the process of post assessment moderation, including reviewing assessment decisions against the judgment statements and model or indicative responses, observing assessor practice and how the assessor managed the ‘administration’ and reporting of the assessments using your assessment materials.

:: Moderator Training

This is a 2 day course which is broken into two workshops.  Pre Assessment Moderation and Post Assessment Moderation. These workshops need to be tailored to the organisation or use assessment material that is ‘common’ across the industry in format.

:: Pre Assessment Moderation

Candidate Moderators will learn how to apply a process to critique assessment tasks or activities to ensure that a candidate would have the opportunity to produce evidence of their knowledge and or performance against each of the learning outcomes and to meet the assessment requirements outlined in the standard.

Through a workshop activities and using the organisations’ pre assessment moderation forms they will also learn how to determine whether the level of difficulty is appropriate and that the instructions and assessment conditions are clear and fair.

Candidate Moderators will also learn to moderate the components that make up the assessment schedule including the unit standard details, task details &/or  evidence and judgment statements against set criteria. The criteria within our process ensures that the material can be used to facilitate or guide the assessor to make consistent decisions. This process will also check that the  assessment material has been mapped to the standard and includes all elements and assessment requirements including the performance criteria, range statements and any special notes.

Post Assessment Moderation

We will use completed samples of assessed work from the learners within your organisation and your internal post assessment moderation forms as the resources for the workshop. A set number of samples will be allocated to each Assessor participating so you will also be meeting some of you internal moderation QA activity at the same time.

The workshop walks through the process of post assessment moderation, including reviewing assessment decisions against the judgment statements and model or indicative responses, observing assessor practice and how the assessor managed the ‘administration’ and reporting of the assessments using your assessment materials.

Candidate Moderators will then apply the knowledge , skills and process to your organisation to moderate two sets of assessment material for two different unit standards and verified at least 4 Assessment decisions that need to meet your internal quality assurance, administrative practices and moderation requirements.

This evidence will then be compiled to produce a portfolio of evidence for assessment against unit standards 11551.

Internal Moderator Course Overview

Assessment Principles & Best Practice Moderation

The Standard,  Assessment Design and  Pre Assessment Moderation

Moderation Practice:
:: Critique assessment tasks or activities

:: Collect samples & verify the assessors decision

:: Provide feedback to support good assessment & professional development

Course Structure

:: Pre Course Activity – Update

:: 1 Day Workshop

:: Moderate Assessments – On Job

:: Produce Evidence Portfolio for assessment against Unit 11551.

Assessment Requirements for Unit 11551 – Moderate Assessments

Minimum evidence requirements for this unit standard are moderation of:

:: two sets of assessment materials &

:: four Assessor decisions

Moderation activities may include combinations of

:: Discussion with and observations of assessors

:: Meetings of assessors

:: Analysis of assessment documents and materials