Moderation Training Courses
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.
Moderation Training Course Options
Our 2012 Excellence in Moderation Brochure has our latest options and offers and is designed for you to print and use to present to your Organisation.
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.
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.
Moderator Training Public Courses
We are able to offer a limited number of public courses for those individuals looking to become a qualified Moderators.
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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