Aha.
We have progressively reduced local functions like this as we also pick
up the tab/blame/accountability if it goes wrong and it is always prone
to with teacher/local turnover...
My advice:
Ideally:
Do not devolve anything beyond direct control, or
Less Ideally:
If need be, then retain quality control and procedural control (working
instructions, checks/audit, etc) and ensure you always do the training,
issue guidance, manuals, etc.
Always insist that all records of entries, claims, results and
communications are copied promptly to you
Always ensure your folk know how to do the essential ops (do not ignore
the activity)
Never allow others (unless local data entry folk work for your
department) to log outcomes.
Try to ensure that letters to candidates and certificate issues are
completed through your office or at very least, copies go to you and
folk have totally the same protocol/procedures. Two stories here:
DELEGATION DOWNSIDEs:-
Never allow full delegation - we had a situation fairly recently whereby
a department was claiming KS/setting up tests though one board and we
were registering with another and some learners sat with both boards
(not a bad idea to optimise achievements I suppose but bl****
expensive;-))
Letters went out to candidates with contradictory timings causing grief
on an evening exam and (even worse) the college logo was not on the
letters.
Achievements not recorded into ILR in time for returns.
Ray Howell
Registry
Southampton City College
02380577301
-----Original Message-----
From: The FE Exams Network mailing list
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cath Smith
Sent: 27 March 2008 13:48
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Subject: IMI Motor Vehicle Technology
Is anyone out there using IMI for Motor Vehicle Technology, if so what
role if any do exams play in the admin and invigilation of the online
tests. The Head of that Department keeps running tests without
involving the exams department and I am getting increasingly annoyed
especially as he will no doubt want me to pick up the pieces when
something goes wrong.
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