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External Examiner sought for University of Brighton / Sussex Coast College Hastings new course for FdA Early Years.
External Examiner with expertise within Early Years and for the Foundation Degree, with no conflicts of interest.
• Modules on Course:
• The practitioner as learner
• Children and young people’s learning and development
• Pedagogical approaches and the adult role
• Play as a developmental learning process
• Communication, language and literacy development
• Professional reflective practice in learning and development
• Safeguarding and promoting welfare and well being
• Assessing children’s achievements
• Families in communities: the role of the setting
• The positive learning environment
Requirements of External Examiner
• Academic Standards
Course policies and procedures
Comparability with other external relevant courses
Link to current national standards
• Assessment processes measure achievement rigorously and fairly
• Regulations operate successfully
• Good practice and opportunities to enhance quality of learning experience for students
Required duties
• Working for the Academic Board
• Peer review
• External moderator
• NB. Conflicts of interest
• Attendance at Exam board
Assessment Role
• Comment on draft exam papers
• Look at a representative sample of students’ work that contributes to final award
may not alter marks for individual students
may recommend changes to the marks for the whole cohort
• Role does not include adjudication where there is a disagreement between internal markers
• Comment on our marking and moderation processes
• Meeting students informally
• Member of examination board
sign the “referral board sign off” document.
understanding our regulations
oral report to exam board members
• No involvement in mitigating circumstances determinations
EXTERNAL EXAMINER REPORTS
• Appointment – 4 years
• Contact with department and Subject Leader
• Work load negotiation – visits, samples
• Feedback process
• Influence over time
may be asked your views on proposed minor changes
• Annual report
within one month of main exam board
reports not submitted on time are chased
• Good practice and opportunities to enhance our provision
• Confirm sufficient evidence received
• Indicate that issues raised in previous report have been, or are being, addressed
• Considered at Course Board / HE Board as part of Academic Health - includes student representatives
• Annual Course Report
includes details of action to be taken in response to comments
sent to external examiner within one month of board
Considerations of reports
• Monitoring at department level
annual department report captures key features of external examiners’ reports and actions
If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV to me. You are also asked to declare whether there are any possible conflicts of interest which might compromise your role as an independent reviewer of this course - please confirm this within your email.
Kind regards,
Maricel
Maricel Champion
H.E. Administrator
Sussex Coast College Hastings
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: 01424 458578
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