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SVQs in Business and Administration Network Events January 2013. Aims of the Event. To support practitioners with the delivery and assessment of SVQs in Business and Administration by: Providing information Encouraging networking Facilitating discussion/sharing of practice
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SVQs in Business and AdministrationNetwork Events January 2013
Aims of the Event To support practitioners with the delivery and assessment of SVQs in Business and Administration by: • Providing information • Encouraging networking • Facilitating discussion/sharing of practice Theme for the day is: Continuing Partnership
Uptake Table 1 SVQs with Highest Uptake 2011/12
Frameworks • No change since May 2011 • Minor corrections to Assessment Guidance and Candidate Portfolios • Recent certification issue with a centre due to complexity of the frameworks • To discuss certification/data issues email – candidate.records@sqa.org.uk or phone 0303 333 0330
CfA Consultation on Standards • Link to survey available on SQA website December –January 2012/13 • Proposed changes: - Amends to some unit titles - Addition of some units - Removal of units (merged/replaced with other units) • No changes to Rules of Combination • No changes to PIs or K within units
CfA Consultation on Standards • Majority of proposed changes relate to unit titles and have no material effect on assessment • Current position of Accreditation Unit is that proposed changes will not be accredited and implemented until February 2016
Understanding Standards • Examples of varying standards of practice relating to assessment and recording of evidence • Three sections: - Assessor role - Evidence - Processes
Understanding Standards • Focuses on types of evidence rather than covering specific Units:- ensures examples are relevant to all centres - future proofs against changes to standards • Centres can look to apply examples of good practice where not already in place and avoid examples of pitfalls and poor practice
Understanding Standards Material can be accessed at: www.understandingstandards.org.uk/subjects/svq/BusinessAdministration
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