NQF BTEC from 2012

2. NQF BTEC from 2012 • Sector Update • Maria Karsa Presentation Title runs here l 00/00/00

3. NQF BTEC from 2012 • BTEC First Award in Art & Design (120GLH) • BTEC First Certificate in Art & Design (240GLH) • BTEC Extended Certificate in Art & Design (360GLH) • BTEC First Diploma in Art & Design (480GLH) Presentation Title runs here l 00/00/00

4. NQF BTEC from 2012 • BTEC qualification has units that are: • Assessed by the centre • Assessed (moderated) by Edexcel (External)

5. NQF BTEC from 2012 • BTEC qualifications have specialist pathways: • Design Crafts • Fashion & Textiles • Visual Arts • Visual Communication • Photography • Product Design

6. The Standards Verification Process • To be completed in the following order: • Accept allocations • Contact the Quality Nominee for the centre using the template found on the ‘Gateway’ • Check Quality Nominee details are correct and they have accessed the BTEC Quality Assurance Handbook – 2013-14 • (With particular reference to Chapter 6, which relates specifically to NQF BTECs from 2012)

7. The Standards Verification Process • The Quality Nominee will put you in touch with the relevant Programme Manager or Lead IV • CHECK: • Registered as Lead IV • Accessed the OSCA materials and have standardised with the rest of the team

8. The Standards Verification Process • Confirm that the centre has produced an assessment plan showing: • Unit No. & Title • Assignment No. & Title • Learning Aim/s • Assessment Criteria • Hand Out Date • Formative Feedback Date • Hand In Date • Summative Assessment Date • IV Sampling Date • Resubmission Date • Assessor Name • IV Name

9. The Standards Verification Process • Ask for the Assessment Plan to be sent to you so you can plan your visit • Use the Assessment Plan to select the units to be sampled based on the sampling process rules and unit groupings

10. The Standards Verification Process • The sample must be selected as follows: • Learners included in the sample must be registered on the qualification • All unit groupings must be included • Because of the emphasis on the Core units, the Core internally assessed unit(s) must be part of every complete sample, verified at the earliest opportunity

11. The Standards Verification Process • 3. Sampled work, should mostly, but not necessarily exclusively, subject to internal verification • For each learner the assessment decisions for at least one assignment towards the unit have been internally verified • 4. Selected learners must represent the full range of achievement in terms of the grades awarded • A significant proportion of the sample must include learners who have successfully achieved the unit

12. The Standards Verification Process • 5. The sampled work must include assessment by most or all assessors on the programme. This should happen naturally due to the grouping of units

13. The Standards Verification Process • BTEC Firsts Sample Size

14. The Standards Verification ProcessArt & Design Unit Groupings

15. The Standards Verification Process • Agree a sampling date: • This date should be as early as possible and before June 30th • Once a date has been agreed enter this on EOL • Ask the centre to send their assignment briefs to you as soon as possible: • Check if the assignment is: • Original • Adapted authorised assignment brief • Assignment checking service has been used

16. The Standards Verification Process • Confirm the assignment(s) are fit for purpose: • Let the centre know if there are any issues • Start to complete the report on-line and save your work • Proceed with Standards Verification on the scheduled sampling date

17. The Standards Verification Process • Sampling Exceptions: • Often a centre delivering over a two year period may not have completed sufficient units by the end of the sampling window in the first year of the programme • If a centre in the first year of it’s programme cannot provide the full sample by the end of the sampling window, you can look at an incomplete sample: • Less learner unit’s then specified • Just assignments • Remember: Any learner-units sampled must be complete units

18. The Standards Verification Process • Partial Sample: • If you can only do a partial sample you MUST tick ‘NO’ in the report for ‘Release certification’. This will cause a ‘Sampling Incomplete’ box to appear • You MUST tick this box. This will mean that the centre is neither ‘Released’ nor ‘Blocked’ but has the status ‘NYFS’ • ‘Not Yet Fully Sampled’

19. The Standards Verification Process • Partial Sample: • ‘NYFS’: • The centre should be allocated to you the next year • In year 2 the sample you have started must be complete • It is not necessary to re-examine anything that you have already verified, but your report outcome must reflect the sample as a whole • Release the centre if there were no essential actions anywhere in the total sample whether in year 1, or year 2 report

20. The Standards Verification Process • Partial Sample: • ‘NYFS’: • Only once an entire sample has been verified will a release/block outcome be generated, and an allocation for a second sampling generated where necessary • Only essential actions in the first half of the report will be verified in year 2 • Remember: • Reporting on an incomplete sample can only be considered if the centre is in the first year of delivery of a 2 year programme so will not require certification for learners

21. The Standards Verification Process Annual Sampling Year 2: Year one’s incomplete report is copied forwards into the new report which can then be completed Year 1 Year 2 Core Core Core Option Group 1 Option Group 1 Option Group 2 Option Group 2 Option Group 3 Option Group 3  

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