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- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer MP Awards has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and MP Awards awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from MP Awards.
This qualification covers the skills and knowledge required to lead the external quality assurance of assessment processes and practice. It is intended for individuals who have responsibility for planning, allocating, and monitoring work in their area within the teaching and lecturing sector.
These are the units MP Awards registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with MP Awards. It does the teaching and the mapping. MP Awards sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
What each unit actually teaches you to do
Externally assure the quality of assessment Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Plan the external quality assurance of assessment, taking into account relevant regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Externally evaluate internal quality assurance processes to ensure they are effective and fit for purpose.
- Externally evaluate assessment practices to ensure they are valid, reliable, and fair.
- Maintain and improve internal quality assurance processes by providing feedback and recommendations for improvement.
- Manage information relevant to the external quality assurance of assessment, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and compliance with data protection regulations.
- Maintain legal requirements when externally monitoring and maintaining the quality of assessment, including adherence to relevant legislation and codes of practice.
- Maintain good practice requirements when externally monitoring and maintaining the quality of assessment, including ethical considerations and professional standards.
Plan, allocate and monitor work in own area of responsibility Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Produce a clear and achievable work plan for own area of responsibility, aligned with organisational objectives.
- Allocate and agree responsibilities with team members, ensuring clarity and understanding of expectations.
- Monitor the progress and quality of work in own area of responsibility, providing constructive feedback to team members.
- Review and amend plans of work for own area of responsibility, communicating changes effectively to relevant individuals.
Understanding the principles and practices of externally assuring the quality of assessment Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the context within which external quality assurance operates, including the relevant regulatory frameworks and the importance of maintaining standards.
- Understand the underpinning principles of external quality assurance, such as impartiality, validity, and reliability.
- Understand how to plan external quality assurance activities, including identifying key areas for review and developing appropriate strategies.
- Understand how to externally evaluate the quality of assessment practices, including the methods used and the consistency of application.
- Understand how to externally evaluate internal quality assurance processes, including their effectiveness in maintaining standards.
- Understand how to externally maintain the quality of assessment through providing constructive feedback and identifying areas for improvement.
- Understand how to externally improve the quality of assessment by recommending and supporting the implementation of changes.
- Understand how to manage information relevant to external quality assurance, including data collection, analysis, and reporting.
- Understand the legal requirements relating to external quality assurance, including data protection and confidentiality.
- Understand good practice requirements relating to external quality assurance, including ethical considerations and professional conduct.
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Externally monitor and maintain the quality of assessment
The jobs these credits are mapped to
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Where this can lead
Senior External Audit Specialist
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The credits, and who awards them
Level 4 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by MP Awards rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Externally assure the quality of assessmentPlan, allocate and monitor work in own area of responsibilityUnderstanding the principles and practices of externally assuring the quality of assessment
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
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How you would learn this
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A lesson from Externally assure the quality of assessment, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will develop the ability to plan and conduct external quality assurance of assessment. The unit includes evaluating internal quality assurance processes, maintaining standards, managing information, and providing feedback for continuous improvement.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for MPQC Level 4 Certificate in Leading the External Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice
3 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by MP Awards.
- Externally assure the quality of assessment
- Plan, allocate and monitor work in own area of responsibility
- Understanding the principles and practices of externally assuring the quality of assessment
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