SFJ Awards Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice (IQA)
Overview
This qualification is for people working in, or looking to enter, roles in internal quality assurance. This qualification will provide people who carry out internal quality assurance roles in their organisation with the opportunity to develop and improve their practice as well as achieving a professional qualification for the role. sation with the opportunity to develop and improve their practice as well as achieving a professional qualification for the role.
Objectives – By the end of the session, learners will be able to:
- Understand the principles and practices of internal quality assurance
- Assess internal quality assurance
What will you cover?
Understanding the Principles and Practices of Internally Assuring the Quality of Assessment (Knowledge unit)
- Context and principles
- How to plan
- Monitoring criteria and techniques
- Maintenance and improvements
- Managing information
- Legal and good practice
Internally Assure the Quality of Assessment (Knowledge and evidence unit)
- Planning
- Evaluate
- Maintain and improve
- Manage information
- Maintain legal and good practice
Assessments and Evidence:
Assignment
- Covers the majority of the criteria for unit T/601/5320
- We estimate the word count to be around 4000 words
- A structured template is provided for you
Professional discussion
- This is a planned discussion with your assessor
- You will have the questions ahead of time so you can plan your answers
- This activity will take between 30 – 45 minutes
Observations by assessor
- Minimum of one observation by your assessor, of you IQA’ing two learners from two different assessors.
Expert Witness Testimony (EWT) Observations
- Completed by person a level above you and is not on the qualification
- Minimum of 2 – observing two different assessors working with two different learners each
- Work Products
- Any documentation that supports your EWT observations
Evidence Statement
- This is the final statement to pull together the final criteria points not covered in the above areas.
Statement of Authenticity
- This is your declaration that all work submitted is your own.
T/601/5320: Understanding the Principles and Practices of Internally Assuring the Quality of Assessment
A/601/5321: Internally Assure the Quality of Assessment
The unit numbers are given to each unit by the Awarding organisation – in this case, SFJ Awards.