Exams Officer Training

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Professional Development
Jan Martin, CPD Manager
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Professional Development for the Examination
Community

• What is CPD?

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Professional Development is...

• the process which keeps us interested in our
  work, gives us the drive to progress and is
  something we do every day of our lives without
  even thinking about it.  It is essential to
  maintain high levels of professional competence
  by continually improving knowledge and skills,
  keeping abreast of new technology and practice
  and also by taking ownership of your career.  It
  ultimately, makes us employable throughout our
  working lives.
• Jill Hilton ,School Workforce Development
  Officer, Wigan

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Professional Development - Why?
To promote qualified examination community

• As School Workforce Advisor I felt it was
  important that we support our Examination
  Officers in this qualification as a recognition
  of the skills and the professionalism they need
  in carrying out what is an increasingly demanding
  role. We see the BTEC as a developmental
  qualification providing opportunities to meet and
  share information with other EOs while analysing
  and reflecting on ones own practice in school
  which is a very powerful process.
• Jane Reynolds Stockton-on Tees

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Professional Development - Why?

• To give individuals a relevant qualification

• I want my team to be as qualified in our
  vocational area as any other department in the
  college and to be recognised as highly qualified.
  Each member of my team has a relevant BTEC
  qualification

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Professional Development - Why

• Help safeguard jobs

• Not knowing what will happen when schools merge
  I want to be able to secure the post of exam
  officer. The qualification can help towards
  this
• With all the restructuring in our area I want
  to show that I am committed to the role of exam
  officer showing that I want and
• do the job

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Professional Development - Why?

• To help in promotion

• I needed this qualification to secure my
  promotion
• I am going for a new job and I can put the
  qualification down on my application form and CV

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Professional Development - What?

• The EOA offer a variety of qualifications

Our Access and Special Consideration
Invigilation courses

The suite of BTEC Qualifications
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Also

• Courses in association with Capita
• Courses in association with Edge Hill
  University with their suite of qualifications

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Professional Development - How?

• For our Access and Special Consideration course
  or Invigilation course go to our web site, sign
  in as a member and find my courses.
• Your work may be sent to the office for marking

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Professional Development - How?

• For our BTEC courses

• Fill in our self assessment form available on
  the EOA website to ascertain the level of course
  you may wish to do

• Acquire the funding to complete the course

• Fill in the appropriate form for the EOA office
  and pay the invoice

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Professional Development - How?

• You will be given access to out online course,
  the Edexcel specifications, guidance on starting
  and workshops

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Professional Development - When?

• NOW
• Ask a member of the EOA team or myself at the
  conference

• OR
• Email the EOA office for more details and for
  our self assessment course

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Success for our members!
During the last year..
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Success for our members!
Names or numbers of people who have completed
recently( to come)