NVQs in Management and Team Leading Network Meeting

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NVQs in Management and Team LeadingNetwork
Meeting

• By
• Mo Everett

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Domestic Arrangements

• Facilities
• Evacuation
• Mobile Phones

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Agenda

• Qualifications Credit Framework
• Management and Team Leading NVQs and the QCF
• Use of APA from other awards
• Sharing of resources
• The current assessment strategy
• Review of the Chief Verifiers report

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Qualifications Credit Framework

• The QCF will replace the NQF (National
  Qualifications Framework
• Timescale end of 2010
• Candidates will achieve credits for units and
  qualifications
• A consistent approach to vocational
  qualifications
• Accessible routes to achieving qualifications
• Qualifications that can be studied in smaller
  steps to support career based learning

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Qualifications Credit Framework

• The level of the qualification (the complexity
  and depth of learning)
• Entry level in the QCF is comprised of 3 levels
  to facilitate upwards progression. There are then
  8 levels in the framework, with level 8
  equivalent to postgraduate level learning.
• Depending on the rules of combination (how units
  are combined together) QCF qualifications can
  contain units from different levels. The level of
  the qualification can either be drawn from the
  levels of the majority of the units or the levels
  of the mandatory unit(s).

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Qualifications Credit Framework

• 2) The size of the qualification (the volume of
  learning)
• Award (1 to 12 credits)
• Certificate (13 to 36 credits)
• Diploma (37 credits or more).
• 3) The content of the qualification
• Awarding organisations will work closely with
  Sector Skills Councils/Bodies to determine the
  content of the qualifications.
• The core content of a qualification can be common
  across awarding organisations by the use of
  shared units. These are units on the QCF that
  can be assessed by any awarding organisation.

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Qualifications Credit Framework

• Units and credit values
• Each unit will have a credit value, which
  represents how long the learning element of that
  unit will take to complete. One credit represents
  10 notional hours of learning. (10 hours of
  activity which may include teaching, tutorial
  support and independent study/personally directed
  study by candidate)
• Qualifications will be made up of a combination
  of mandatory and optional units. The credit and
  units required to complete a qualification are
  identified using the rules of combination

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Qualifications Credit Framework

• Transfer of credit
• Where rules of combination allow, learners will
  be able to build credit and transfer that credit
  between awarding organisations so that a bite
  size approach to learning can be supported.
• Shared units can be directly transferred between
  Awarding Organisations. This will allow learners
  to proceed without having to repeat any
  previously achieved units.

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Qualifications Credit Framework

• Learner records
• Learners will be given access to an online
  Learner Record using their ULN (unique learner
  number) that will log all unit and qualification
  achievements. This same system will also allow
  awarding organisations to review a learners
  previous achievements and record their new
  achievements in a central repository.

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Management and Team Leading NVQs and the QCF

• The Management and Team Leading Standards are
  currently under review and further information
  will be provided via the OCR website.

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Use of APA from Other Awards

• Check the QCA numbers for the units if the
  number of the unit from the other award matches
  the number of the unit of the current Management
  and Team Leading NVQ units then it is direct APA.
• For other awards, detailed mapping must be
  carried out and made available to the EV for
  approval eg ILM Some qualifications can only map
  against the knowledge

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Sharing of Resources

• Access the e-community
• Make sure resources are approved by the EV if you
  are sharing them with others or using resources
  provided by others

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Current Assessment Strategy

• There must be valid evidence from those who
  report to the candidate and from those to whom
  the candidate reports (except in cases where the
  candidate does not report to anyone for
  example, they own the organisation).

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Current Assessment Strategy

• There must be some assessor observation of the
  candidates performance this is high quality
  evidence. It is not acceptable for a candidate to
  be awarded an NVQ based on the NOS for management
  and leadership, which attests to competent
  performance in the workplace, if the assessor has
  never actually observed them undertaking
  management and leadership functions/activities.

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Current Assessment Strategy

• Prior to achievement of the full NVQ, there must
  be an interview between the assessor and the
  candidate which provides an opportunity to
  discuss performance and evidence across the suite
  of completed or soon-to-be completed units. This
  need not be a face-to-face interview, ie it could
  be done over the phone or electronically. Key
  points from the interview will need to be
  recorded by the assessor for verification
  purposes.

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Current Assessment Strategy

• In addition there is further guidance on how
  assessment can be managed through performance in
  the workplace, particularly through the use of
  observation, witness testimony, personal
  statements, questioning and professional
  discussion.
• This updated assessment guidance can be found in
  the revised Introduction to the Centre Handbook
  for these qualifications, on pages 16-22.

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Who says Who is Competent?

• Who can confirm that a candidate is competent?
• How do we confirm competent behaviours?
• Which assessment methods should we use?
• Any further thoughts?

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Chief Verifier Report

• Available from the OCR Website
• Content is based on.
• Use to centres.

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Any questions?

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