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SVQs in Business and Administration Network Events January 2013

SVQs in Business and Administration Network Events January 2013. Aims of the Event. To support practitioners with the delivery and assessment of SVQs in Business and Administration by: Providing information Encouraging networking Facilitating discussion/sharing of practice

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SVQs in Business and Administration Network Events January 2013

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  1. SVQs in Business and AdministrationNetwork Events January 2013

  2. Aims of the Event To support practitioners with the delivery and assessment of SVQs in Business and Administration by: • Providing information • Encouraging networking • Facilitating discussion/sharing of practice Theme for the day is: Continuing Partnership

  3. Uptake Table 1 SVQs with Highest Uptake 2011/12

  4. Frameworks • No change since May 2011 • Minor corrections to Assessment Guidance and Candidate Portfolios • Recent certification issue with a centre due to complexity of the frameworks • To discuss certification/data issues email – candidate.records@sqa.org.uk or phone 0303 333 0330

  5. CfA Consultation on Standards • Link to survey available on SQA website December –January 2012/13 • Proposed changes: - Amends to some unit titles - Addition of some units - Removal of units (merged/replaced with other units) • No changes to Rules of Combination • No changes to PIs or K within units

  6. CfA Consultation on Standards • Majority of proposed changes relate to unit titles and have no material effect on assessment • Current position of Accreditation Unit is that proposed changes will not be accredited and implemented until February 2016

  7. Understanding Standards • Examples of varying standards of practice relating to assessment and recording of evidence • Three sections: - Assessor role - Evidence - Processes

  8. Understanding Standards • Focuses on types of evidence rather than covering specific Units:- ensures examples are relevant to all centres - future proofs against changes to standards • Centres can look to apply examples of good practice where not already in place and avoid examples of pitfalls and poor practice

  9. Understanding Standards Material can be accessed at: www.understandingstandards.org.uk/subjects/svq/BusinessAdministration

  10. SVQs in Business and AdministrationNetwork Event E-Portfolios

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