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13 July 2020 Senior secondary Number: 029/20
QCAA assessor vacancies: endorsement and confirmation
Purpose
To notify teachers and schools that the QCAA is seeking applications for QCAA assessor (endorsement) and QCAA assessor (confirmation) roles.
Information
The QCAA employs and trains assessors to help quality assure internal assessment in the new QCE system. The QCAA is currently seeking applications from experienced senior secondary teachers to work as:
• QCAA assessors (endorsement) to quality assure summative internal assessments at the next endorsement meetings from August 2020
• QCAA assessors (confirmation) to confirm students’ results for summative internal assessments at the next confirmation review meetings from September 2020.
Benefits for teachers and schools
Becoming a QCAA assessor is a unique and valuable professional development opportunity for teachers. QCAA assessors:
• get first-hand experience of the new quality assurance and assessment processes
• increase their understanding of the new syllabuses and assessment design
• gain continuing professional development (CPD) points for registration renewal
• network with like-minded colleagues across Queensland
• have the opportunity to earn extra income for work completed outside school hours.
Having QCAA assessors on staff:
• provides schools with a shared understanding of assessment design and instrument-specific marking guides
• increases schools’ capacity for building internal quality assurance processes and teams
• supports schools to improve assessment judgments and report accurate provisional results to the QCAA
• helps schools build a community of practice that provides extended opportunities collaboration, feedback and professional learning.
Memo
Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
Memo
QCAA assessor vacancies: endorsement and confirmation
Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority 13 July 2020 Page 2 of 2
Application process
Applications are now open for QCAA assessor (endorsement) and QCAA assessor (confirmation) positions.
These assessor appointments are for an initial period of three years. Teachers currently appointed to an assessor position are not required to reapply.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply, teachers must:
• have current registration with the Queensland College of Teachers
• have at least three years’ teaching experience and be currently teaching in a Queensland secondary school
• teach (or be scheduled to teach) the subject they are applying to endorse or confirm
• have successfully completed the relevant online assessment literacy and role-specific courses in the Accreditation program (Courses 1, 2 and 4 for endorsement and Courses 1, 3 and 5 for confirmation)
• have their principal’s support for their application and agreement that they will be released for any activities held during school hours.
How to apply
Applications should be made via the Assessor Jobs app in the QCAA Portal at:
www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/portal.
Finding out more
For more information about becoming a QCAA assessor, visit the QCAA website at:
www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/assessment/qcaa-assessors.
Alternatively, please email [email protected] or [email protected].
Jacqueline Wilton
Director, Curriculum Services Division
