How to get the best value out of certification… Raewyn McLeod

Global industry recognition Certification Plus What are the benefits? Advanced skills Employability Global industry recognition Point of difference NCEA credits Value added

Advanced Skills Supports learning for unit and achievement standards in Digital Technologies Supports quality of presentation in all curriculum areas Supports use of transferable skills Encourage cross-curricular learning eg Excel in maths, science, social sciences

NCEA credits Who can this benefit? All learners Level 2 priority learners Level 3 acquisition Gateway students School leavers

NCEA credits Credits are available at Level 2 and Level 3 Conditions surround the inclusion of these credits INCLUSION means – the students who NEED the credits to gain their 80 credits for NCEA will have them included in their total count Source: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/about-us/our-role/legislation/nzqa-rules/assessment-including-examination-rules-2015/8/3/1/certificate-in-msoffice-specialist-master/

Reporting credits You complete the NZQA form from your Certiport report of exam passes You submit to PN for end of year reporting and to Deans/tutors/mentors for monitoring achievement Create form for this year, next year and year after Fill in the personal details to create Your user profile. Follow the “General Registration” process as directed on screen. During this registration process if you are hoping to become a Proctor you must read and accept the “Proctor Agreement” in the “Choose a Purpose” step. Complete the registration as instructed on screen. Source: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/about-us/our-role/legislation/nzqa-rules/expired-rules/assessment-and-examination-rules-for-schools-2014/8/3/

Curriculum Mapping Have you seen this document? Create a custom test to teach content of skills required for a unit or achievement standard Use your teaching and other resources to ‘fill the gaps’

Vocational Pathways Fill in the personal details to create Your user profile. Follow the “General Registration” process as directed on screen. During this registration process if you are hoping to become a Proctor you must read and accept the “Proctor Agreement” in the “Choose a Purpose” step. Complete the registration as instructed on screen. Source: http://www.youthguarantee.net.nz/vocational-pathways/

Task Choose an Achievement Standard eg AS 91368 Resource: http://ncea.tki.org.nz/Resources-for-Internally-Assessed-Achievement-Standards/Technology/Level-2-Technology Look at the marking schedule for the advanced techniques required in this assessment. Go to Gmetrix.net/manage Create one or more Custom Tests for the techniques in this standard Make a list of the ‘gaps’ for which Gmetrix cannot provide practice – this is what you will have to teach