1. Delivering SQA Qualifications: Circle of Success
Sharon McDowall
Qualifications Manager
Professional Development Conference 2019

2. Circle of Success

3. Delivering SQA Qualifications: Circle of Success
History
Why continuous improvement is important
How to apply it

4. Circle of Success History In country support for centres:
- CPD sessions and Operations meetings
- Annual meetings with Deans, PDC events
Subject Implementation Managers 2015/16
China website
Quarterly China Newsletter

5. Circle of Success Why continuous improvement is important
Continual improvement is an unending journey’
Lloyd Dobyns
Failing to plan is planning to fail’
Benjamin Franklin

6. Circle of Success How to apply continuous improvement
Use you knowledge and experience developed
- your own role/colleagues
- from SQA PDC events
Use the materials available on the SQA China website
- Tutor Resources
- SIM Materials
- Understanding Standards
Use the Circle of Success as a model to facilitate change/improvements

7. Circle of Success qualification programme planning
staff roles and responsibilities
internal verification
standardisation

8. Circle of Success course material updates
develop lesson plans and content
teaching methods
prepare assessments

9. Circle of Success approaches to delivery of units: timing, format…..
subject updates, changes to legislation etc.
graded units

10. Circle of Success assessment methods and styles marking
applying professional judgement
standardisation

11. Circle of Success prepare for external verification
understand the role of the EV
ensure standardisation

12. Circle of Success

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