Accredited Teachers
If you are using teacher assessment, and wish to reward your students for their success in completing tasks from a Teacher Assessment Pack, you may want to consider giving them Grade Award certificates. If you want to use this method of reward, a centre has to have an Accredited Teacher who has completed a short self-study training pack for the stage that the learners are being assessed at. Once a teacher has completed the training, he/she can oversee the awarding of Grade Award certificates for any language at that stage.
Step 1 - Purchase a Teacher Assessment Pack (for use with learners). This includes teacher accreditation materials. Accredited Teacher Training material may also be bought separately through the publications catalogue at a small cost.
Step 2 - Complete the optional two marking exercises and return to OCR if you wish to become an Accredited Teacher and be able to purchase Grade Awards.
Step 3 - Receive feedback and, if successful, receive a letter containing your Accredited Teacher number.
Step 4 - Purchase the relevant Grade Awards for any language at this stage.
Accredited Teacher training is provided by stage and consists of self-access materials that can be worked through at the time and place of the teacher’s choice.
The accreditation consists of two marking exercises:
One is marking some scripts from teacher assessment writing tasks and
One is on the marking of external assessment of speaking.
An OCR assessor checks that the tasks have been completed satisfactorily, to the standards laid down by OCR. All prospective Accredited Teachers receive feedback along with an Accredited Teacher number for successful applicants.
The training can be completed in a variety of ways. It can be done individually, as part of departmental training within a centre or as part of a liaison meeting with another centre or centres. The training is expected to take about 4 hours. When completed, the teacher should have a good understanding of the proficiency expected across the stage. The training for subsequent stages should take significantly less time.
If you need to replace an Accredited Teacher, all you need to do is submit another assessment form.
If you need to replace any of the Accredited Teacher training materials, please use the following catalogue and order form:
Please only complete this form if you are requesting additional/replacement Accredited Teacher training materials as the materials are also included free of charge with Teacher Assessment Packs.
If your centre doesn't have a languages specialist but you want to get involved in Asset Languages, you should contact your LEA, a local Specialist Language College or CILT for guidance. |