Today, we have confirmed the next step in the formation of the Exams Officer Professional Standards - the creation of a Steering Group to form and shape the standards.
From over 30 nominations, the following exams officers have been selected to sit on the Steering Group:
- Geraldine Jozefiak
- Samantha Burden
- Jenny Kavanagh
- Amber Patterson
- Julie Vine
- Kerry Tweddle
- Angela Johnson
- Lynne Smith
These exams officers bring with them a wide range of experience as exams officers and exam managers from a variety of educational establishments (e.g. 11-16, 11-18, Further Education, Special Educational Needs centres, the Independent sector and the prison service).
To underline the significance of the creation of a set of Professional Standards for the exams officer community, the Steering Group will also be joined by representatives from a range of key exams-related organisations.
It will be the role of the Steering Group to meet define the content of the Exams Officer Professional Standards over a series of meetings in the coming months. This will include:
- Defining the exams officer role
- The core elements of the Professional Standards
- What should be included within each element
- How each element should be assessed
- Promoting the Standards to stakeholders and ensuring that they are adapted correctly within centres
- Launching the Professional Standards and utilising the Standards for longer term aims to support the exams officer community
The intention is to launch the Professional Standards in early 2023, with support tools in place to help exams officers meet these standards on an annual basis.
Once the Professional Standards are set, the NAEO will lobby stakeholders – including the DfE, Ofqual, JCQ and organisations representing heads of centres and senior leaders – to recognise and adopt these within all centres as part of our campaign to raise the profile and status of the exams officer role.
I will use my monthly message to provide regular updates of the progress made by the Steering Group.
Jugjit Chima
Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Examinations Officers