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Impact assessment reform alongside teaching
Can’t imagine leaving the classroom but want to make a broader impact on education?
There are many exciting ways you can help shape assessment reform whilst continuing to teach. These senior examiner roles fit alongside your teaching job and offer you a way to use your experience to inform national standards without leaving the classroom.
- Gain skills and knowledge to further your career.
- Better support your learners now and in the future.
- Be part of a community of subject specialists shaping the future of your subject.
- Flexible hours to fit around your life.
- Support and training to help you succeed in your role.
- Know what changes are coming because you’ve helped design them.
I have worked for AQA in a wide range of roles for more than 30 years. I have gained so much from my work with AQA and have made lifelong friends with some of my colleagues who share the same passions as me: our subject and wanting the next generation to succeed. Working for AQA is the best career decision I ever made.”
Suzanne, Senior Examiner
Which roles are right for me?
Here’s an overview of some of our senior examiner roles. Expand to learn more about each role type.
- Lead Developer
- Leads a team of specification and sample assessment material developers.
- Contributes to the subject assessment strategy.
- Attends key Ofqual and stakeholder meetings.
- Works across a qualification to ensure consistency.
- Developer
Member of a team of subject experts who help produce the specification and sample assessment materials.
- Reviser
- Reviews draft assessment items and the whole assessment.
- Advises on how the assessment aligns with the assessment strategy.
- Supports those who are producing sample assessment materials.
- Scrutineer
- Tests the draft whole assessment from the perspective of a learner.
- Ensures that the assessment is complete, valid and appropriate
- Proofreader
- Reviews documentation to spot errors, inconsistencies and issues.
- Can work across multiple subjects.
- Ensures consistency in the assessment strategy across teams. This includes applying AQA house style and universal design principles for sample assessment materials.
- Resource Developer
- Produces resource content to meet the needs of teachers and learners.
- Can also act as a reviewer for other resources to make sure they are consistent and accurate.
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Email: seniorrecruitment@aqa.org.uk
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