Reflective practice and CPD in the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA)
Reflective practice in the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement
Reflective practice is a form of self-assessment. And we should all do this once we’ve completed the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA) to see where we need improvement, what areas are weak and where you can improve the assessment process. Just because you complete the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA) it doesn’t mean that you should just stop there and not doing any CPD.
The term EDAR in the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement
In the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA) we use the term EDAR. Experience, describe, analyse and revise. You can apply this to any part of your life. So, what do you want to improve or change? This is experience. Describe aspects of what happened, when, where, who? We then analyse, why did it happen, how did we let it happen, you might want to think deeper about any root causes. Lastly revise. How would you do it differently? We use this with all aspects of our lives in one way or another. Unless your employer has thrown you on the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA), you would have evaluated what you need to improve and how you address it.
CPD after the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement
CPD is a term also highly used in the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA) and it something that you need to do and maintain throughout. Its like a CV but its an overview of which activities you have completed to keep up to date to ensure that your assessment practice and your subject specialism is still relevant. The last thing you need to be doing is assessing outdated materials, so you need to stay current.
Before completing your CPD records, you need to check the qualification specifications of the qualifications you are assessing to ensure that you are meeting the minimum requirements for the qualifications. Some sectors like security make it clear you must complete 40 hours of CPD in your field each year, so you need to make it clear that you’ve done 40 hours and not one week.
Very few people do this, and I have been guilty myself is that we update our CPD records annually. Don’t fall into this trap, update your CPD and your CV regularly.
Reflecting your own practice after the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement
Reflective practice is identifying what you need to do and CPD is the action you have taken to prove that you have remained up to date. When it comes to the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA) you don’t need to complete any extra qualifications to keep your Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA). You need to decide where you need to improve and select appropriate activities and then map how it relates to what you are assessing. Technically speaking, CPD endorsed courses are not needed for an assessor qualification, but they may be needed in your sector so just double check.
Activities that count towards CPD include working in the field, this is you working in your industry. It could be upgrading your teaching certificate to the Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training. It can also be networking with other professionals, attending events, maintaining professional membership, completing standardisation meetings. Its your CPD, you get to decide which methods best work for you and it’s about staying up to date to enhance your assessing practice to benefit your learners.
