NAVAL

NAVAL is the Network of Assessment Validation Assessor Leaders for the Faculty. The network has representation from sections of the Faculty and are lead assessors that meet monthly to evaluate, develop and implement strategies for managing assessment validation within the Faculty. This topic provides an overview of the responsibilities and activities of this group of lead assessors.

NAVAL is about ensuring consistency in assessment. The aim of NAVAL is to work towards a goal of achieving competency based assessment processes, tools and decisions that are of a high quality across the Faculty of Community Services, South Western Sydney Institute TAFE NSW. NAVAL is also about ensuring that the assessment system is fair for all the students who study with us.

To ensure a consistent assessment approach, NAVAL is a team of lead assessors who support assessors to assess learners against units of competence (modules) in different contexts and provide support for making comparable assessment decisions.

NAVAL provides a model for consistency in assessment in assisting assessors to share a common understanding of the evidence requirements of the units of competence (modules) they are assessing. The principal process for ensuring this common understanding is for the lead assessors to meet and confer with assessors who are assessing

NAVAL meets monthly and are noted on the SWSI calendar so you may view the agenda and minutes of all meetings.

The current Action Plan is:

To implement and evaluate assessment validation templates and procedures

To implement and evaluate assessment tools bank

To implement assessment validation professional development plan