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Reference:IntGCSE/CHE/CH
Closing date:31 October 2012 at midnight
Pearson is recruiting a Chair of Examiners for Edexcel International GCSE Chinese
Edexcel is part of Pearson UK, a unique education company. We bring together publishing, exams and new technologies to help teachers and learners fulfil their potential.
The Chair of Examiners maintains standards within a subject across different specifications from year to year.
They are responsible to Pearson for maintaining standards in a subject or group of subjects across different syllabi and methods of assessment.
Responsibilities
- To be responsible to Edexcel for maintaining standards in a subject or group of subjects across different syllabi and methods of assessment, and from year to year.
- To chair the Question Paper Evaluation Committee (QPEC) meeting(s).
- To ensure the question paper(s) and mark schemes meet the requirements of the assessment criteria as set out in the specification.
- To chair the Awarding meeting for each syllabus in the designated subject or subject area, checking that the required standards are brought to bear in each examination component and in each subject as a whole.
- To recommend mark boundaries for each grade in each subject at the conclusion of the Awarding process.
- To participate in (a) conferences with teachers and (b) courses for examiners as required.
- To collaborate closely with the Qualification Delivery and Award Manager in carrying out all designated responsibilities. All recommendations arising from these responsibilities must be made through the QDAM.
Experience and qualifications required
- You will have experience of teaching International GCSE or GCSE Chinese within a school/college/FE college
- You will be a fully qualified teacher
- You will have experience of producing assessment materials
- You will have experience of managing people
Competencies required
- You will be a good communicator
- You will have sound organisational skills
- You will have the ability to work well under pressure
- You will have the ability to meet deadlines
Please be aware that for all our senior roles, you will be required to have access to a personal PC with broadband internet connection in order to carry out your duties (for more details please see our System Requirements).
To apply and view further details please complete an online application below. The closing date for applications is at midnight on 31st October.
Please note that in order to be considered for both roles, you will need to make two applications. The second application should be auto-fill in most of your information from the first form, and you can copy and paste answers to the competency questions. Find the link to the GCSE Chinese vacancy here.
If you have any further queries please email aaresourcing@pearson.com or visit www.edexcel.com/aa-recruitment
Application Information
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