EXTERNAL AUTHENTICATOR OPPORTUNITY

Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) on behalf of the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETB’s)are establishing a new national panel of External Authenticators (EA) for Further Education and Training programmes.

The External Authenticator provides independent confirmation of fair and consistent assessment of learners in accordance with QQI requirements and reports on consistency of assessment results with national standards.

In collaboration with the Further Education Support Service a number of information briefing sessions will be held at venues throughout Ireland. During these Briefing Sessions the requirements for the role and the application process will be discussed.

Previous External Authentication experience is desirable but not essential. Interested individuals should have experience of delivering or assessing programmes leading to QQI awards, or associated industry expertise (5 years).

This EA Panel will serve those services in Education and Training Boards providing programmes leading to QQI awards.

Interested? Click here-Information for Prospective External Authenticators

*Note until further notice existing Panels/EAs will still operate at local levels.

Register for a Briefing Session
Map of Briefing Session locations

FESS CPD Calendar for Spring/Summer 2019 (announced December 2018)

FESS is pleased to announce its CPD calendar of events for Spring/Summer 2019. These events are open to all Department of Education and Skills funded providers. Further information on the events, the target audience and a booking facility can be accessed here.

ETB Sector Assessment Reference Documents (announced June 2018)

A suite of reference documents for quality assuring assessment of learners has been developed by an ETB sectoral assessment working group in collaboration with the Further Education Support Service (FESS), and following a detailed consultative process. These reference documents have been developed to assist ETBs in developing and documenting policies and procedures for quality assuring learner assessment, in line with best practice. Copies of the reference documents have now been distributed to all ETBs in hard copy and are also available through a secure login repository on www.etbi.ie

Taking Care of Your Well-Being for FET Teachers and Tutors (announced November 2016)

To work effectively with learners it is important to take care of your own well-being, as a teacher and tutor. This booklet will explore how you can use the findings and strategies of positive psychology and maximise your own individual potential for happiness and well-being. Taking Care of Your Well-Being for FET Teachers and Tutors was developed by Dr. Marie Rooney on behalf of FESS to support those working in the FET sector. We hope that you find it useful. 

Publication of Programme Module Specific and Thematic Resource Lists (announced October 2016)

FESS is pleased to announce that in addition to new programme specific resources, we now also have thematic specific resource lists available here 

The thematic resources can be categorised under the following headings:

Equality and Diversity
Learner well-being in the FET Environment
Literacy and Numeracy
Teaching and Learning
Technology Enhanced Learning

May 2015 Grading of QQI FET Major Awards

To view an explanation of how QQI calculate the grade of a FET major award using the QBS, and to access some worked examples, please click here.