Assessor Coach Level 4

 The AC role has emerged within the Education and Training Sector (ETS), over the last 30 years, originally as a result of the implementation of vocational (competence-based) qualifications (notably NVQs) and formalised work-based education and training. The AC is a dual professional, using their up-to-date professional knowledge and skills to support vocational and professional development across the formal ETS as well as in any employer setting, and at any level. 

Knowledge

• Procedures for planning coaching and assessment 
• Effective coaching practice
• Effective vocational assessment
• Ways to support quality improvement

Skills

• Plan coaching and assessment
• Deliver coaching support
• Assess learners
• Support quality improvement

Behaviours

• Inspire, motivate and raise learners’ aspirations through their passion for the sector
• Operate at all times to ethical and legal standards and within professional boundaries
• Model and encourage mutual respect, displaying a deep understanding of equality and diversity, with and between learners, colleagues and appropriate agencies
• Be resilient and adaptable when dealing with challenge and change, maintaining focus and self-control
• Value the importance of maths, English and ICT skills in the learners’ future economic and social well-being
• Evaluate and improve their own professional practice in relation to the Professional Standards for Teachers and Educators in the Education and Training Sector

NCFE Cache Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement

Or 

NCFE Cache Level 4 Internal Quality Assurance

Apprentices without English and Maths at Level 2 must achieve these prior to taking the End Point Assessment.

• Assessor Coach Observations (ACOs): This includes two AC sessions with a minimum of two different learners, totalling 120 minutes, with a potential variance of 10% depending on the needs of the learners being assessed/coached by the AC Apprentice.

• The Professional Discussion (PD): During the PD, the IA will clarify and validate the apprentice’s claim to meeting the AC Standard through ongoing practice, illustrated in the exemplary evidence provided in the Showcase, mapped or cross-referenced to the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours listed in the Thematic/Synoptic areas.

Typically 15 months