Common use of The External Examiner Clause in Contracts

The External Examiner. All the university's programmes are subject to scrutiny by External Examiners who report on areas such as: • The general standard of the work assessed, assessment against the ITT Core Content Framework/Teachers’ Standards and Initial Teacher Education Inspection Framework and comparability with similar levels of work nationally; • The overall performance of trainees in relation to their peers in other institutions and the Teachers’ Standards; • The overall strengths and areas for development of trainees; • The overall quality of knowledge and skills (both general and subject-specific) demonstrated by trainees; • The structure, organisation, design and marking of all assessments; • The quality of the training programme as indicated by trainee teacher performance; During their period of tenure, External Examiners will: • Look at a sample of trainees’ written work and assessments. Samples include a range of trainee attainments and are dependent on trainee availability and the practicalities of arranging an itinerary; • Review trainee documentation observe trainees teach in school and discuss the lesson with the trainee and ▇▇▇▇▇▇; • Submit an annual report to the Faculty of Education summarising their findings and identifying key strengths and areas for development of the programme they are responsible for.

The External Examiner. All the university's programmes are subject to scrutiny by External Examiners who report on areas such as: • The general standard of the work assessed, assessment against the ITT Core Content Framework/Teachers’ Standards and Initial Teacher Education Inspection Framework Ofsted’s Criteria and comparability with similar levels of work nationally; • The overall performance of trainees in relation to their peers in other institutions and the Teachers’ Standards; • The overall strengths and areas for development of trainees; • The overall quality of knowledge and skills (both general and subject-specific) demonstrated by trainees; • The structure, organisation, design and marking of all assessments; • The quality of the training programme as indicated by trainee teacher performance; During their period of tenure, External Examiners will: • Look at a sample of trainees’ written work and assessments. Samples include a range of trainee attainments and are dependent on trainee availability and the practicalities of arranging an itinerary; • Review trainee documentation observe trainees teach in school and discuss the lesson with the trainee and ▇▇▇▇▇▇; • Submit an annual report to the Faculty of Education summarising their findings and identifying key strengths and areas for development of the programme they are responsible for.