Welcome and induction

What will happen as you are welcomed to your EdTA assessor role, and how you will be inducted.

Joining and welcome

Once you have confirmed your assessor eligibility with us, we will ask for some key information such as:

  • your current fellowship category achieved, and
  • your availability for the upcoming adjudication panel dates (see adjudication page)

Next, we will provide you with our EdTA Assessor Handbook and the professional standards framework (PSF) and ask you join or watch our ‘Introduction to EdTA Assessors’ event which is offered once annually at the start of the academic year. It is mandatory that all new starting EdTA assessors attend our Introduction session, or watch the recording of the session after the fact. 

During this welcome stage, you will be added to our EdTA Teams channel where you can ask questions and interact with other EdTA assessors, mentors, and participants. More resources and guidance are available for EdTA assessors, which you can find in this sub-section of webpages.

Observing

Once you have read the above materials, we will invite you to observe an upcoming adjudication panel. This step is required for all new assessors and allows you to shadow an experienced assessor. You will be provided with all the same instructions and materials that the panellists receive. You will read and assess two or three fellowship claims and then discuss those claims with your paired assessor prior to the panel. You will attend the panel, listen, observe and learn from the experience and debrief with the assessor, answering any questions that you might have. 

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