We held a webinar with the latest updates on The Technical Award(AM20530) under the VCRF on Tuesday 20th April as part of our Weekly Webinar series. You can access a recording of this webinar in the secure area of our website here (Centre login required)
Below we will add any frequently asked questions that we receive relating to this webinar.
The stage one EQA visit meeting is scheduled for one hour.
Centres are able to schedule their learners on the system for the PTQ TAG window.
VTCT can confirm we will not be requesting a separate centre policy. The JCQ policy will cover the areas VTCT will be discussing in the stage one EQA meetings.
All TAG grades are required to be signed off by two teachers. The second teacher may be a head of department, if necessary. Please refer the the guidance for teachers document for more information on the internal quality assurance requirements for TAGs.
Centres will be required to create a schedule to submit a TAG for the internal assignments units. Centres are not required to create a schedule to upload coursework as the summer assessment series have been cancelled.
Centres should use the steps outlined in the guidance to evaluate the quality of the sources of evidence. It is a professional judgement by the teacher of the quality of the sources of evidence in demonstrating the learner’s level of attainment and if there is sufficient coverage of the assessment component the TAG is for.
The learner would be classed as a resitting learner. Centres can submit a TAG for resitting learner in summer 2021 which can be based on sources of evidence such as the exemplar papers.
Centres will need to create schedules to submit TAGs. More information on the process for submitting TAGs will be covered in the webinar on the 7 May 2021.
The Guidance for Teachers document can be found on the PTQ Covid-19 area of the website.
Centres are now able to create schedules to submit TAGs. The name of the window is Covid-19 Summer 2021. More information on the process for submitting TAGs will be covered in the webinar on the 7 May 2021.
VTCT are accepting TAGs for non-certificating learners in summer 2021. Centres should follow the same process for generating TAGs as outlined in the Guidance for Teachers document.
The second teacher should be familiar with the content and topics within the qualification and the assessment components the TAGs are for.
We are allowing resitting learners to be entered for a TAG. This is not the standard process for resits – you will need to submit a TAG for the unit, and will use the work from last year and any additional work as evidence to support the TAG grade. We have published a new optional exemplar exam paper to support the TAG process, this can be found on the qualification page on the website.
The summer exam windows have been cancelled and there will be no exams or submission of assignment evidence for external moderation. However, you will need to submit your TAG grades to us and we will share more information about this in our webinar on 7 May.
There is no template for this internal centre process, however, centres need to ensure you have accurate records of decision making. For the data collection it will be important to record any decisions made on reasons why you are not submitting a TAG for a learner.
Year 10 learners would be non-certificating learners and we are allowing centres to submit TAGs for the units that the learner had planned to complete in the summer 2021 series. Please refer back to the guidance and the slides for information about sources of evidence and the qualification website for the new optional exemplar exam paper that we have published to support the TAG process.
This is an non-certificating learner and we are allowing centres to submit a TAG. Please refer back to the guidance and the slides for information about sources of evidence and the qualification website for the new optional exemplar exam paper that we have published to support the TAG process.
Centres do not need to submit work to VTCT unless we request evidence during the external quality assurance process for TAGs. The summer exams and assessment series have been cancelled. Please refer back to the guidance and the slides for information about sources of evidence and the qualification website for the new optional exemplar exam paper that we have published to support the TAG process.
Information about the plans for the autumn assessments will follow in the coming months. VTCT will update our centres as soon as we are able to.