National Certificates of Educational Achievement (NCEA)
Material Critiquers

Online application form

Materials Critiquers will work in their own time to critique material for NCEA Examinations for 2010.

Working relationships

The Materials Critiquer will maintain the highest levels of security and confidentiality when

• Liaising with allocated Assessment Team members
• Working with the Examiner

Professional and personal qualities

Material Critiquers will demonstrate

• an understanding of the principles of standards based assessment
• experience in developing high quality assessment material for a standards based environment
• experience in moderating and critiquing assessment material in a standards based environment
• knowledge of the rights and responsibilities of the partners of the Treaty of Waitangi in an educational assessment setting, skills and knowledge in Te Reo Māori and Tikanga Māori are desirable
• the ability to establish constructive working relationships with other professionals
• clear and effective communication
• the ability to work to stringent deadlines
• the ability to implement and maintain appropriate administrative and communication systems

The appointees will be contacted by NZQA, and trained in Wellington prior to being contracted. The date of this training is Thursday 22 October 2009.

Applications can be made online. The closing date for receipt of all applications is Tuesday 6 October 2009.

Role definitions are also available online or by contacting the Secondary Examinations Team.

Online Application form

Page updated: 25 August 2009