Senior Examination Qualification
In the Senior Examination Qualification (SEQ) training, unlike the UTQ, we do not focus on individual tests, but on the broader assessment policy and the assessment program. As an SEQ participant, you are a point of contact within your program or institution for testing. By sharing your knowledge and working together with colleagues, you contribute to the quality of both individual tests and the entire assessment organization. The SEQ helps you develop a substantiated vision on assessment, to conduct substantive discussions and to evaluate assessment programs with specific recommendations for improvement. This is done, among other things, through a self-defined, individual (faculty based) project. In addition, you learn to assess the effectiveness of the assessment policy and quality assurance, to develop guidelines for colleagues, and to critically reflect on your own assessment competencies for further growth.
SEQ is focussed on cross-disciplinary assessment challenges on programme level. If you are looking for training that addresses broader educational challenges, please have a look at the SUTQ (Senior University Teaching Qualification). If you are looking for assessment training on course level, please have a look at UTQ ASSESS.
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After the course, you should be able to:
- Formulate a substantiated personal vision on the role of assessment in higher education.
- Formulate implications of your personal vision for assessment within your (degree) programme and/or faculty and/or university.
- Initiate a substantive discussion, based on literature, about the function and (improvement of) quality of assessment within the (degree) programme.
- Evaluate the quality of programme assessment plans in relation to the intended learning outcomes and their coherence with the assessment policy and vision on education and assessment.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of assessment policy and quality assurance.
- Improve the quality of assessment in your department by developing and implementing assessment guidelines and policies.
- Reflect on your assessment competency by formulating plans for your continuous development.
Assessment Matrix
Target group
- Teachers who currently or in the future work with assessment at a cross-disciplinary level: Education directors/coordinators, examination committee members, curriculum/track coordinators. The condition is that they have obtained the UTQ.
- Education/assessment advisors who advise on assessment at a cross-disciplinary level. We expect advisors to actively read up to UTQ level.
- Staff who have a project idea in which they tackle an assessment related challenge, aligned, mandated and supported by the Faculty/Programme.
Working method during the module
During the course, you will work on a project that enhances the assessment quality at programme level. At the end of the course, you will present the (intermediate) results. Before you start, you will have to select the assessment-related topic/problem on which you will base your project on a course-superseding level. This project is typically part of your role as e.g. track coordinator, learning line coordinator, programme director, assessment advisor, or senior member of the board of examiners. Your initial ideas for the project will be discussed during the intake interview. You will be coached on the project during the SEQ. Each session of the SEQ will support you with successfully carrying out your project. The following topics will be covered in these sessions:
Session 1: vision on assessment.
Session 2: preconditions for assessment quality: thematic explorations.
Session 3: assessment policy and quality assurance.
Session 4: programme assessment plans.
Session 5: impact assessment.
- Format: Face-to-face meetings
- Number of sessions: five group sessions and two individual sessions with your coach.
- Study load: 70 hours
- Language: English (unless all participants speak Dutch)
Assessment in SEQ
A portfolio is used to demonstrate that participants master the four SEQ qualities according to the assessment matrix below. Mid-term there will be a progress meeting with your SEQ coach.
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A digital portfolio consists of 6 final products, which are graded pass/fail with a rubric. Each product requires a pass:
- Individual vision on assessment.
- Presentation of thematic exploration (presentation).
- Benchmark analysis programme assessment plan.
- Recommendations for assessment policy.
- Individual quality enhancement project (presentation and article).
- Final reflection (written reflection).
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You will be assessed on the following national SEQ certificate requirements.
Quality 1: you act within the context of the assessment policy and the assessment organisation You evaluate the quality of those parts of/processes within the assessment organisation for which you are responsible, and can advise on these. In doing so, you are aware of the different roles, tasks and responsibilities within the assessment organisation. In your role, you contribute actively to practical guidance for colleagues, and to the development, implementation and/or evaluation of assessment policy and/or the (frameworks of the) assessment organisation of the degree programme.
Quality 2: you act within the educational and assessment programme You actively contribute to developing the assessment programme of the degree programme. You evaluate the quality of the assessment programme in relation to the programme learning outcomes, and advise on the (re)design of the assessment programme. You oversee the whole as well as the coherence and interconnections between assessments within the degree programme in relation to the education programme.
Quality 3: you can adequately apply assessment knowledge and skills You support and supervise colleagues in the assessment process, and evaluate the quality of your own assessments and those of colleagues. You translate the outcomes of evaluations into specific recommendations. You advise on issues relating to design and evaluation. In doing so, you constantly balance issues based on the function of the assessments and the context in which they are used.
Quality 4: you retain your assessment literacy As a critical professional, you focus on the continuous development of your own assessment literacy, in line with your role, tasks and responsibilities. You hold and/or initiate a substantive discussion about the importance of assessment literacy as part of teacher competence, and about the quality of assessment within the degree programme.
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These qualities (numbered Q1 to Q4 in the table below) are assessed as follows:
Product:
1. Individual vision on assessment 2. Presentation of thematic exploration
3. Benchmark analysis program assessment plan 4. Recommendations for assessment policy 5. Presentation/ article of individual quality enhancement project 6. Final reflection Quality: Q1 x x x x x Q2 x x x x x Q3 x x x Q4 x x x Minimum grade required pass pass pass pass pass pass Group/ individual assessment individual (sub) group individual individual individual individual Link to sessions Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6
Duration of the programme
The SEQ programme lasts 11 months and starts in February.
Certificate
A certificate for the Senior Examination Qualification is granted, if you have attended all sessions and you have successfully completed the deliverables.
Costs and admission and attendance
The cost for this module is €800, including SEQ certificate, lunch, coffee, etc. All sessions are mandatory so please make sure you can attend them before you sign up.
Prerequisites
- Completion of the SEQ intake
- Teachers: completion of UTQ
- Advisors: familiarity with UTQ-level content
- A supported, assessment-related project idea
To view session dates, contact information and to register, please visit Opleidingsportaal.
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