Confirmation: QCAA assessors

The Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) employs and trains QCAA assessors (confirmation) to review student responses to summative internal assessment and make decisions about alignment between schools’ judgments and the instrument specific marking guides (ISMGs).

QCAA assessor roles

There are 3 QCAA assessor (confirmation) roles:

• Confirmer
• Lead confirmer
• Chief confirmer

Benefits

As a QCAA assessor (confirmation), you will:

• contribute to an important quality assurance process in the Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) system
• gain first-hand experience of the confirmation process to inform your school’s approach to assessment
• increase your understanding of the syllabuses and ISMGs
• record your training as continuing professional development (CPD) with the Queensland College of Teachers
• network with colleagues in your local area and from across Queensland.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply to be a QCAA assessor (confirmation), you must:

• be registered with the Queensland College of Teachers
• have at least 3 years’ teaching experience
• currently teaching in a Queensland secondary school
• currently teach (or are scheduled to teach) the subject you are applying to confirm
• have successfully completed the relevant online modules in the Assessment literacy program
  • Module 1 — Attributes of quality assessment
  • Module 3 — Making reliable judgments
  • Module 5 — Confirmation
• have your principal’s support.

How to apply

Submit your application through the Assessor Jobs application (app) in the QCAA Portal.

Selection and training

Selection is based on:

• teaching experience
• previous roles with QCAA or equivalent organisations in other states or countries.

Chief confirmer roles may include a phone interview process.

Successful applicants will complete an online training program. Lead and Chief confirmers complete additional role-specific online training. Your appointment will be confirmed after you satisfactorily complete the training.

Commitment

QCAA assessors (confirmation) must complete reviews for:

• Confirmation event 1
• Confirmation event 2
• Confirmation event 3

Some assessors may also be requested to work for Confirmation event 4 (compressed curriculum).

See the SEP calendar for the scheduled review period of each Confirmation event.

You may also be engaged to complete confirmation work outside of school hours in the weeks following the scheduled confirmation review period.

Remuneration

View the position description in the Assessor Jobs app in the QCAA Portal.

More information

For more information:

• see the position description in the Assessor Jobs app in the QCAA Portal
• watch the benefits of being a QCAA assessor video
• email confirmation_assessors@qcaa.qld.edu.au.