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Introduction to the JCQ Changes 2021/22: FREE live webinar jointly presented by Communicate-ed and PATOSS (ITC)

This free live webinar is for anyone who would appreciate a short session simply introducing the changes in JCQ regulations relating to Access Arrangements for 2021/22.

Time

Thursday 9th September 2021
7:00pm - 8:15pm

Location

Online

This webinar will introduce the changes for 2021/2022 to the following JCQ documents:

  • Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments (AARA)
  • Instructions for Conducting Exams (ICE)
  • General Regulations

The JCQ make it easy to spot the changes each year by highlighting the major modifications in yellow in the access arrangements booklet. However, colleagues have expressed interest in a webinar simply covering the changes, and this is it.

Caroline Read (Commicate-ed)

Caroline is a Specialist Teacher who has practical experience in all areas of the Access Arrangements process and trains for LAs, Universities and SEN Services. Caroline’s book ‘Assessment Guidance for Access Arrangements’ was published by GL Assessment, and she contributed to the PATOSS/JCQ publication ‘Dyslexia: Assessing the need for Access Arrangements’. Her work has also been published in academic journals, by the TES and the RNIB, and she has worked with various publishers to develop tests. She was part of the working party which set up ‘Access Arrangements Online’ and has been involved with other DfE and Ofqual training and policy projects.

Lia Castiglione (Commicate-ed)

Lia has been teaching and supporting learners of all ages for over 25 years and in varying educational settings. She is a specialist teacher who is highly experienced in all aspects of access arrangements, has held a current Assessment Practising Certificate since 2008 and regularly assesses in schools and colleges. Lia is the co-creator of a postgraduate access arrangements assessor course and is the author of the Patoss/JCQ book, ‘Assessing the Need for Access Arrangements.’

Louise Green (PATOSS)

Louise Green has worked as a Specialist Teacher and Assessor since 1989, when she first joined Patoss and was a National Patoss Board Member for many years. She has been involved with access arrangements since 1990 and has assessed thousands of students over the years from a variety of schools in Beds, Bucks, Herts and London. She also has worked as a trainer for Patoss covering several topics including access arrangements for many years.