Overview:
This handbook will take you through everything you need to know to be a fair, reliable and professional assessor in sport. From indispensable guidance, to activities to test your knowledge on assessing qualifications, this easy-to-use resource is a must-have for anyone assessing coaches, officials, groundsmen and crowd control staff.
’Assessing in Sport’ has been written for assessors working with any sportspeople being assessed against a set of standards for a qualification or an award. This includes coaches, officials, tutors, groundsmen and crowd control staff.
This resource has been designed to help you explore the role of the assessor, the tools of assessment and the whole assessment process. It can be used as a workbook. Once you have completed the resource, you should be able to:
describe your role and responsibilities as an assessorevaluate a range of assessment tools and select the most appropriate ones for specific situationexplain the principles of assessmentoutline an effective assessment processexplain why quality assurance is important and what your role is in ensuring quality assurance throughout your assessmentsundertake assessments in your sport
If you are interested in gaining a qualification in sport assessment, you might like to enrol on a 1st4sport Qualifications ‘Introduction to Assessment Practice in Sport (IAPS)’ learning programme. This resource is used as a book on the IAPS course. For more information on this or any other 1st4sport Qualifications courses, please visit the 1st4sport Qualifications website at www.1st4sportqualifications.com. Similarly, if you work for a college, university or prison and you are interested in delivering an IAPS course. Again, please seek further information from the 1st4sport Qualifications website at www.1st4sportqualifications.com, or call our dedicated team of qualifications administrators during office hours.
The QCA recognised awarding body, 1st4sport Qualifications is a brand of Coachwise Ltd, the trading arm of the National Coaching Foundation, (known as sports coach UK), the UK-registered charity leading the development of coaches and the coaching system in the UK. Any proceeds from your business go directly back to sports coach UK to help them develop and advance sport in the UK. |
Contents:- Section 1 - The Role of the Assessor
- Section 2 - Assessing Coaching Qualifications
- Section 3 - Assessment Methods
- Section 4 - Fair, Valid and Reliable Assessment
- Section 5 - The Assessment Process
- Section 6 - Quality Assurance
- Section 7 - Where Next?
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