Unit Specifications and Unit Assessment Support Packs

2. Unit Specifications and Unit Assessment Support Packs Health and Food Technology National 3, 4 and 5 Sally Cameron Principal Verifier for Health and Food Technology

3. Aims of this session • Nominees may have different starting points with regards their knowledge and familiarity of US and UASP for N3, N4 and N5 HFT • This session is to consolidate existing understanding so that we all leave today with the same level of knowledge • You will use this knowledge in your own Centre and to explain these approaches to other Centres who do not have a Nominee.

4. What are Unit Assessments? • Unit Assessments are designed to provide evidence of learning • They can be used across more than one Unit or Outcome (combined assessments, portfolio approach) • Designed to be more flexible than existing assessments: greater range of techniques and methods of assessment • More opportunities to gather naturally occurring evidence – assessment as part of learning and teaching (portfolio approach)

5. Unit Structure All items in RED will be marked in Centres and will be subject to Verification by Verification Team.

6. Design of HFT • Nat 3-Nat 5 : we have taken the best approaches from the current Intermediate 1 and 2 Health and Food courses and Standard Grade Home Economics • The courses have been designed with a hierarchical Unit structure that provides progression from N3 to Higher  • There is an Added Value Unit that increases personalisation and choice at National 4 • There is an Assignment that increases personalisation and choice at National 5 and Higher

7. Unit Specifications Here is an example of the assessment standards at an outcome at N4 in the Food for Health Unit:

8. Unit Specifications Evidence Requirements for this Outcome: • Assessors use professional judgement, subject knowledge, experience, and understanding of their learners, to determine the most appropriate ways to generate evidence. • Evidence should be gathered in combination with other Outcomes where possible, either from this Unit or in combination with the Outcomes from the Food Product Development and Contemporary Food Issues Unit.

9. Unit Specifications N4 Food for Health Outcome 1.1 : Describe the relationship between health, food and nutrition Examples of evidence may include: • A completed N4 Food for Health Candidate Workbook (Unit by Unit approach) • A completed mind map, poster and worksheet (Portfolio approach) • A completed N4 HFT Candidate Workbook (Combined Approach)

10. Unit Assessment Support Packages - purpose UASPs are used to: • Assess your candidates • Adapt to ensure these are suitable for your own lessons and candidates

11. UASPs – key features • Valid from August 2013 – should NOT be used before then • Designed to encourage professional judgment • Provide a range of tasks – allow assessors to choose appropriate context and forms of evidence • Shows a range of approaches to generating assessment evidence • Gives information on the type of evidence which could be gathered and how this is to be judged against Assessment Standards

12. HFT UASPs Package 1 • Unit by Unit approach N3, N4 and N5 – candidates complete a Unit Workbook for each Unit as assessment evidence Package 2 • Portfolio approach N3, N4 and N5 –candidates gather naturally occurring assessment evidence throughout all Units which are collated in a Folio Package 3 • Combined approach N3, N4 and N5 – candidates complete a Course Workbook as assessment evidence for all 3 units

13. National 4 Added Value Unit • Builds on Unit Assessments • Defined as breadth, challenge and/or application as outlined in Building the Curriculum 5 • May involve accumulation, assimilation, integration and application of skills, knowledge and understanding • Controlled assessment – set by SQA, conducted in the Centre, marked by the Centre, Verified by Verification Team, feedback provided to Centre.

14. N4 Added Value Unit • Focuses on challenge and application of skills, knowledge and understanding covered in the Units • Internally marked pass or fail • Will be subject to Verification • First two years – Centre must use briefs provided by SQA in the Specimen, thereafter (following successful Verification) Centres can use own briefs for AVU

15. N5 Health and Food Technology Unit Assessment Evidence will be marked by the Centre and the candidate must have passed all Units before completing the final assignment and assessment. These will be subject to verification. For information: ASSIGNMENT (50 marks) : 50% of final mark • Brief set by SQA in Sept/Oct (specimen currently available) • conducted with a minimum amount of teacher support/guidance • will be externally marked by SQA i.e. no verification • ASSESSMENT (50 marks) : 50% of final mark • set by SQA (specimen currently available) • conducted under exam conditions • externally marked by SQA i.e. no verification

16. Workshops In the workshops we will use the US and UASP to: • Consolidate your understanding of the Unit by Unit Approach, Portfolio Approach and Combined Approach • Use the US and UASP to judge evidence • Think about how you want to gather evidence in your own Centre • Help you to explain these approaches to other Centres