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Roles and responsibilities
The SACE Board:
- appoints a SACE officer to lead and support the moderation process
- appoints an assessment panel for final moderation of each subject, consisting of
- Lead Practitioner(s)
- subject supervisors (the number depends on the number of moderators appointed)
- moderators (the number depends on the size of the student cohort)
- lists all schools, by school number, and allocates schools to moderators. Moderators are not allocated to
- their own school
- a school with which they have a conflict of interest
- trains moderators and supervisors in the moderation procedures via PLATO courses and meetings, where applicable
- requires all assessment panel members to
- maintain confidentiality throughout and after the moderation process in accordance with the SACE Board’s Code of Conduct
- declare any potential conflicts of interest
- ensure the security of school and student results, information, and materials.
- advises moderators about work health and safety
- advises moderators about the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC).
Supervisors:
- Submit completed Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest forms
- support the SACE Officer in selecting and preparing calibration materials, where applicable
- together with the SACE Officer and Lead Practitioner(s), oversee the outcomes of the moderation process by:
- independently reviewing adjustments recommended by moderators, to confirm or adjust results submitted by the school
- identifying evidence in the sample that reasonably explains the basis of the adjustment at the inspection points and A+ grade levels (if awarded by the school)
Moderators:
- Submit completed Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest forms
- participate in calibration activities prior to moderation in PLATO courses and meetings
- moderate according to the moderation procedures and the instructions of the SACE Officer
- identify potential breaches of rules