As the founder of Read On Publications Ltd., Hilary Read has been training teachers, assessors and internal quality assurers nationally for over 20 years. She strongly believes that all those involved in teaching, learning, assessing and quality assurance should be equipped with the skills they need, and has enabled thousands of people to feel confident that they are implementing good practice in the vocational and work-based learning sectors. She has links with organisations and practitioners all over the country who pilot her materials and help her to develop practical examples and ways of implementing for others to follow.
Hilary has just published ‘The best vocational trainer’s guide’ with co-author Ann Gravells. This is the fourth in her highly-acclaimed ‘The best … ‘ series of guides. Read On Publications is her own publishing company and she funds, writes, and production manages all her publications with a focus on high-quality production values.
'Overall, I think 'The best assessor's guide' is an excellent publication which will be an invaluable reference tool for both those new to assessing and established assessors alike. It is certainly a guide that I would recommend to all new assessor in our centre because it provides them with the essential background for the knowledge units in the assessor qualifications.'
Ann Gravells has been working in the further education and skills sector for over 30 years. She specialises in teaching, training assessment and quality assurance. She is passionate about helping new staff to gain the experience and qualifications they need to work in the sector. She has written and co-written several textbooks to help new teachers and assessors gain knowledge and skills.
This simple-to-follow guide is aimed at all those involved in initial assessment (IA) and recruitment of learners and makes the business case for getting it right - from the start! The guide is an essential companion for anyone working towards an initial teacher training qualification or who gives advice and guidance to learners and contains templates and examples based in real practice for those wishing to design a robust IA system.
An excellent guide that provides the principles of effective initial assessment with some great examples.
This best-selling guide is for everyone with responsibility for assessing whether new to the role or experienced. Based on best practice in assessment, the guide provides invaluable help with the skills assessors need to update their practice, develop within the role or gain one of the assessor qualifications.
Hilary's books about assessment and quality assurance (internal and external) really help people to understand the occupational standards for assessment and quality assurance. Things have changed hugely in this field and it is really helpful to use these guides as a good CPD tool for existing Assessors, IQAs and EQAs. Sometimes we forget that changes happen and Hilary's books really help with how to implement these.
