Become an assessor
The VCAA relies on the invaluable work and contribution of Victorian teachers and educators every year. This includes putting up their hands to be on study advisory panels, providing feedback on curriculum consultations and contributing to the development of examinations. Without the support of teachers and educators, we would be unable to support Victoria’s young people in the form of providing world-class curriculum and assessment resources and practices.
Applications are currently open for teachers and educators to assist with marking 2022 VCE written examinations and the General Achievement Test (GAT).
Assessors perform a vital role within the VCAA assessment process, ensuring all students receive fair and consistent assessment. Being part of the assessment process can be a very rewarding and satisfying experience that can inform and enhance teaching and learning practice. It is an excellent paid professional development activity that is officially recognised by the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
In general, VCE examination and GAT assessors should have relevant tertiary or education qualifications and current or recent teaching experience in the VCE study they will assess. We also seek to recruit a balance and distribution of teachers across the school sectors (government, Catholic and independent) and locations (metropolitan and regional).
Karen Graham has been a VCE assessor for many years and involved in assessing the GAT since its inception.
‘Assessing is wonderful in terms of what it can bring to you, to your classroom, to your students the way it can refine your own skills, the confidence that it gives you, the reassurance that you’re on the right track and you’re doing the right thing,’ says Karen.
‘The moment you move into assessment, you start to become aware of how important criteria is and you learn how to understand what a criteria statement means and how to apply a criteria statement to a particular task. Suddenly you become aware of things that students do that perhaps you’d never thought of, strategies that you weren’t aware of, that you become aware of in their work.’
‘You take all of that back into the classroom and it really improves the standard of your teaching significantly.’
Apply through the Sessional Staff Management System (SSMS) by the following closing dates:
- Sunday 12 June – for GAT Leading Assessor applications
- Friday 24 June – for VCE written examinations
- Sunday 26 June – for GAT Assessor applications.
To find out more, go to the
Why be a VCE examination assessor and
Apply to be a GAT assessor 2022 pages.