Step 3 Oversight of the alignment process by the school principal
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The third school-based step in the provision of marks is the oversight of the alignment process by the school principal. In line with the principles of fairness, equity and objectivity, the principal supports teachers in the preparatory phase of the subject alignment process and reviews the process applied to the collection of evidence to assure the fair treatment of individual students and to ensure that a uniformity of standard is applied within the school and in situations where more than one class group is entered for a subject. In this regard, the principal will ensure that different teachers of the same subject within the school are applying similar standards.
In this step of the process, the principal:
A principal may return the data sets to the subject alignment group for further review if he/she reasonably believes that one or more of the following grounds may apply:
In instances where the data sets are returned by the principal to the subject alignment group for further consideration, the principal indicates the reason(s)/stated grounds for the return of the data. The stated grounds are confined to one or more of the above grounds. The group will consider the stated ground(s), make necessary adjustments, if any, and return its final consideration to the principal.
Once the process of reviewing the data sets is concluded and the principal is satisfied that the process of alignment and, where applicable, the review has transacted in good faith, he/she will sign-off that the process has been completed in accordance with the published guidance.
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