The Role of the Assessor

The Role of the Assessor and assessor trainingPrepared by Mohammad Aminul IslamAs a student What will be assessedAs an Assessor Waht are the responsibilitiesPresentation Goal

Case Study 1Company ProfileName: Bangladesh Skill Development InstituteType: Educational Organization (Private)Location: BangladeshEmployees : 50Position Instructor and Web DeveloperAssessment: 1. Written TestPresentationInterview

Case Study 2Company ProfileName : IVS Technology Gmbh Type: Medical Software ( Patient History)(Private)Location: GermanyEmployees: 30

Position : Working StudentAssessment: 1. InterviewCase Study 3Name: Bangladesh Army (Public)Location: BangladeshPosition: Second LieutenantAssessment: 1. Medical Test 2. ISSB (Inter Service Selection Board)3 daysHigh jump, Long Jump, Racing, Obserbation, presentation,Group work ( Without leader and with leader)

Case Study 4Name : Facebook

Position: Software Developer

Assessment :1. He was first in inter math competition2. He was first in Inter programming competition3. He did well in inter university Programming competition in USACase study OutcomesAssessment depends on Job requirementPublic Organizations assessment are formalPrivate Organizations assessment may be formal but most of the time informal.Assessment always multidimensionalAssessment have some key dimensionDimensionsCommunicationConsideration and awareness of othersDriveInfluencing othersOrganizing and PlanningProblem SolvingExercisesLeaderless group discussionsRole PlayPresentationInterviewIn- BasketCase analysis

Role Of Individual AssessorsObservingRecordingClassifyingScaling BehaviorProcessFeedback Individual processExercisesClassify DimensionReport to GroupScale Behavior: ExerciseAssessor DiscussionPrepare ReportRecord: NotesStatistical IntegrationororGroup ProcessFig: Observation and Recording Process

Briefing ExerciseOral CommunicationLeadership-Had poor eye contact-Failed cooperation-Looked down at talk-Started alone+Clear objectivesScaling Behaviors1.Oral Communication2.Leadership-Had poor eye contact-Failed cooperation-Looked down at talk-Started alone+Clear objectives+Appreciate others ideaOral Communication : 1Leadership : 1ChecklistFinal Dimension RatingDimensionsAssessor AAssessor BAssessor CRatingLeadership4444DecisionMaking2232Oral Communication2322Planning & Organization2242Fig: Preliminary and Final Overall Dimension RatingJudgmentEnough time for observation and notesGive rating soon, not depent on longer momoryDimentions performance clearly defined

Assessor TrainingKnowledge SkillsAbilitiesGeneral Information

Assessor Training TypesBehavior -Driven also known as process trainingSchema -Driven also known as Frame of Reference Training

Behavior -DrivenMost Classic form of Assessor TrainingMostly use by the organizationHow to Observe, record, classify and rateAssessment stageAssessment sequenceCommon errorSimulationPractice and practiceSchema -DrivenWithout schema, assessment lost its goalTarget job Assessment designDegree of the proficiencyTrained from a common schemaPractice

Which training is Best?Process Training

Bottom up approach

Start by observing behavior , process sequentialy and evalute themFrame of Reference

Top down approach

Start with the performance schema and scan the arry of behaviorGroup Assessors Assessment processJudgment Integration methodAssessors discuss their observation on behavior then rate to be given

Statistical Integration methodRate given by individual assessor on each exercise then combined

Method Of IntegrationPurely JudgmentModified JudgmentHybrid MethodModified StatisticalPurely StatisticalCompareMethodAdvantageDisadvantageStatisticalTakes less timeSupported by some evidanceLarge sample needed for stable weightJudgmentAddress each candidated strength and weaknessTakes more timeSupported by some evidanceSubject to the biased by other assessorReferencesPersonnel Selection by Mark Cook, Chapter 10Assessment Center for Human Research Management, Chapter 7 and 8Thank You