school exam invigilator anyone??

tinktay84

timefortea wrote: »

They operate in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. They're called Leap.

Brilliant Thank you I will look them up as Yorkshire is great location wise

12helensp

Can u become an exam invigilator if you are an university student and wanting to invigilate for a local high school for example??

Thanks in advance

Wings_of_Ambition

12helensp wrote: »

Can u become an exam invigilator if you are an university student and wanting to invigilate for a local high school for example??

Thanks in advance

I don't see why not... the only issue is that it might clash with your own exams.

ziggycj

When would you say was the best time to apply? and do you find an agency or should I just email loads of schools in my area? I'm in London so does anyone know any good agencies/opportunities here?

Im a student ATM but dont have exams so there wont be any clash for the May/June ones, but might be for January.

Thanks

Z

Wings_of_Ambition

I just rang all the schools in my local area (West London), asked to speak to their exam coordinator and either called or emailed them. You're better doing it yourself than through an agency, IMO. I just used to give the exam coordinator my availability as far as possible in advance, and he then knew when I was available.

sexymouse

If exams are 3 hours long, what happens if you (as an invigilator) need to go to the toilet? Do they allow enough invigilators to make this possible?

Bennifred

sexymouse wrote: »

If exams are 3 hours long, what happens if you (as an invigilator) need to go to the toilet? Sorry if this is a silly question.

Because of the regulation invigilator/student ratios, you are unlikely to be the only invigilator in the room - if you are, then you would contact whoever is in charge of the exams and ask for assistance, just as you would if a student needed to go.
Answers to these types of queries (not silly at all!) should be covered in your training.

There are very few school exams this long now - some are only 30 minutes long! In our school we tend to pop into the exam venue if the exam is a particularly long one, to give the invigilators a break.

sexymouse

Thanks Bennifred.

sexymouse

Well I've got an interview on Monday, so I'm feeling a bit nervous and excited all in one. There will be an interview with the exams officer, business manager and deputy head, as well as a reading/scribing activity, and it will take about an hour in total. Any tips on what these may involve?

Bennifred

For the scribing - remember you can only write EXACTLY what the student says - do not correct grammar, etc.
So, for example, you would NOT say "Did you say *******?" , but rather "Could you repeat that, please?" because you don't want to (or appear to) put words in the student's mouth, or prompt them in any way. If you were acting as a scribe or a reader, there should also be a separate invigilator in the room.

Actually - they wouldn't necessarily expect you to know things like that - should all be included in the induction training (you could ask about that!) They probably just want to check that you read clearly and write legibly. They'll want to gain an overall impression that you are calm and reliable - flexible is good, too!

Good luck!