Leaving Cert Superintendents

earthandmoon

Just wondering what superintendents actually do during exam, apart from drinking tea and eating biscuits.

spurious

Check that the papers are the correct papers.
Check that the papers are unopened.

Draw a map of the room, marking where everyone is sitting in relation to other candidates.

Write on scripts the time people leave the room for the toilet and the time they return.

Write a report on any unusual incidents or events.
Collect the papers and seal them into packets. Make sure candidates have the correct number on their script.

Get the packets to the Post Office before it shuts. If that's not possible due to a late ending exam, lock them in the safe til the next day.

That's mostly it.

Edrees98

spurious wrote: »

Check that the papers are the correct papers.
Check that the papers are unopened.

Draw a map of the room, marking where everyone is sitting in relation to other candidates.

Write on scripts the time people leave the room for the toilet and the time they return.

Write a report on any unusual incidents or events.
Collect the papers and seal them into packets. Make sure candidates have the correct number on their script.

Get the packets to the Post Office before it shuts. If that's not possible due to a late ending exam, lock them in the safe til the next day.

That's mostly it.

Spurious, how do you know so much about the leaving cert?

spurious

I taught for almost 30 years and acted as Superintendent and Examiner and Monitor for the SEC at various times.

earthandmoon

spurious wrote: »

I taught for almost 30 years and acted as Superintendent and Examiner and Monitor for the SEC at various times.

And do candiadates have to bring a transparent pencil case or is a normal one okay ?

evolving_doors

earthandmoon wrote: »

Just wondering what superintendents actually do during exam, apart from drinking tea and eating biscuits.

I have to say, supervising a 3 hour exam is a lesson in Zen.

That 5 minute cuppa tea is heaven.. although I got really paranoid about the sound of crunching biscuits ..so then you go down the dunking route... then the biscuit falls off as you're not used to another school's biscuit structure.. and then your tea is ruined unless you decide to go digging for the soggy biscuit .. or worse, try and shlurp up the tea with said biscuit inside.

But ya it's not so-much 'during the exam' that the work is done, as the paperwork and double/triple checking before and after. Could you imagine being the teacher who gave out the afternoon paper instead of the morning, or giving someone an Ordinary level when they were honours and then them sitting the ordinary thinking it's the easiest exam ever!

Just try pacing up and down the kitchen very slowly and quietly for 3hrs and you'll get the idea.

spurious

earthandmoon wrote:

And do candiadates have to bring a transparent pencil case or is a normal one okay ?

There is no rule about pencil cases, though a clear one would mean the contents were obvious. A normal one is fine but the Superintendent may ask to look in it.