Below are some answers to questions we are often asked regarding evidence and assessors reports

Who can be my Assessor for a Section?

Your Assessor must be an adult (aged 18+) to whom you are not related and with whom you do not live.  They will usually be someone in a position of responsibility in the organisation you are doing the activity with, and may have a qualification to allow them to lead this e.g. a soccer coach, manager of a charity shop, or trumpet teacher.  You can also a teacher in school to help with being an assessor.  

What is evidence?

Evidence can be photos or videos of you participating in your activity or certificates, membership cards, strava or equivalent logs etc.  Activity logs downloadable from here (https://www.dofe.org/do/activitylogs/) are a good way of recording your activities.  These can be photographed and also be uploaded as evidence).

What evidence do I need to show I have completed a section?

The minimum is a complete Assessor’s Report.  If an assessor does not see you regularly when you are completing your activity they may want some more evidence such as a written summary of what you did or a photo log.   Some students choose to upload regular texts updates or photos as evidence of their participation but this is not essential.

What is an assessors report?

An assessors report is a report written by your assessor on completion of your activity to say that you completed the correct number of sessions and if you met your planned goals.

How do I complete an assessors report?

We will only approve electronic assessors reports submitted via the DofE website - www.edofe.org/assessor.  Paper copies of assessors reports will need to be shown directly to the coordinator by the student as well as uploaded to eDofE with a reason why they have not used the electronic assessors report.  This is because we have a lot of errors when providing the written reports.  When asking someone to be your assessor make sure they are happy to provide electronic reports via the DofE website. 

Your assessor will need your eDofE number (you can see this when logged in), and to know the level (Bronze/Silver or Gold), which Section they are signing off (Physical, Skill or Volunteering), how many months you have done it for and the exact start and end dates which must be at least that number of months apart (e.g. 5/3/19 to 2/6/19 is NOT 3 months – it would need to finish on or after 5/6/19).  Reports MUST include the dates, contact details for your Assessor, and a description about how you got on with the activity.

If making a report using the form in your welcome pack make sure:

• The assessors details are the same on the paper copy as is on your eDofE entry

• The dates and months are added.  Make sure the dates equate to the amount of months you are doing it.  A lot of students get this wrong.  E.g. for a 3 month activity it would look something like 13/10/22 to 13 /01/23.

• The assessor needs to have signed the copy and entered their contact details.

• You can add it as a pdf but much easier if it is a jpg.  Take a photo on your phone and upload it as evidence, ticking the assessors report box.

More guidance and support can be found here - https://help.edofe.org/hc/en-gb/sections/360004587693-Assessor-Reports

I have asked a teacher to be an assessor

If you have asked a teacher to assess your activity but you are doing the activity away from school.  For example cooking at home for 'skills' or running for 'physical'.  - You need to provide the following to show your assessor:

• Some Evidence that you have completed the activity.  E.g. Photos or Strava logs etc

• A log sheet of the hours you have done.  For 3months there needs to be 12 different 1 hour entries.  For 6months there needs to be 24.

• A written report of what you have learnt  or achieved. an A4 page minimum.

• Your eDofE ID number and the section your activity is for.

• A thank you message for them

How do I get my Award?

You need to upload evidence that you have completed each of your Physical, Skill and Volunteering Sections (school will do this for the Expedition) to eDofE and SUBMIT each of your Sections as complete.