The Pedagogy Council — how Circl Academy governs itself.

This is the Council’s constitutive commitment. A certification’s pass mark reflects what the tier’s responsibilities require — not the curve of how candidates happen to perform. If 60% of candidates fail an advanced certification, the Council does not soften the pass mark; the platform invests in better pre-certification preparation. The calibration logic for each course is publicly documented.

A five-person standing body. Two Treasurer Council representatives, one Member representative, one subject-matter advisor (rotating across tradition-holders), one independent Chair. Meets quarterly. Substantive deliberations confidential per §3.4; decisions and outcomes public. Independent of Circlworld leadership.

• 2×

  Treasurer Council representatives

  Nominated by Treasurer Council

  Currently-serving Council members rotating to spread the workload. They bring practitioner expertise — what the courses claim to teach must match the operational reality of Treasurer practice.

• 1×

  Member representative

  Nominated by Town Hall

  Any Member with Foundation Certification + 12 months on the platform. 18-month term, renewable once. Ensures the Council does not become a Treasurer-only echo chamber — the courses inform every Member’s confidence in the platform.

• 1×

  Subject-matter advisor

  Nominated by Tradition-holder rotation

  A 12-month rotating seat among Pardna, Susu, Chama, Ajo, Kameti, Hui, Tanda, Paluwagan practitioners. Editorial mandate — ensures each tradition is represented accurately, with its specific cultural context, and that no one tradition’s mechanics get generalised as universal.

• 1×

  Independent Chair

  Nominated by Help Office senior education panel

  Procedural facilitator — convenes meetings, records decisions. The Chair has NO vote on Council decisions; the Chair’s role is to ensure procedural integrity of deliberation. 24-month term, renewable once.

1. Annual course review

   Every certification course reviewed annually — curriculum alignment with current platform reality, module-by-module learning outcomes, case-study currency, workload calibration. The annual review produces a written report archived in the Council’s records and a public summary on the Academy surface.

2. MCQ bank refresh — 30% maximum rotation per year

   MCQ banks refresh every 12 months. The rotation is driven by the eval set’s coverage analysis (which MCQs are too easy or too hard) and calibrated by the Council’s review of the past year’s responses. The 30% maximum is constitutive — banks evolve gradually, not by wholesale replacement, so candidates studying from public materials are not blindsided by overhauls. Refresh approved by majority vote before deployment.

3. Case-study grader rubrics

   The Council reviews and approves the rubrics annually, samples graded case-studies each quarter to assess grader consistency, identifies grader-training needs, and adjudicates grader-grader disputes where two graders strongly disagree on a candidate’s response.

4. Pass-mark calibration — competence, not curves

   Pass marks are set on competence requirements, not on outcome curves. The Council does not adjust the Multi-Jurisdictional Certification’s 90% pass mark because Tier 5 Treasurers happen to be promoted less often — the 90% reflects the seniority’s required competence. The calibration logic is publicly documented in each course’s materials.

5. Scholarship Pool oversight (upstream)

   The Pedagogy Council is NOT the Pool’s award panel — that is a separate three-person panel under the Scholarship Pool Operating Procedure. The Pedagogy Council’s role is upstream: reviewing the 5% jurisdictional disparity threshold, the Standing band threshold, funding adequacy against demand, and recommending parameter adjustments.

6. Annual public outcome reporting

   Pass rates by course / tier of origin / jurisdiction; retake rates; grade distributions; scholarship awards by jurisdiction and course; MCQ bank refresh outcomes; demographic patterns (aggregate, with privacy discipline). Published on Charter Hall + the Academy surface. The Council does not publish individual candidate data.

• No individual candidate decisions

  The Council does not pass or fail individual candidates. Graders grade; assessors assess. The Council ensures the system that produces those decisions is sound.

• No Treasurer professional-conduct adjudication

  Conduct breaches route to the Treasurer Council (routine) or Selection Committee (material). The Pedagogy Council is academic, not disciplinary.

• No Member dispute mediation

  Disputes between Members route to the Dispute Settlement Centre. The Pedagogy Council’s scope stops at course quality and outcomes.

• No platform pricing or product direction

  Course fees, the certification ladder’s shape, and the platform’s Academy strategy are Circlworld decisions. The Council adjudicates within the existing structure; structural changes go through other consultation.

• Not subordinate to the Treasurer Council

  The Treasurer Council nominates two seats but does not direct the Pedagogy Council’s decisions. The Pedagogy Council reports its annual outcomes to the Treasurer Council for visibility, not for approval.

• Read the annual outcome report. The Council publishes pass rates, retake rates, grade distributions, scholarship awards, and demographic patterns each year. Members reading the platform’s academic integrity should read what the Council reports.
• Apply for the Member representative seat. The Town Hall nominates the Member representative — any Member with Foundation Certification + 12 months on the platform is eligible. 18-month term, renewable once.
• Practitioner of a tradition? The subject-matter advisor rotates across Pardna, Susu, Chama, Ajo, Kameti, Hui, Tanda, and Paluwagan practitioners. If you carry deep practice from a tradition the platform serves, the Help Office maintains the panel.
• Take a certification. The Academy’s four certification courses are open to Members per the published prerequisites. The Foundation Certification is free; the Treasurer ladder (Intermediate, Advanced, Multi-Jurisdictional) is scholarship-eligible where the jurisdictional disparity threshold is met.