You can find more examples here. The method of recording your CPD is flexible and can be done in a number of ways to suit you. The key to effective CPD is to record and review each activity, logging your reflections and thoughts and how you would use the activity to make a positive impact on your learners and colleagues. CPD is an autonomous journey, made with the support of your employer and any professional body you are a member of in order to enhance your teaching.
Additionally, a commitment to CPD will show you are proactive about your training despite heavy workloads, which can help progress your career in the further education sector. What is CPD? CPD in Further Education Since the removal of workforce regulations within the FE sector in , it is no longer a legal requirement for teachers and trainers to declare their CPD record each year.
We have also been collaborating with MoleNET on an initiative that allows IfL members to capture their thoughts, ideas and reflection on the move. Recognising the importance of mobile technologies in supporting teaching and learning, and their impact on professional development, we have developed REfLECT Mobile, which can be accessed using: A programme designed to operate on Windows Mobile PDAs and smartphones; a Java-based file upload tool compatible with most mobile devices and a very simple version of REfLECT via the browser on any mobile device.
There is also a toolkit that allows developers to create JavaMIDlets. This innovative approach is proving popular with members and partner organisations, and places IfL at the forefront of developments in this area.
They value having a tool that makes it easy to keep their CPD records in line with IfL recommendations, and the fact that it belongs to them and cannot be accessed directly by college management or IfL, but can be made available to IfL and their employer when required. It's easy to use and is a fantastic vehicle for sharing continuous improvement across our organisation. Doncaster College lecturer and UCU activist Rod Challis says this "added insult to injury" for staff receiving a negligible pay increase.
There's a strong suspicion that nothing has happened to this information. As Hayes sought to broker a peace deal, he held three separate meetings with unions representing lecturers and support staff, the Association of Colleges AoC and the IfL.
This resulted in all parties agreeing to sit down and try to find a solution acceptable to everyone by early May. But while UCU has withdrawn its payment boycott, big questions remain. The union has been adamant its members won't pay. Moreover, it wants IfL membership to be voluntary rather than compulsory. Yet for the IfL that would present a potential funding black hole as it relies on subscriptions from its , members.
The IfL was formed in to protect and enhance the status of FE lecturers, but things have gone badly wrong. UCU's anger is shared by the public sector union Unison, many of whose members, such as assessors, are classified as "associate teachers" and so are required to belong.
IfL's chair, Sue Crowley, said, "More than , teachers, tutors and trainers in the further education and skills sector have registered with us since the new regulations came into force in September last year.
Having passed the initial deadline for all FE college teachers to register, it is now time to promote the Institute's Code of Professional Practice, which seeks to protect learners and the public interest and will apply to all members. Our purpose to promote, value and develop the professionalism of all learning and skills practitioners, and the code of practice forms an important part of that. The pilot has been extremely successful, and we are delighted to be able to launch it now for the benefit of all our members.
In his address to guests at the reception, he congratulated IfL on the extent of its consultation with members and sector representatives in drawing up the code.
Shane Sutherland of Pebble Learning gave a live demonstration of Reflect, a bespoke version of his company's PebblePad system, developed specifically for IfL. There has since been extensive consultation with the sector, and as we move into the next phase of our development as a professional body, I am confident that we continue to be a member-led organisation.
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