An investment in your professional future CILIP Professional Registration & Portfolio Building Mandy Powell- Head of CILIP Cymru Wales [email protected]

An investment in your professional future

CILIP Professional Registration& Portfolio Building

Mandy Powell- Head of CILIP Cymru [email protected]


What is Professional Registration?

• Professional Registration are CILIP's internationally recognised qualifications.

• The perfect way to demonstrate your commitment to your personal development and the profession.

ACLIP MCLIP FCLIP

Revalidation


Recent Changes

Future Skills Project

• Removed barriers and unnecessary bureaucracy • Broadened the appeal and relevancy of CILIP qualifications

• Clearer assessment criteria• Online submission


Recent Changes to Professional Registration

• You decide what level you want to follow• No timescales – submit whenever you are ready• New clearer assessment criteria implemented• PKSB self assessment introduced• Online submission using new CILIP Virtual Learning

Environment (VLE)


The Three Levels


What level to choose?• Certification – Beginning of career– Developing core skills

• Chartership– Members with 2+ years experience*– Greater focus on reflection and evaluation

• Fellowship– Highest level– ‘Significant contribution to the profession’

*Not definitive


Certification, Chartership and FellowshipCertification Chartership Fellowship

Personal performance

Identified areas for improvement in their personal performance and undertaken activities to develop skills and enhance knowledge

Identified areas for improvement in their personal performance, undertaken activities to develop skills, applied these in practice, and reflected on the process and outcomes

Identified areas for improvement in their personal performance, undertaken activities to develop skills, applied these in practice, and reflected on the process and outcomes

Organisational context

Considered the organisational context of their service and examined their role within the organisation

Examined the organisational context of their service, evaluated service performance, shown the ability to implement or recommend improvement, and reflected on actual or desired outcomes

Examined the organisational context of their work and evidenced substantial achievement in professional practice

Wider professional context

Enhanced their knowledge of information services in order to understand the wider professional context within which they work

Enhanced their knowledge of the wider professional context and reflected on areas of current interest

Established their commitment to, and enhanced their knowledge of, the information professions in order to have made a significant contribution to all or part of the profession(s)


Complete CPD

Process

Enrol & Register

Find a mentor

Assemble Portfolio

Submit using VLE

Join CILIP

Result

Use PKSB

PKSB Final assessment


Mentor’s Role

• Primary source of support

• Offer guidance on how to complete the portfolio

• Key source for criteria 3 – look outside of sector

• Flexible relationship

• No line managers!

• Can be outside of your region


Finding a mentor• Spreadsheet on website


Virtual Learning Environment






Professional Knowledge and Skills Base(PKSB)

• Completed & included twice

• Vast range – not every section will be relevant to every user

• Don’t ‘over-worry’ about your PKSB self assessment

• Available in two formats



PKSB Gap Analysis


Example PKSB Submission


Professional Knowledge and Skills Base(PKSB)

Have a go yourself


What is reflective writing? • The process of recording your thoughts about your experiences and what you’ve learned from them in order to inform what you do in the future

• How do you know if you are reflecting?

– You are not just describing– You demonstrate how you have put into practice what you learned

– You are asking questions


Example

“I went on a useful marketing training course”

“I identified a need to increase my marketing skills. The training course on marketing gave me lots of tips about presentation and enhanced my knowledge. I then took ideas to the publicity group and developed three for use in new publicity materials. I intend to monitor the impact of these over the coming months”


Ask yourself

• Why did I do that (activity, course, learning, conversation)?

• What did I learn from it?• Did anything change as a result?• What would I do differently?• What will I do in the future?


Reflection exercise

Think about one specific learning activity you have taken part in. Write a sentencedescribing this activity.

1. Look back on the activity reflect upon:- Your expectations before embarking on the learning activity?- How you approached the learning activity?- Which parts of the activity you found easy/ hard?

2. Think about what you learned as a result of participating in the activity:- How did your knowledge and understanding change?- What would you do differently if faced with a similar situation in future? - What knowledge and understanding might be applied in future?

3. Consider how the learning activity might be tested in future:- How might you go about putting into practice what you learned?- What challenges might you encounter?- How would you go about dealing with such challenges?


Reflection exercise


What evidence can be used for my CPD?

http://www.cilip.org.uk/ecopyright2012/Documents/eCopyright%202012%20-%20brochure%20FINAL%20FOR%20WEB.pdf



CPD audit sheet


Collecting evidence

• Think broadly

• Reflection and evaluation is key – including an attendance certification says very little

• Be selective – must support the statement

• Examples - notes from sessions, meeting minutes, descriptions of conversations, reports

• No definitive number of pieces – but quality, not quantity


Key documents

• Evaluative Statement (1,000 words)• Evidence to support Evaluative Statement• CV• Current job description• Initial PKSB assessment• Current PKSB assessment• Mentor/Mentee completion form


Portfolio layout

• Flexible approach

• There is no ‘right way’ to display portfolio

• Clarity most important factor

• Make life easy for assessors!


Portfolio Example 1


Portfolio Example 2


Top tips from the Professional Registration Assessment Board

• Read and follow the guidelines

• Address all the criteria• Answer the question!

• Evaluate & reflect rather than describe

• Show you understand the whole professional context

• Utilise each piece of your evidence

• Present professionally• Learn from the process to benefit your future career


Supporting resources…


Revalidation

• Members are able to revalidate annually• 20 hours CPD and 250 word reflective statement• No assessment criteria• Range of CPD activities encouraged – not just formal training/conferences

• Not necessary to be in work – unemployed can also complete

• Evidence not required• Free of charge!


Changes to Professional Registration

REFLECT & EVALUATE


Support and advice

• www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/jobs-and-careers/qualifications-and-professional-enrolement

• Candidate Support Officer (CSO) Wales [email protected]

• CILIP Member Services Team [email protected]

http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/jobs-and-careers/qualifications-and-professional-enrolement

http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/jobs-and-careers/qualifications-and-professional-enrolement

mailto:[email protected]




Conference

• 2015 CILIP Cymru Wales Library and Information Conference 14th -15th May, Swansea

• Ready for business / Yn barod am fusnes• Limited FREE places for Professional Registration candidates

• Lower cost for CILIP Members


CILIP Cymru Wales

• www.cilip.org.uk/about/devolved-nations/cilip-cymru-wales

• [email protected]

• @CILIPinWales• @Minimorticia

http://www.cilip.org.uk/about/devolved-nations/cilip-cymru-wales

http://www.cilip.org.uk/about/devolved-nations/cilip-cymru-wales

