Changes to CILIP Professional Registration and

tips for managing changeJo Alcock @joeyanne

jo.alcock@bcu.ac.uk

CILIP Future Skills Project Worker May-November 2013

• Developed new assessment criteria

• Developed new submission criteria

• Produced guidance for Certification, Chartership, Fellowship and Revalidation

• Provided training for assessors, mentor support officers, and candidate support officers

• Developed guidance on CILIP VLE

Future Skills Project

• Accessibility – removing barriers and bureaucracy

• Broadening the appeal and relevancy of CILIP qualifications

• Clearer assessment criteria • Alternative methods for delivering and

assessing revalidation • Online submission

An investment in your professional future

Professional Knowledge and Skills Base (PKSB)

• Succeeds & replaces the Body of Professional Knowledge

• Can be used by individuals and employers • Key tool in the new application process for

Professional Registration • Replaces the PPDP/PDP

An investment in your professional future

An investment in your professional future

ProfessionalKnowledge and Skills Base (PKSB)

Professional Registration

Knowledge and SkillsProfessional practice / Reflection

Certification

• Minimal changes • Purpose • PKSB

• Future review of vocational qualifications

• Largely unaltered

• Direct application

• Knowledge, Skills and ability to apply them

• Removal of routes and pathways

• ‘Not where you start it’s where you finish’

• PKSB

Chartership Fellowship

An investment in your professional future

Changes to Professional Registration

• Accessibility – Pathways removed, CILIP Membership is only prerequisite for application

• Accessibility – Candidates now decide what level they want to follow

• Accessibility – Timescales completely removed • New assessment criteria implemented

An investment in your professional future

Certification Chartership FellowshipPersonal

performanceIdentified 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)

An investment in your professional future

Professional Registration

• PKSB self assessment introduced • All levels now must have a mentor • Evaluative statement 1,000 words for all

levels • Online submission using new CILIP Virtual

Learning Environment (VLE) • Assessors can change assessment level • Charges to remain the same, no charge for

revalidation

An investment in your professional future

Revalidation

• Demonstrates ongoing commitment to professional development

• Applicable to all levels of Professional Registration

• Assessed against criteria for level being revalidated

• 20 hours of professional development • 250 word reflective statement • Recommended to complete on annual basis

An investment in your professional future

Tips for managing change

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Changes to communicate

2005 REGULATIONS 2013 REGULATIONS

Qualifications Professional Registration

Entry restrictions No entry restrictions

Postal submission Online submission

Portfolio-based revalidation Input-based revalidation

Stakeholder engagementAll stakeholders who will be impacted by change. Those who will be impacted directly and indirectly.

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Informed in early stagesIf possible, involved in early decisions.

If not possible, need to be informed of changes early in process.

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Regular communicationUpdates on progress and any new developments or decisions.

Probably more often than you think!

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TransparencyWilling to answer questions honestly.

Open about both the decisions that have been made and the processes involved.

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Kotter's Eight Step Change Process of Successful Change

1. Create a sense of urgency

2. Pull together the guiding team

3. Develop the change vision and strategy

4. Communicate for understanding and buy in

5. Empower others to act

6. Produce short-term wins

7. Don't let up

8. Make it stick

Any questions?Jo Alcock @joeyanne

jo.alcock@bcu.ac.uk