1. An investment in your professional future CILIP Professional Registration & Portfolio Building Mandy Powell- Head of CILIP Cymru Wales mandy.powell@cilip.org.uk

2. An investment in your professional future 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. ACLIPMCLIPFCLIP Revalidation

3. An investment in your professional future Recent Changes Future Skills Project Removed barriers and unnecessary bureaucracy Broadened the appeal and relevancy of CILIP qualifications Clearer assessment criteria Online submission

4. An investment in your professional future 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)

5. An investment in your professional future The Three Levels

6. An investment in your professional future 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

7. An investment in your professional future Certification, Chartership and Fellowship CertificationChartershipFellowship 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 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)

8. An investment in your professional future Complete CPD Process Enrol & Register Find a mentor Assemble Portfolio Submit using VLE Join CILIP Result Use PKSB PKSB Final assessment

9. An investment in your professional future 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

10. An investment in your professional future Finding a mentor Spreadsheet on website

11. An investment in your professional future Virtual Learning Environment

12. An investment in your professional future Virtual Learning Environment

13. An investment in your professional future Virtual Learning Environment

14. An investment in your professional future 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

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16. PKSB Gap Analysis

17. An investment in your professional future Example PKSB Submission

18. An investment in your professional future Professional Knowledge and Skills Base (PKSB) Have a go yourself

19. An investment in your professional future 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

20. An investment in your professional future 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”

21. An investment in your professional future 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?

22. An investment in your professional future Reflection exercise Think about one specific learning activity you have taken part in. Write a sentence describing 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?

23. An investment in your professional future Reflection exercise

24. An investment in your professional future What evidence can be used for my CPD?

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26. CPD audit sheet

27. An investment in your professional future 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

28. An investment in your professional future 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

29. An investment in your professional future Portfolio layout Flexible approach There is no ‘right way’ to display portfolio Clarity most important factor Make life easy for assessors!

30. An investment in your professional future Portfolio Example 1

31. An investment in your professional future Portfolio Example 2

32. An investment in your professional future 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

33. An investment in your professional future Supporting resources…

34. An investment in your professional future 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!

35. An investment in your professional future Changes to Professional Registration REFLECT & EVALUATE

36. An investment in your professional future Support and advice www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/jobs-and- careers/qualifications-and-professional-enrolement www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/jobs-and- careers/qualifications-and-professional-enrolement Candidate Support Officer (CSO) Wales wales@cilip.org.uk CILIP Member Services Team memberservices@cilip.org.uk

37. An investment in your professional future 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

38. An investment in your professional future CILIP Cymru Wales www.cilip.org.uk/about/devolved- nations/cilip-cymru-wales www.cilip.org.uk/about/devolved- nations/cilip-cymru-wales Mandy.powell@cilip.org.uk @CILIPinWales @Minimorticia

39. An investment in your professional future