Partnership Certificate Programme

This programme is led and based in partner institutions and is accredited by two consecutive modules.

1.    Professional Practice A school-based programme of professional development and  portfolio construction that is credit rated at 30 credits at level 6.  (see details below). Candidates register as associate students at this stage.
2.    Advanced Professional Practice A 30-credit level 7 consolidation module called “Advanced professional practice” as associate students of the University.

The programme can be used for any content.

There is an option for claiming credit retropsectively on presnetation of a folder meeting the level requirements as below

Plesase see module guide.

Module 1 The  Professional Practice Module

Assignment

A portfolio must demonstrate the following:

Criteria Area   
Hours of Learning Activities - 300 hours of “professional learning activity”
Word Length -  6000 words (or equivalent in non-text form.)
Level Criteria  - The level criteria of QAA level 6.
Portfolio Structure - Demonstration and Justification of need and focus through an analysis of institutional, local and national documentation and data.
    Plan (or retrospective record) of the Professional learning activities (See 1 below)
    Evidence that the learning activities have been undertaken in the form of evaluative records (see  2 below)
    An analysis of impact, and learning outcomes (see 3 below)

1. Needs Analysis, Focus, and Justification.

This should be section 1 of the portfolio.

It should be a brief account referencing documents and data such as
•    School Self Evaluation Form of School Development Plan
•    Raise Online
•    Ofsted Reports
•    National Policies or Initiatives

The account should be in the form of an analysis and justification of a focus for professional development. No more than 1000 words is recommended.


2. Planned Professional Learning Activities (Planned, Actual and Evidence)

Professional Learning can be a variety of scholarly and professional activities. Each planned activity needs to generate evidence of practice based scholarship through experience.

Participants are recommended to plan them in advance but plans can be amended retrospectively.:

   

A plan would normally list activities,  dates, duration, and outcomes or evidence to be archived or recorded in the portfolio in the evidence section. For example, an analysis of the literature would be evidenced by a literature review document and reference list. An observation of an expert would be evidenced by an observation record. (See table above)3 An analysis of impact and learning outcomesThis is section 4 of the portfolio and should be the main section of about 2-3000 words.

In this section you should

1. Construct a brief overview of the experiential and research evidence derived from the planned activities
2. You should synthesize the evidence to show:
•    Impact on your knowledge and understanding
•    Generalizations, and insights that you might make for other practitioners working in this field.
•    Impact on standards in the school context (e.g. pupil learning experiences, outcomes or quality of teaching/management.

3. There should be attached a reference list using the standard or “Harvard” referencing convention.