1. POLICE PROFESSIONALISM, EDUCATION AND LEARNING PERSONAL REFLECTIONS: KEY MESSAGES OF THE DAY GILL ROBINSON JUNE 2014

2. PROFESSIONALISM – A ‘PLASTIC’ CONCEPT How best to define professionalism for Scottish policing?

3. ROUTES TO PROFESSIONALISM Context and drivers Changing expectations Changing operating environment Organisational change Maximising public value …. leading to redefined roles Principles and frameworks Code of ethics Professional standards Principles for and purposes of professional education and learning Progression pathways ….reflecting redefined roles, purposes and outcomes Outworking Coalition for change Engagement Adopting new approaches to career-long learning Revised supporting processes (e.g. recruitment, performance review, accountability) Evaluation of impact

4. EDUCATION AND LEARNING IN SCOTTISH POLICING Who?What?How? When? Where ?

5. ISSUES AND LESSONS?

6.  Leadership development at all levels for redefined roles  Barriers  Tensions  Ensuring coherence and mutual reinforcement between theory and practice  Emphasising learning from and with peers but balancing this with external stimulus and expertise  Building habits of reflection and career-long learning  Recognising that it will take time