CILIP Professional Registration & Portfolio Building Susan Renshaw – Candidate Support Officer Susan.renshaw@winchester.ac.uk

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 Removed barriers and unnecessary bureaucracy 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 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 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)

Process Complete CPD Join CILIP Enrol & Register Find a mentor Use PKSB Result Submit using VLE PKSB Final assessment Assemble Portfolio

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

Professional Knowledge and Skills Base (PKSB) Using the PKSB will help you map and plan your current and future development. It will also help you map your skills and achievements to a wide variety of roles across the LIKM sector and take advantage of job opportunities that may not have been apparent to you

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 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? 

Reflection exercise

What evidence can be used for my CPD?

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

Portfolio Example 1

Portfolio Example 2

Key documents Table of contents Evaluative Statement (1,000 words) Evidence to support Evaluative Statement CV Current job description Initial PKSB assessment Current PKSB assessment Mentor/Mentee completion form

Top tips from the PRAB 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