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Professional Development Awards
(including SCQF level 9+)
John Lewis
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The value and use of PDAsThe value and use of PDAs
• Flexible product • Workforce training, commercial use,
international use, lifelong learning• Revised PDAs will be even better and will
provide:
- FTE & shorter, sharper Group Awards
- opportunities to change and update skills
- increased opportunities for work-based part
time provision
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Background to new Design Principles and titlingBackground to new Design Principles and titling
• New Design Principles agreed as part of SQA’s Portfolio Review
• SCQF and need to credit rate and level PDAs
• Subsequent consultation on titling and SCQF levels for Group Awards
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New Design PrinciplesNew Design Principles
Professional Development Awards:
• will be available at SCQF levels 6 – 12• at SCQF level 6 will be made up of Units with minimum
credit value of 12 SCQF credit points*• at SCQF levels 7 – 12 will be made up of Units with
minimum credit value of 16 SCQF credit points*• will be made up of at least two Units*• will have at least half the SCQF credit points at the level
of the Group Award• will be made up of mandatory and/or optional Units
which reflect the title of the Group Award• will be aligned to National Occupational Standards or
other professional body standards
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Main changesMain changes
• SCQF credit and level for Units and Group Awards
• Minimum number of Units will be two*• Seven distinct levels• New titles
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TitlingTitling
• Seven SCQF levels: SCQF 6 – 12• Currently only four titles - Certificate, Advanced
Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma • Current titles will disappear• New title will be Professional Development
Award in xxxx at SCQF level x• Will be certificated as, for example:
Professional Development Award in Personal Enterprise at SCQF level 9
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Revising and developing PDAsRevising and developing PDAs
• All existing PDAs will be revised in line with the new Design Principles and titles
• Schedule for revision and development on web page – www.sqa.org.uk/pda
• All existing PDAs expected to be revised for implementation by end 2010
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Development and processesDevelopment and processes
• 3 types of development plus some adaptation for level 9+ developments
- consortium
- specialist single centre
- specialist collaborative • A partnership approach – based on the HN
model • Using common processes developed for HN• Using common forms with HN
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Unit and Group Award validationUnit and Group Award validation
• All Units will be validated by SQA
• Group Awards can be validated by centres with devolved authority
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Processes for centresProcesses for centres• SQA seeks to ensure good planning, best use of
resources, avoidance of duplication of effort and the non-proliferation of Units/Group Awards
• Notification of revision or development of PDA desirable/recommended
• Centres must seek SQA authorisation for development of any new Units or requests to revise existing Units. Qualifications Manager will authorise centre to proceed with Unit development – centre will follow normal validation processes for SQA validation of Units
• Once Units are validated, centre will follow Group Award validation processes
• Toolkit on PDA page of website – same forms as used for HN developments
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GuidanceGuidance
• A Guide to Professional Development Awards: from inception to implementation
• Professional Development Awards: a guide for Validation Panel Members
• National Occupational Standards: their use in the development of SQA Group Awards
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PDAs at SCQF level 9+
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Background to level 9+ developmentsBackground to level 9+ developments
• Demand from specific sectors
• Responding to requests from centres
• Lifelong learning agenda
• Support from Scottish Executive
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Features and principles of level 9 Features and principles of level 9
• Same principles and titling as all PDAs• Emphasis is on strong partnership with
employers/industry• Incorporation of workbased or practically based
learning into design and delivery• Strong alignment to NOS and/or professional
body requirements• Filling discernible skills gaps/shortages at a
specified SCQF level• Producing high level thinkers and doers
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Guidance and supportGuidance and support
• A guide to Professional Development Awards: from inception to implementation
• Section 8 includes specific considerations. These are:
- all new single centre and collaborative developments through level 9+ Project/Development Manager
- revisions through Qualifications Manager and/or level 9+ Project/Development Manager
- Level 9+ Steering Group to be advised of developments
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Pilot phasePilot phase
This involves:
• Rationale and initial scoping from centre(s)• Backed by further market research (SQA)• Encourage partnership/collaborative approach• Follows the same development process as all
PDAs• Dedicated Development Manager to support
developments through pilot phase
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Management and support of PDAs
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Oversight, management and supportOversight, management and support
• Higher National Key Partners’ Group• Level 9+ Steering Group• Project Management by HN/SVQ Product Team
- dedicated Project Manager for PDAs
- providing monthly updates on progress/change- quality assuring developments- focus for Level 9+ developments - Business Development Teams
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Web pageWeb page
www.sqa.org.uk/pda
or
‘Choose a section’ on top right hand of SQA home page
• Dedicated web page has:
- development schedule
- form for informing SQA of developments
- new guidance documents
- toolkit for centres
- SCQF level 9+ information
- contact details
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ContactContact
John Lewis
Project/Development Manager – PDAs and SCQF Level 9+ Project
or
0845-213 5547