Accrediting or Creating a New Programme - What's Involved?

Accrediting or designing a new or existing programme: what’s involved?

We work with our clients on specific learning consultancy projects, usually on projects that are either designed to bring change to organisations or to develop new and innovative qualification, delivery, assessment or accreditation processes.

There are number things to consider when you set out to design a new programme or to refresh an existing programme. We have provided a few headline pointers on the key steps involved below.

For those who want to understand a little bit more about how we work with our clients to develop a new leadership or management development programme, or help then to add a new element to an existing programme we have also provided an example of how we tailored an ILM Level 7 Leadership & Management programme to the clients specific requirements.

What’s involved?

STEP 1: Analyse the requirement.

STEP 2: Identify what success looks like.

STEP 3: Consider what the obstacles to success are likely to be AND get buy-in from the key directors and sponsors in your organisation.

STEP 4: Develop a “smart” route to achieving the learning outcomes.

STEP 5: Think about the user experience and consider how this can be optimised.

STEP 6: Identify how technology can help (and hinder)

STEP 7: Think about what practical support learners will need.

STEP 8: Agree review and reporting requirements.

STEP 9: Create, design and develop the learning programme / or extension to existing programme.

STEP 10: Begin delivering the programme: pilot first, review feedback, then begin a roll out to suit your organisations objectives.

We can provide a complete solution or provide you with what you need to plug any gaps in your existing programme, or we can add a new dimension to your existing leadership, management, graduate or apprenticeship development programmes.

 

Our approach

There are a range of options to consider if you are looking to accredit existing programmes, develop new programmes or add new elements to an existing in house management and leadership development programme.

If you don’t have the resource in-house to do this, selecting a partner who will work with you to develop a solution that will help you to achieve your key people development objectives is usually the key first step.

By way of an example, we have detailed below an outline of the approach we would take to accrediting a ILM L&M programme for senior managers.

We have also included a few examples of how we work with our clients to provide input – advice and delivery and assessment, to give you an insight into how we would work with you.

There could be a few other areas that may require to be included as part of the accreditation. The list below however provides a good foundation.

Designing and developing a leadership and management development programme – an example

An example of the programme design, delivery and implementation involved for a middle to senior managers leadership and management development programme.

Step 1 – Design

We will map your programmes to the awarding body standards, develop the assessment process and associated materials for both learners and organisational users e.g. line managers, HR managers. Directors.

This would usually take around three or four weeks and would normally involve you supplying us with curriculum and programme details – design, management, planning, alongside profiles and qualification details for your delivery faculty.

There may be other elements that may need to be reviewed, we will understand more following the initial review.

Step 2 – Seek ILM approval and provide briefing for delivery team

We will then seek approval for your learners and L&M programme from ILM, at which point we will be able to register, progress and certificate learners who have demonstrated that they have reached the required standard.

We will also provide a briefing for your facilitators and tutors relating to the programme.

Should you require it, we will be happy to deliver some of the programme activities, which will involve group sessions and individual tutorial work, related to learner projects and associated assessments. If not, we will provide briefings and training for your people in delivering this in-house.

Step 3 -Delivery example ILM Level 7 in Leadership and Management

The ILM Level 7 Certificate in Leadership and Management is delivered through a process of enquiry based learning.

This will involve completion of a practical learning project, focusing on application of leadership and management into a strategic area of the organisations and its key strategic and operational projects, and providing recommendations for improvement.

Strategic areas might include, but are not limited to, the whole business, specific commercial departments or special projects groups, or individual change management or operational management or line management objectives.

Learners will work with a senior stakeholder, or stakeholders in the business e.g. line manager, project leaders, Heads of Dept or Directors, to deliver their project and report their findings and recommendations to them.

It is also possible for the learners to work in groups within functional areas or across operational areas and business units, as long as a significant part of their work is individual to them.

The group working element becomes more significant if you are keen to foster a more integrated workforce and create cultural and business practice improvements within the organisation.

In short, the programme can be tailored to the organisation and the individual learners specific objectives, creating a double impact benefit.

Accreditation: what’s involved?

Planning and management

There is an organisational rationale for delivering the programme, which includes the target audience and how they will be recruited, how the programme will be delivered, assessed (if relevant), quality assured and evaluated.

Design and delivery

The programme has been developed in such a way to deliver against objectives which have been set; and optimise the learners experience.

Learner support

The organisation ensures that all those involved in the programme are appropriately briefed and supported.

Quality assurance

There are effective internal quality assurance procedures in place.

Evaluation and continuous development

The training programme is evaluated regularly and action is taken following evaluation.

Assessment

There is a robust assessment methodology and this is supported by effective quality assurance procedures

Leadership and management

The programme meets all the criteria of the core components and the assessment component.

The programme fits within the ILM footprint of leadership, management, coaching or enterprise and an appropriate induction is provided for learners outlining the programme requirements and signposting them to relevant ILM resources.

Annual review

To pick up any changes in the programme you may make e.g. Change to IQA or programme manager, over 20% changes to delivery team and/or to the existing programme, adding a new programme, change of methods, assessment or programme structure.

Following our initial review we will make recommendations where you may need to improve elements of the syllabus, design, delivery and assessment to meet ILM and City & Guilds Standards.

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