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Writing the QA Manual

Overview

This workshop provides highly practical support with the design and writing of Quality Assurance Policies and Procedures.  Delegates explore the key principles of effective QA systems, Inpsection requirements and proven good practice. Relating this to sample policies, procedures and process delegates refine and create draft policies and process identified as priorities for their own organisations.

For Whom

This very practical workshop was originally designed for managers with responsibility for QA of Adult and Community Learning (ACL) provision. This included people who work for LEAs and those employed in ACL institutions or FE colleges. The content will be relevant both to those who are directly involved in QA management, and people whose main responsibilities are to manage sub-contracted provision.

We now offer this course to all sectors of the learning community but as content varies substantially from one sector to another it is important that the workshop running relates to delegates specific areas of responsibility.  A workshop targeted at WBL is unsuitable for ACL and vice versa.  

This is equally true of where the workshops are run as an internal events although it is possible to deliver some elements cross sector and allow participants to “drop in” on the sector specific topics.

Aims and Objectives

To help delegates review and improve the effectiveness of their ACL quality assurance management systems, including the documentation necessary to implement their systems

As a result of attending this workshop delegates will:

Content

There are two key themes to this workshop.

The workshop has been designed to accommodate the individual needs of people coming from different situations. Whilst benefiting from the discussions with other delegates on their approach to QMS, and expert inputs from the tutor, participants will also work extensively on developing their own systems during the workshop.

Internal Staff Training and Development

This workshop, as with most of our good practice workshops, can be delivered on your premises. This approach is favoured by many of our clients as it provides a quality, value-for-money and highly effective route for staff development.

Running workshops internally, allows participants explore how key issues will impact on them and their organization and as a team begin to agree development action and priorities.

Typical costs for a one day good practice workshop, excluding VAT, are just £1290 + £30/person. Even with groups as small as 6 costs per person costs for internal workshops are lower than attending our open events and savings increase further when delegate travel-time costs and convenience are factored in.

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Certificates of Professional Development.

Formal Certificates of Development will be issued, by post, to participants who complete this workshop. These certificates will detail the key learning aims and the face-to-face learning hours undertaken, enabling participants to update their CPD records and logs accordingly. The workshop also allows time, during the day, for participants to reflect on and record their personal learning development and consider how best to apply the knowledge gained on return to work. This element of the programme is designed to maximise the benefits from attending and enable participants to make better review judgments when recording their CPD activities.