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The accreditation process
Phase 1 Planning
1. Initial meeting to understand business issues and how the relationship between the Academy and the company can move these forward. The purpose of the meeting is to:
- Identify the business goals
- Identify skills, knowledge and behaviours needed by staff to meet current and future business goals.
- Gain initial understanding and obtain an outline of the existing training and development programmes.
2. Meeting between an Academy accreditation specialist and the company training manager to:
- Understand and gather information on the scope of current training and development programme in detail.
- Ascertain client requirements as to competency framework and/or qualification fit.
- Agreement of budgets and timescales for mapping stages.
3. Detailed gap analysis and recommendations report. The outcomes of the report will:
- Identify skills gaps of individuals and/or training programmes.
- Determine occupational standards and/or qualifications relevant to business needs identified in parts 1 and 2.
- Identification of external accreditation and pathways available to individuals to achieve externally recognized qualifications.
- Identification of external accreditation available for programme to achieve credibility for organization.
- Make cost recommendations on how to fill the gap between existing development programmes and desired outcome as identified in point 3.
- Outline service level agreement for implementation of recommendations.
4. Meeting to:
- Discuss recommendations from gap analysis/mapping.
- Discuss assistance in the development of personal development plans and mentoring requirements.
- Agree which recommendations should be implemented.
5. Proposal made for schedule of knowledge delivery timescales from initial induction to assessment milestones:
- To develop a bespoke training programme. This may be on an individual, business unit/function or corporate basis. Options may include:
- Delegates joining Academy open study programme at discounted rate.
- Delivery of in house tailored training.
- Benefits for both open programme and in-house are:
- Flexibility
- 100% pass guarantee
- Personal tuition
- Outline of assessment methodology for training programmes.
- Timescales and assessment milestones.
- Scope, type and quality of tuition and support materials.
- - Agreement of performance and monitoring measures.
Phase 2 Preparation
6. Implementation if required of Academy learning management system and data entry. Aspects may include:
- Learning Management system tailored to organisation, password accessible.
- Learning Management system available to individuals as per open programmes.
- Reporting tools including statistics and tutor reports and client feedback.
7. Development of internal communication material in both hard and electronic web-based versions.
Phase 3 Delivery
8. Induction session to delegates covering knowledge areas to be covered, tutors' milestones, assessment methodology and relevant institute membership benefits. Plus obtaining motivation and commitment of staff by:
- Communication and explanation of external accreditation and pathways available to individuals to achieve externally recognised qualifications.
- Communication and explanation of external accreditation available for programme to achieve credibility for organisation.
Phase 4 Review
9. Monthly progress review and quality control meeting to:
- Ensure performance measures are being met.
- Review individual performance against plan including the development of further Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities.
10. Annual Review NPD process to look for additions:
- Annual Review of TNA and training programme.
- Continuous monitoring and external benchmarking/consultation with client.
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