Transcript Traditional? You tell me
John Geates
Director Scottish Police College
Traditional?
– you tell me
Training Recruits
● National Programme ● Cultural change from didactic practice to facilitative style ● Focus on professional & personal development ● Academic Qualifications ● National Award winners
2007 Training awards
● SQA Lifelong Learning – highly commended ● SQA Champion winner ● SQA Pride o’ Worth winner ● National Training Awards – Scotlands’ UK Finalists ● National Training Awards – UK winners
NTA Judges Comments
The Probationer Training Programme is:
“an exceptional initiative which could and should serve as a model for the rest of the UK” “the culture change resulting from this initiative is inspirational and a story which needs to be more widely known as a role model and exemplar”
Content
Development of Knowledge & Skills: ● Diversity Matters ● Community Issues ● Safety and First Aid ● Verbal and Non-verbal Communications ● Partnership Working ● Criminal and Statute Law
Aims
Development and Assessment of ● Knowledge ● Understanding ● Skills ● Attitudes ● Behaviours All contributing to lifelong learning and professional service to Communities
Lifelong Learning
● Probationer training provides the foundation at SCQF level 7 – Certificate in Higher Education.
● Professional Development Awards (PDAs) for specialist training ● Diploma in Police Service Leadership and Management (Dip PSLM) – SCQF level 8 ● ACPOS Professional Development Programme ● Scottish Police Graduate Programme
Specialist Training
● PDA Road Policing Operations ● PDA Crime & Intelligence Analysis ● PDA in Community Safety & Crime Reduction ● Credit rated programmes
Detective Training – SCQF level 10 Investigative Interviewing – SCQF level 9 Authoring ODLs – SCQF level 9 Tachograph Analysis – SCQF level 9 Transferees Course – SCQF level 8
● International Policing – PG Cert (Stirling)
Dip.PSLM
● Replaces 100 year old Promotion Exams ● Launched April 2007 – now over 500 active ‘students’. 750 ‘students’ by summer 2008.
● Professional Development Award at SCQF level 8 (120 points) ● Delivered through a blended process but largely on-line. Tutor team based at Tulliallan.
● Covers: Contemporary Policing, Criminal Justice, Professional Ethics, Management and Leadership in a policing context.
SCQF 7
Cert. HE Probation
ACPOS Professional Development Programme SCQF 8 SCQF 9
Diploma PSLM
SCQF 10 ALL ACPO(S) APPROVED
HNC Management Cert. HE – Training & Development Diploma in Management Dip. HE – Training & Development Degree in Policing – 3 strands Honours Degree in Policing Operational Experience ILM Membership Advanced Diploma PSLM
Scottish Institute for Policing Research
● ● ● ● ● 13 Scottish Universities Partnership between Police and Higher Education Funded Research into Policing issues in Scotland Development of a Police Graduate School Police Qualifications through to Masters level
Scottish Credit & Qualifications Framework & beyond
● ● ● ● ● ● All accredited training features Programmes articulate to other awards 5 credit rated programmes SPC invited to participate in Credit Rating pilot Developing International Police Qualifications Application for EU Erasmus University Charter