Training and career development
The College recognises that good quality training and development with a business focus for staff is essential for a modern organisation. The College invests in a range of training and development opportunities, running courses in-house, utilising external facilitators and supporting staff through professional qualifications.
In recent years the HR department has designed a management development programme to maintain the key competencies of the College’s managers, and supports this with a programme of masterclasses and workshops to help managers develop additional key business skills.
Each year there is a dedicated training week during the Summer months for the academic teams, ensuring they are up to date with legal developments, course changes, and equipping them with key skills to help them in the classroom.
Training can take many forms at the College , from opportunities to observe and shadow colleagues, through to formal programmes and on to the use of on-line resources.
Training administration is over seen centrally by the Training Officer in the HR department to ensure that the College Centres share best practice and knowledge of facilitators and courses that have worked well and to make sure that we can plan for the most cost effective training events.
At our heart we are a learning and development organisation and we strive to achieve the best results by offering the best development, and facilitators to ensure our staff have the competitive advantage in today’s workplace.
Performance Review
The College has an annual appraisal scheme for all staff called the Career Management Review (CMR). The CMR looks back at agreed objectives over a 12 month period and also forms the basis of looking forward and agreeing objectives for the following 12 months. In addition to focusing on objectives, the process covers the relevant training and development a member of staff may require to help them achieve the objectives and gives them an opportunity to discuss their short and longer term career goals with their reviewer. It is recommended that further reviews are held throughout the year to track progress and reflect changes and developments in the business objectives.
The intended ethos is one of assisted self-reflection and development, and to support this training is provided for both reviewers and reviewees in how to participate and get the most of the CMR process.
