John Geates Director Scottish Police College

1. John GeatesDirectorScottish Police College

2. Traditional? – you tell me

3. ● National Programme ● Cultural change from didactic practice to facilitative style ● Focus on professional & personal development ● Academic Qualifications ● National Award winners Training Recruits

4. ● SQA Lifelong Learning – highly commended ● SQA Champion - winner ● SQA Pride o’ Worth - winner ● National Training Awards – Scotlands’ UK Finalists ● National Training Awards – UK winners 2007 Training awards

5. 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” NTA Judges Comments

8. Development of Knowledge & Skills: ● Diversity Matters ● Community Issues ● Safety and First Aid ● Verbal and Non-verbal Communications ● Partnership Working ● Criminal and Statute Law Content

9. Development and Assessment of ● Knowledge ● Understanding ● Skills ● Attitudes ● Behaviours All contributing to lifelong learning and professional service to Communities Aims

11. ● Probationer training provides the foundationat 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 Lifelong Learning

12. ● 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)‏ Specialist Training

13. ● 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. Dip.PSLM

14. ACPOS Professional Development Programme SCQF 7 SCQF 8 SCQF 9 SCQF 10 Cert. HE -Probation Diploma PSLM ALL ACPO(S) APPROVED HNC Management Diploma in Management Degree in Policing – 3 strands Honours Degree in Policing Cert. HE – Training & Development Dip. HE – Training & Development Advanced Diploma PSLM Operational Experience ILM Membership

15. 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

16. 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

17. Traditional ?– you tell me