We think CPD Online has many benefits but we would! If you’d like to talk to us or with existing Local Authority users please do not hesitate to contact us.
Always up to date
You know the sinking feeling – you send the latest directory of courses to the printers and immediately a venue cancels or a tutor pulls out and the hard work is instantly out of date. CPD Online allows you to plan and advertise courses, with changes immediately reflected online. If the course you are updating already has participants CPD Online will email or text them all with the changes.
Easy to use
You don’t need to be an IT expert to use CPD Online (we don’t mind if you are though). All the functions in CPD Online are easy to use and quickly become part of everyday administration.
Time saving
From online booking to automatic emails and text messages, CPD Online saves hours of repetitive administration. Even if colleagues work at different locations, CPD Online ensures all information is in one place and easily to hand.
Bespoke
CPD Online isn’t an 'off-the-shelf' product where everyone has to use the same features regardless of their working practices. Software should be a tool to make things easier and not create endless hoops to jump through. Each LA has an implementation of CPD Online that meets their needs. This has included integration with existing financial systems to make invoicing easier and allowing external providers to enter their own courses (once they have been quality assured).
Works across Children’s services
Often different parts of the Local Authority (Schools, Early Years, Social Care, etc) plan and prepare their own programmes of Professional Development. CPD Online provides tools for this, but where appropriate allows opportunities to be advertised across services. So a course that is suitable for Teachers, Child Minders and Foster Carers is made available for online booking automatically in the correct place.
Users only need one username and password (the forgotten password page is one of the most popular links!) and CPD Online will track their Professional Development regardless of which service is administering each course.
Helps with Performance Review and Job Evaluation
CPD Online includes three levels of access to the information it collects.
Participants can always access their own information which automatically includes a record of Professional Development. If they attend CPD that is not booked through CPD Online this can be easily added. This complete record, always in one place, is great the night before a job evaluation meeting when you are trying to remember everything you have done in the last 12 months.
Line Managers can access summary information for their colleagues at any time. Instead of needing to phone the “LA CPD Team” for this information it is available automatically and is always up to date. For example, in a school the CPD Leader can easily report on all courses attended (when OFSTED ask or at any other time) by all staff or a Social Care Line Manager can spot gaps in mandatory training for their team.
The Local Authority has access to all information in CPD Online allowing them to easily complete mandatory returns, monitor CPD take up and plan ahead based on need.
Includes the Private and Voluntary Sector
Many Local Authority Software systems restrict its use to staff on the LA payroll. CPD Online allows all sectors to engage with Professional Development whether they work in a school, from the local church hall or foster at home.
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