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Wales PLC Online was launched at the ‘Teaching makes a difference - one year on’ which was the first in a series of four education conferences being held across Wales throughout March. WebBased attended the event and demonstrated the system alongside Welsh Government officials to the Minister for Education and Skills, Leighton Andrews AM. The National PLC model has seven inter-related phases and guides Facilitators and members through each phase clearly providing powerful tools for tracking progress, collaboration, files, evidence and impact. The model outlines how PLCs are established, how data is used to select the focus of enquiry and how PLC members work interdependently to secure improvements in learning outcomes.

Following the successful release of Ealing CPD Online to all schools, Ealing have recently launched their Room Booker system. Room Booker allows Ealing to manage rooms and resources at their Education Centre. The module is integrated with their CPD Online system but can also be used as a standalone product where required. Room Booker allows the venue administrator to list resources, catering options, costs and availability for each room. Automatic emails are sent to event organisers when their room booking is confirmed and when any changes are made to their booking. A day view of all bookings at Ealing Education Centre provides an up to date Foyer display screen for each room that can be displayed at reception.

Ealing CPD Online - www.ealingcpd.org.uk

South East Wales Consortium (5 LEAs) have had huge success with CPD Online since their launch in 2008. They have 99.3% of users booking online and have seen annual savings of over £250,000. This year they have introduced a new Professional Learning Communities module (PLC) which is helping to transform the ways teachers develop their expertise. The PLC Manager enables LEAs and schools to manage the system so that the most effective use is made of the available time. This time can then be spent implementing change and improve performance rather than trying to manage a paper based system.

Schools have reported that the system is easy to use and that it has made the management of PLCs a process rather than a series of administrative tasks. Estyn (Welsh Inspection Service) has commented to colleagues that they are impressed that the PLC Manager has saved time and released teachers to focus on raising standards by focusing on improving pedagogy.

SE Wales CPD Online - www.cpdsewales.org.uk

Kent implemented CPD Online 18 months ago to enable the authority to offer access to training across the Children’s Workforce including schools staff, early years practitioners, governors, local authority staff, multi-agency partners and staff working in the voluntary and community sectors. It has enabled the authority to share resources and offer joint training opportunities across professions, to provide and facilitate a co-ordinated CPD programme to meet the needs of the Children’s Services workforce and reduce the bureaucratic burden.

CPD Online has helped to secure the effective use of resources for continuing professional development and has enabled the council to streamline and improve communication so that staff and organisations are able to identify appropriate development opportunities. It has encouraged integration while still continuing to value the distinctive contribution of each profession. Using CPD Online has supported the achievement of cost efficiencies through common approaches, processes and systems relating to the organisation, administration and reporting around training and development across the county.

Kent CPD Online - www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/cpdonline

Suffolk Learning and Improvement Service is building on the success of CPD Online by working closely with WebBased to extend learning opportunities for schools through a new Suffolk Learning website. Early priorities include electronic newsletters for headteachers and curriculum leaders linked to key documents and teaching resources and an effective practice database.

This online resource will sit alongside the range of training and CPD already offered through the WebBased system and a new Expertise Directory which helps schools find appropriate external support.

Basildon Education Services Trust has gone live this week with CPD Online and their website. They are a company with charitable status, working on behalf of a partnership of 25 schools in the Basildon area. They are delighted with their new site and have launched it to all their schools at a conference this week.

Basildon Education Services Trust CPD Online - www.basildonbest.org.uk

Peterborough have launched CPD Online across Children’s Services and will be rolling out the system across Corporate Services in January. CourseFinder allows staff to advertise courses and users can search and book courses online. Each user has an Electronic Professional Development Record allowing users to track and review their qualifications online. After they have completed a course each user can evaluate the course and reflect on the impact of courses.

Peterborough CPD Online - www.peterboroughcpd.co.uk

Following the successful launch of CPD Online across Suffolk earlier this year they have recently gone live with their Expertise Database which has officially been launched to the public. The database allows users to search for Educational Advisers and specialists across the LA as well as planned training opportunities.

Suffolk CPD Online - www.suffolkcpd.co.uk

We are delighted to announce West Sussex CPD Online has gone live. CPD Online is being rolled out across Corporate and Social Care services. All users have an Electronic Professional Development Record and Staff, partner organisations and members of the public are now able to book places on courses or events. During the Autumn further modules will be launched including the Room Booker and e-learning modules.

Wandsworth Children’s Services Department has launched TPD Online. Multi-agency Safeguarding and Schools & Governors courses and events are now advertised online allowing users to book online anywhere at any time. Courses and events can also be cross advertised to different areas of the workforce making it a complete hub of opportunities. CPD Leaders and Line Managers can authorise booking requests and view colleagues’ training records quickly and easily online.

Wandsworth TPD Online - www.wandsworthtpd.org.uk

Camden TDS have installed touch screen terminals in the reception area at their Training Centre. When participants arrive at the centre they can use the touch screens to sign in through our new CPD online touch screen interface. When users self register this also marks their attendance in the register which increases efficiency for Camden TDS.

WebBased are delighted to have sponsored the Peterborough Children’s Film Awards which took place at Kingsgate auditorium on Tuesday 12th July. Thomasina Ward, Managing Director presented an award to Years 5 and 6 for ‘Stories from around the world’.

Managing Director of WebBased, Thomasina Ward said,

"We thoroughly enjoyed the evening and we were proud to be part of such a great event.”

Camden TDS have launched their new multichannel CPD Online site across the Children’s Workforce, Schools, Adult Social Care Workforce and Early Years Workforce. The new system provides the whole of the workforce with one unified solution. Users can now access training opportunities across the workforce, opening up training opportunities to users. The new system will also allow users to search for training targeted at their area of the workforce.

Camden TDS - www.camdentds.co.uk

Herefordshire has launched Governors Online for their schools. This module allows Herefordshire LA to target training as well as manage and monitor governors, terms of office, governing body composition and governor communications.

Herefordshire CPD Online - www.herefordshirecpd.co.uk

Torbay have gone live with their CPD Online multi channel site across, Schools, Early Years and Children’s Services. Users now have one login and can use different channels to search for training targeted at their area of the workforce. The new system also allows events to be cross advertised, opening up training opportunities to users. Each user will have an Electronic Development Record and will be able to search for courses and book online using CourseFinder. Torbay LA are due to launch their CV Builder module soon.

Torbay CPD Online - www.torbaycpd.co.uk

ibelong has gone live in Torbay council for their e-learning courses, and is in the process of being rolled out to Poole. The ibelong e-learning and information site has been developed in conjunction with the South West Regional Centre. The site includes the facility to build and join online learning journeys, along with interactive tutor tools to mark and review students’ progress. There are 11 courses, covering a variety of topics already available for students to join and use. The site also includes resource channels, forums, podcasts, news feeds and more.

ibelong - www.ibelongpartnership.co.uk

Ealing has rolled out CPD Online to all schools across the Local Authority. The solution provides an integrated system to advertise and manage training and development provision for school staff, governors and members of the wider Children’s Workforce. Over the coming months Ealing will launch a venue management system with room bookings which is fully integrated with the training module and an Expertise Database, allowing users in a number of West London local authorities to search for specific expertise.

Ealing CPD Online - www.ealingcpd.org.uk

We are delighted to announce Bromley LA (the largest London Borough) will be launching CPD Online to all their schools later this year. CPD Online will allow them to move from their current paper based system to a complete online solution bringing many efficiency savings and benefits to their Training team and school users. Users will be able to search the online course directory, book courses online and look for specific expertise via the Expertise Database. Each user will also benefit from an online Professional Development Record where they can maintain a record of their training and be kept informed of future courses they may be interested in.

We are delighted to announce Wandsworth Children’s Services Department will be rolling out CPD Online in the Autumn. They will be rolling out the system across the children and young people’s workforce. The department is looking forward to moving to an integrated solution where courses can be cross advertised to different areas of the workforce accessible anytime, anywhere.

We are pleased to announce Peterborough City Council will be launching CPD Online in Autumn 2011 across Children’s Services and Corporate HR. The system will revolutionise the way training is advertised, tracked and delivered and will also allow qualifications and training needs to be tracked and reviewed by users easily and securely online.

Dorset has recently launched CPD Online, integrating their system with Poole and Bournemouth. The three LAs now advertise training opportunities via a multichannel site, opening up a whole range of new possibilities for training and professional development. Every user has their own Professional Development Record and benefits from a single account pulling training together in one place.

Dorset will also be rolling out the Finance and Evaluations and Impact modules which will allow them to evaluate the effectiveness of CPD and its impact.

Dorset CPD Online - www.dorsetcpd.co.uk

Suffolk County Council Children and Young People’s Services have rolled out CPD Online across their workforce. Training opportunities are advertised across the authority via a multichannel site. Users have one account which will allow them to book courses online, seek specific expertise via the Expertise Database and have anytime access to their training portfolio.

Suffolk CPD Online - www.suffolkcpd.co.uk

Wiltshire LA has launched Governors Online as part of CPD Online for the management of governing bodies in 235 schools across the Local Authority. Clerks will be able to manage and monitor the training of governors in one place and view their governing body composition and information at any time.

Wiltshire CPD Online - www.wiltscpd.co.uk/cpd/

Basildon Education Services Trust works on behalf of a partnership of 25 schools in the Basildon area. Basildon BEST will be rolling out CPD Online and a Content Management System to their schools throughout the summer term. They will start advertising all their courses online allowing users to easily book and track their training at anytime from anywhere. The aim of BEST is to provide additional support and challenge schools so that young people from Basildon can compete on an even playing field with young people from more prosperous areas across the UK.

Camden LA have launched Governors Online to help support the management and training needs of school governing bodies across the Local Authority.

“The Governor module has helped our Governor Support Service to catalogue Governors and Governing bodies in an online system, this has meant that referencing information such as term of office, CRB status and Governor position can be done by running a simple report from the system, in the past to find out this information the Governor Support Service had to consult a vast paper based archive. On the whole this system allows both Governors and the Governor Support Service to have essential information available at the touch of a button.” Joe McLatchie, Training and Development Database Manager, Camden TDS

Camden TDS - www.camdentds.co.uk

Herefordshire Children’s Trust has successfully launched CPD Online across the Children’s Workforce including all schools. All users now have access to their own Personal Development Record. Herefordshire will also be rolling out Governors online this spring to provide a full integrated online management system for the Governors support team and online access for Clerks to review their governing body.

Herefordshire CPD Online - www.herefordshirecpd.co.uk/cpd/

Camden LA have rolled out the NQT Manager across the LA and are delighted with the results.

“The use of NQT manager has completely revolutionised the way in which Camden controls and monitors the NQT process. The previous system was paper based which led to mistakes taking a long time to rectify due to the posting and collection of paper based forms, the conversion to a online process this has led to a much quicker and more efficient NQT manager system. The process has allowed for NQT's to input information into their NQT form allowing Camden to gather the information quickly and precisely. In addition to this, the online assessment process has completely streamlined the way in which Camden gathers assessment information, the system allows NQT tutors, NQT's and Headteachers to input information online and review on a constant basis the criteria for completing the assessment process.” Joe McLatchie, Training and Development Database Manager, Camden TDS

Camden Training and Development Services - www.camdentds.co.uk

Suffolk County Council Children and Young People’s Services plan to roll out CPD Online from April 2011. Training opportunities will be advertised across the authority via a multichannel site, opening up a whole range of new possibilities for training and professional development. Users will have one account which will allow them to book and pay for courses online, seek specific expertise via the Expertise Database, track their qualifications and have anytime access to their training portfolio.