John Geates Director Scottish Police College Traditional you

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.

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

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

Traditional ? – you tell me