CPD - Continuing Professional Development

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CPD - Continuing Professional Development
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

• Members shall take all reasonable steps to
  maintain their professional competence throughout
  their working lives .
• (Clause 1(a) of the Code of Professional
  Conduct, 1992)

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What does this mean?

• at least once a year prepare a professional
  development plan for the next two years
• in any two year period undertake a minimum of
  50 hours CPD activity
• maintain a written record of activity
• submit to the monitoring process

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Professional Development

• Events
• RTPI Conferences, Planning Convention, Planning
  Summer School, Regions, Nations, Networks,
  Association
• On-Line
• www.planningmatters.co.uk, RTPI website, good
  practice notes, journals, library resource
• Getting involved
• Planning Aid, mentoring, committees, panels,
  Regions, Nations, Networks, Association
• And..?

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Professional Networking

• Regions Nations
• Networks Association
• Regional CPD events
• Volunteering with Planning Aid
• Mentoring APC Licentiates

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Support in the Workplace

• Planners in the Workplace
• Employment Law Helpline
• Problem-solving workplace issues
• Job evaluation, conflicts of interest,
  morale/building professional confidence
• Collaborative Working Groups
• RTPI Learning Partners
• Mark of excellence in training and development
• Promoting and sharing good practice

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What counts as CPD?

• Action based learning, work based learning
• Home based learning, reading, research
• Preparation of material
• Supervised and academic research
• RTPI activities (see above)
• Conferences, seminars and workshops
• Courses leading to qualifications (Part time,
  distance learning, full time)
• Based on PCAN1