Ready to take your leadership skills to the next level?
This programme will help you to define and deliver a quality improvement strategy that transforms your apprenticeship provision – whatever your starting point.
You’ll attend this 3-part series of 1.5 hour webinars with other leaders or aspiring leaders to discuss ideas, challenges and practical solutions built on research that goes beyond continuous improvement in teaching and learning. You’ll also access one-to-one advice to support you on your path to delivering outstanding provision.
Part 1: The Fundamentals When Building Your Quality Framework
It is too easy to design quality improvement frameworks and policies that sit on a shelf, without doing the job they intend to do. Even if you have an existing framework or policy, it’s always good to review it to see if it is helping or hindering you to meet your goals.
- From QA to QI to QE – key principles in designing a framework or policy that is aligned with your organisational strategy
- Building your quality cycle – an exploration of methods, risk management, and sampling strategies
- Setting and reporting against Quality OKRs – highlighting risks and celebrating strengths
Part 2: Quality Improvement Methods and Reporting
It isn’t unusual to find yourself using the same quality assurance methods year after year, without finding the time to reflect on whether they are adding value. In this session we will build on the first session by considering research and practice to inform your approach to deploying observations and deep dive enquiries as part of your quality cycle.
- Supporting your team or colleagues to undertake impactful observations of activity.
- Designing and implementing effective deep dive enquiries.
- Reporting the outcomes of QA activity to drive action.
Part 3: Leading and Influencing Change
You play a critical role in influencing or leading the direction of travel. This final session introduces techniques that will help you to lead or influence change, using the outcomes of quality assurance activity to be a respected voice of improvement and enhancement in your organisation.
- Explore principles and techniques for leading and influencing change.
- Focus on the critical role your SAR and QIP play in solving problems and building capacity.
- Consider how best to embed processes that underpin your intent.
About your session
The session will be led by Lou Doyle, CEO Mesma and Senior Strategic Associate SDN. Lou is an industry leading quality improvement specialist, facilitator and coach.
Lou will be drawing on SDN and Mesma’s collective work, supporting over 6,000 apprenticeship staff from 1,000 organisations, to deliver and improve the quality of their apprenticeships.
These sessions are designed for leaders/aspiring leaders in quality roles, e.g. Head of Quality/ Director of Quality/ Quality Manager/ Lead IQA
“The webinar was excellent as usual – Lou is very knowledgeable and engages the audience really well … always insightful and helpful especially as I am very much managing this ‘on my own’!”
“Very insightful that left me with actionable steps to take afterwards.”
“Excellent session – shared really useful information and guidance could have watched all day”
– Quality/SAR event attendees
“Really insightful with good links to QIP & ESFA which I found especially helpful”
– Lisa Gooding, Parenta
“Thank you… you are making such a difference to the sector!”
– Barbara Van der Eecken, Bvde Quality Solutions Ltd
Booking and payment:
You can either attend live sessions or be sent the recordings and materials if you prefer to review them in your own time. You can also mix and match for whatever works best for your schedule.
If you have several staff who would benefit, let us know and we’ll send you details of the most cost-effective way of accessing the session.
If you’re a public sector body (e.g. Local Authority), and unable to book via card, please email us. When you make a booking, you agree to these Terms and Conditions (including those who request a booking via email and invoice)
SDN CPD is designed for Government funded Training Providers. If you’re not a Government funded Training Provider but are still interested in attending please email events@strategicdevelopmentnetwork.co.uk to discuss your attendance in more detail before booking.
Package 1a –
Package includes:
- Live webinars
- Q&A session
- Slide deck & recordings
- Resources
Cost – £225.00 (+VAT)
1b – Group ticket option (5 delegates to attend)
Cost – £395.00 (+VAT)
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Event only
Event dates:
- Session 1 – To be announced
- Session 2 – To be announced
- Session 3 – To be announced
Package 2 – Event & support day
Includes package 1, plus:
- 1 day Mesma specialist advisory support with scope based on your needs
Cost – £900.00 (+VAT)
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Package 3 – Event, support & software
Includes packages 1 & 2, plus:
- 12 months access to the Mesma QA platform to implement your new quality practices. (Package based on 20 users – more can be added)
Cost – £2200.00 (+VAT)
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Upcoming live sessions
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In-house delivery
If you have a group of individuals interested, we can host a bespoke version for your organisation and tailor the content to you.
Please get in contact, and we can chat through your requirements and timescales:
T: 07415 414877