First authorised centres sign up for IITT’s Trainer Performance Monitoring & Assessment service
23-Oct-2008 » Training Press Releases » New service gains heavyweight industry support – The first organisations to be approved IITT Authorised Qualification & Assessment Centres have been announced by the Institute of IT Training today.
The IITT’s new initiative to upgrade and monitor the performance quality of trainers of all disciplines – Trainer Performance Monitoring & Assessment (TPMA) – was launched at the Institute’s national conference last month.
Training Synergy, Happy Computers, Train & Certify, Verridian and Matrix 42 were the first companies to gain approval to become IITT Approved Centres.
There are now over 20 organisations, including IBM, who are in the process of being verified and authorised, including global IT vendors, internal training departments, external training providers and freelance trainer agencies.
“We are overwhelmed with the extremely positive response from all sides of the industry,“ explained Ed Monk, managing director of the IITT. “It proves that this is exactly what the whole training professional industry has been waiting for – one national standard, one nationally-recognised certificate on the Qualifications Credit Framework, and the ability for organisations to assess and monitor the quality of their trainers.”
The support from all sides of the industry has been quick to come in support of the IITT initiative.
Leading educationalist with huge IT training industry experience Dr Brian Sutton, has shown his total support for the IITT’s TPMA service.
“To be a great trainer you need to have a sound grasp of your subject matter and an even better grasp of how people learn. You also need the abilty to build an effective rapport with learners so that you enhance rather than hinder their process of learning. The only way to judge a trainer’s effectiveness is to watch them in action, to see how a relationship develops and to witness the creation of trust between trainer and learner.
“I applaud the IITT for this bold move to shift emphasis from the acquisition of theoretical training techniques to the practical application of those techniques where it matters, at the sharp end with real learners grappling with real performance issues.
“This new qualification applies a light touch approach to recognise and align trainer competencies against National standards, this in itself is a huge step forward for the industry. But what really excites me is the fresh new focus on excellence in delivery.
Every interaction with a learner is a moment of truth – an opportunity to open new learning possibilities or slam doors on dawning comprehension. Just like our learners, we trainers are also on a learning journey towards being better trainers, a key component in that journey is open, honest and transparent feedback based upon real meaningful assessment of live performance. This new qualification provides an affirmation of our skills, an opportunity to learn and develop personal excellence and sets a new benchmark of performance that must result in a better experience for our learners.
This is the right service at the right time, I urge you to take a close look at how this can work for you.”
“The Institute of IT Training has recognised the need for training managers to become empowered to assess, monitor and benchmark the performance of their own trainers, the outcome of which is the provision of a National Qualification (or Award) which is recognised on the Qualifications Credit Framework (National Qualifications Framework),“ said Colin Steed, chief executive of the IITT.
“This monitoring and assessment service, which is authorised, governed and monitored by both the IITT and leading Awarding Body Oxford Cambridge & RSA Examinations (OCR), is a record of the training professional’s quality of performance in a live environment aligned to National Standards – a real quality benchmark of your trainers.
“The service is designed to be cost effective. You may already have an in-house train the trainer course that you would like us to map against our National Standards. By ensuring your trainers are adequately assessed and monitored within your own organisation, the IITT can authorise this and subsequently provide National Certification for your own trainers.”
This new trainer certificate is a joint award from the IITT and BCS. The Level 3 Award – Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS) – is a National Qualification and is recognised for IITT membership at the Professional grade of Senior Associate.
About the Institute of IT Training
The Institute of IT Training is a professional body that helps prepare classroom trainers, courseware designers and developers, online tutors, training managers and consultants to equip UK business for success in the new global economy.
We aim to develop and promote the prestige, professionalism, integrity and raise the standards of the IT training profession in the corporate, IT vendor and IT training provider sectors.
We do this by providing individual certification; corporate and vendor accreditation; development and maintenance of training standards, competency frameworks, and benchmarks of excellence; professional development; and consultancy services.
Through an unrivalled range of membership, certification, accreditation and bespoke consultancy services, we focus on enhancing and recognising the skills and professional status of individuals and organisations engaged in training activities, and assessing the quality of training services.
We provide incisive knowledge and experience that is vital for developing the effective performance and reputation of today’s forward-thinking training professionals.
We evaluate ability against a core set of training skills and disciplines, through which we monitor and maintain the status of the IT training industry.
We devise coherent and consensual approached to the profession’s development, providing both training quality and results for the business community.
We empower training professionals of any discipline to facilitate measurable performance improvement for their organisation.
Specifically, our objectives for corporate individual members are to:
? Establish and monitor benchmarks of excellence against which training professionals can be measured
? Promote and maintain the prestige and integrity of the training profession by enabling, encouraging and stimulating the widest use of best practice
? Empower training professionals to facilitate measurable performance improvement for their organisation
? Enable IITT Members to gain professional recognition through IITT certification
? Heighten the professionalism of all who work in an IT training role by providing members with opportunities for the development of their knowledge and skills
? Provide a professional code of conduct for members
? To act as a certification body for individuals desiring to enhance their professional skills
? To provide a range of exclusive services to members – such as research, library, conferences, journals, mentoring, networking opportunities and interactive support through the IITT’s on-line information services; all designed to improve professional standards, knowledge and effectiveness for members
Specifically, our objectives for corporate training departments, commercial training vendors and IT vendors are to:
? Promote and maintain the prestige and integrity of the training profession by enabling, encouraging and stimulating the widest use of best practice
? Provide a professional code of practice for organisations with training departments and/or channels
? To act as an accreditation body for with training departments and/or channels
? To establish and maintain strong working links with all sectors involved with the development of skills, particularly IT, in order to formulate coherent and consensual approaches to the profession’s development
? To work with all appropriate government, academic and commercial bodies in promoting and enhancing IT skills competences.
Story Date
Friday, October 24, 2008
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