How to Charter with CILIP
Chartership is the professional qualification that helps you become the professional you want to be.
register as a candidate
choosing a mentor
writing your personal professional development plan
the criteria
What must go into your portfolio?
What can go into your portfolio?
how do I evaluate?
an ability to reflect critically on personal performance  and to evaluate service performance
active commitment to continuing professional development 
an ability to analyse personal and professional development with reference to experiential and developmental activities
breadth of professional knowledge and understanding of wider professional context
preferably not your line manager
look outside your organization  / sector
you may recognize names from Update, Gazette and group and branch newsletters, communities
arrange your first meeting
agree how many meetings and perameters 
Write your PPDP together
Why do we need portfolios?
For gathering and presenting evidence
To aid evaluation and reflection
For appraisal, career change
To demonstrate professional judgement
Because they’re essential to the Framework of Qualifications
A contents table
CV
PPDP
Personal evaluative statement (1,000 words)
Aims and objectives of organization
Structure chart
Evidence of participation in mentor scheme
What should they contain?
Divided into clearly marked sections and securely bound
12 point type
In triplicate, clearly identified
Accompanied by application form and submission fee
How should they be organized?
an ability to reflect critically on personal performance and to evaluate service performance
active commitment to continuing professional development
an ability to analyse personal and professional development and progression with reference to experiential and developmental activities
breadth of professional knowledge and understanding of the wider professional context
the Criteria
keep a record and keep everything!
use a diary, loose leaf binder, online tool: whatever works for you
complete a skills audit
What next?
be organized and plan your training
allow plenty of time
be ruthless
think evidence
certificates
staff development reviews/evaluations
contributions to the professional press
project briefs / reports / surveys
active membership of professional networks
training you have delivered - evaluation forms
bibliography
list of visits
What can go into a portfolio?
evidence of work-based learning
responses to enquiries from users/colleagues
publicity you have done
letters/Memos
guidance notes to staff/users
testimonies/Observations
relevant out of work experiences
case studies
web pages
audio visual material
photographs, multimedia
Pay attention to detail
Attribute any collaborative work and indicate your own intellectual contribution
Address the criteria(use the Framework matrix)
The reflective practitioner:

What have you achieved?

What have you learned?

Where are you going?

What do you need to get there?
Exercise
create a CPD audit sheet
write down one activity you've participated in recently
say what you've learned
how you've applied that learning in the workplace
what criteria it helps you to meet
what evidence could you include in your portfolio?
if you are not describing
if you have measured your effectiveness
if you can demonstrate how you have put into practice what you have learned
if you are asking questions (and answering them)
How do I know if I'm evaluating?
Michael Martin
Adviser, Qualifications and Professional Development 
CILIP 
Michael.Martin@cilip.org.uk