Jenny Eland Formerly Birmingham City University Member SEDA-PDF Committee

1. SEDA PDF
What, Why, How and Who?:
Supporting CPD in HE and
beyond
Jenny Eland
Formerly Birmingham City
University
Member SEDA-PDF
Committee

2. SEDA Professional Development Framework
-a brief history
1993: SEDA began university ‘teacher accreditation’ based on participants
demonstrating agreed outcomes and values
From 2000: developed and widened professional accreditation as the SEDA
‘Professional Development Framework’ now comprising 19 (20) named awards
2012: two named awards were aligned against UKPSF D1 and D2; others can contribute
to evidence for D3 .
The awards framework supports and recognises the different professional development
needs of staff as their careers develop

3. What is SEDA PDF?
Professional Development Framework
Providing support, recognition and accreditation for professional development activity
in higher education

4. Characteristics of Recognition,
Accreditation and Reviews
 SEDA first recognises institutions as suitable to deliver
SEDA-accredited awards
 Higher Education providers in the UK and elsewhere, and
other organisations
 Values and outcomes-driven programme accreditation; no
academic level or credits necessary
 Mentored, supportive and developmental
 Review leading to re-accreditation (and any new
accreditations) every 5 years
 Rolling submission
 No participant restrictions

5. Why sign up for SEDA
PDF?
The awards framework supports and
recognises the different professional
development needs of staff as their
careers develop.
It offers:  your institution national accreditation and support for its
professional development activity and those who carry it out
 staff in your institution the opportunity to gain national
certification for their professional development activity
 a framework for coherent linkage between your institution's
learning and teaching strategy and institutional priorities

6. And, it enables your institution to:
 gain access to an organisation with a long-standing and
established reputation for leadership and support of
professional development activity
 to develop a CPD scheme from scratch, or to add relevant
awards to existing CPD activities to form a larger CPD
framework or scheme
 use awards flexibly to have both credit-bearing and non credit-
bearing programmes accredited as SEDA-PDF awards are 'level-
free'

7. What are the SEDA PDF Awards?
 College Based Higher Education
 Leading Programmes
 Learning Teaching and Assessing (D2)
 Mentoring and Coaching
 Responding to Change in Higher Education
 Supervising Postgraduate Research
 Supporting Health and Wellbeing
 Supporting Learning (D1)
 Enhancing Research Practice
 Supporting Technology-Enhanced Learning
(previously Supporting Learning with Technology)
 Leading and Embedding Technology-Enhanced
Learning (previously Embedding Learning Technologies)
 Developing Leadership in Educational Practice
(previously two separate awards: Developing Leaders and Leading and
Developing Academic Practice)
 Developing People and Enhancing Practice
(previously three separate awards: Developing Professional
Practice, Enhancing Academic Practice in the Disciplines
and Staff and Educational Development)
 Enhancing Personal and Academic Support for
Students (previously two separate awards: Personal and
Academic Tutoring and Student Support and Guidance)

8. Two PDF accredited courses in supporting and
leading educational change designed for anyone
who is working to enhance programmes, courses,
student support and staff capability within higher
education.
Online Introduction to Educational
Change- a short four week online
workshop providing a structured,
tutored and peer supported,
experiential investigation of an
individuals work as a developer,
culminating in the production of a
personal action plan for continuing
professional development.
Course leader: Dr Nicholas Bowskill
Supporting and Leading Educational
Change (Professional Qualification Course)
a 12 week online course designed to
accredit and advance work in supporting
and leading educational change in further
or higher education. Successful completion
leads to Fellowship of SEDA (FSEDA).
Course leader: Dr Celia Popovic, SFSEDA

9. What are the characteristics of PDF
Awards?
Values
 Developing understanding of how
people learn
 Practising in ways that are scholarly,
professional and ethical
 Working with and developing learning
communities
 Valuing diversity and promoting
inclusivity
 Continually reflecting on practice to
develop ourselves, others and
processes
Core Development Outcomes
 Identify their own professional
development goals, directions or
priorities
 Plan for their initial and/or
continuing professional development
 Undertake appropriate development
activities
 Review their development and
practice, and the relations between
them
Specialist outcomes
Each award has its own set of specialist
outcomes which describe the capabilities
appropriate for the named award.

10. Activity
Working in groups, look at the awards and consider the value in including them
within your current provision
 Which groups of staff might benefit?
 What other provision could it complement?
 What would be the institutional benefit?
 Can you foresee any challenges?

11. SEDA-PDF Recognition and Accreditation – overview of process
Institution
• contacts SEDA
SEDA-PDF
• call for interest from trained accreditors/mentors
• appoints mentor(s) & accreditors
Mentor
• advises on requirements & reviews documentation
• hands over to accreditor
Accreditor(s)
• reviews documentation & formulates areas for
clarification
• arrange and conduct accreditation visit (F2F/online)
• completes report with conditions & any
recommendations
Institution
• completes Part D of report & addresses any conditions
within timeframe
• returns to SEDA & accreditor
SEDA PDF
• recognises institution and accredits programme(s) for
1 year in the first instance
Institutional
Recognition
Programme(s)
Accreditation
Programme
Mapping
document
for each
award being
sought
Institutional
Mapping
document
Recognition Report

12. Educational
Development
Services

14. BCU SEDA PDF –the march of acronyms
 Currently 8 programmes
 AAP (EAP)
 CoPRS
 PPG* (SL)
 SLTOP* (SL)
 SLTVT* (SL)
 SUR (SSG)
 SMR (SPR)
 SKILL/St F* (SL)
In process and in future
APTF(EPASS) for 2018
SPL (PL) for 2018
STEL (STEL) for 2018Ditched
DISS (SL)
TWEI (SL)

15. Mapping Birmingham City University, SEDA and UKPSF Values
SEDA values UKPSF values DS Values BCU values
V1 Developing understanding of how people
learn
V3 Working with and developing learning
communities
V1 Respect individual learners and
diverse learning communities
SV 1.Respect individual learners and
diverse learning communities
People Focused
We value everyone, recognising that what we do is for the
benefit of all those connected with the University
Fairness and Integrity
We take a fair and balanced approach to our activities and
are mindful of the impact of our actions.
V4 Valuing diversity and promoting inclusivity V2 Promote participation in higher
education and equality of opportunity for
learners
SV 2. Working effectively with diversity
and promoting inclusivity
People Focused
We value everyone, recognising that what we do is for the
benefit of all those connected with the University
Fairness and Integrity
We take a fair and balanced approach to our activities and
are mindful of the impact of our actions.
V2 Practising in ways that are scholarly,
professional and ethical
V3 Use evidence-informed approaches
and the outcomes from research,
scholarship and continuing professional
development
SV.3 Operate in a professional and
ethical manner and undertake
developmental activities
Excellence
We take pride in ensuring the highest quality standards of
academic achievement and professional service delivery.
V5 Continually reflecting on practice to
develop ourselves, others and processes
V4 Acknowledge the wider context in
which higher education operates
recognising the implications for
professional practice
SV. 4 Continuing reflection on
professional practice within the
context of Birmingham City University
Partnership Working
We work constructively with each other, our students and
wider University community to create strong and
successful working relationships.
Excellence
We take pride in ensuring the highest quality standards of
academic achievement and professional service delivery.

16. SEDA-PDF Webpages
Contact the SEDA-PDF
Co-chairs
Contact the SEDA-PDF
Named Award
Coordinators
• https://www.seda.ac.uk/pdf
• v.davies@ulster.ac.uk
• r.curran@ulster.ac.uk
• https://www.seda.ac.uk/nam
ed-awards
• Scroll to the bottom of the individual
award specifications