Quality Professional Development (QPD) from The Education Management Group is for organisations like yours who want a quality stamp for the training you deliver to your staff and/or customers. Think Continuing Professional Development (CPD) but supercharged!
QPD gives formal endorsement that The Education Management Group considers your centre to be high quality, with robust processes, assessment and - most importantly - a meaningful and enjoyable learning experience!
Purchase our ready-made EMG Endorsed training courses to deliver and you'll receive a workbook, lesson plans, a tutor guide, a PowerPoint, all relevant assessments and a certificate template.
The EMG provides certification to evidence your staff or learners' successful completion of your course.
For £250 per year endorsement fee plus a starting price of £99 per course you could be running your own EMG Endorsed QPD courses in a matter of days!
10 good reasons to choose the EMG to endorse your courses
Here are 10 good reasons:
1. We teach people to teach. We work with both teachers and students and get feedback every day on what does and doesn't work in training.
2. We understand learner needs. Our level 3 and 4 Education and Training qualifications can be completed in 10 different ways because we have taken the time to speak to learners and ask what they want from adult learning programmes. Now they can choose!
3. We have over 30 years' experience in education and training. We know. We don't look old enough.
4. You'll have an experienced and qualified IQA and an experienced and qualified teacher, assessor and course author supporting you all the way. We love creating, quality assuring and reviewing learning materials and we want you to get your training exactly as you and your learners want it to be.
5. Your needs and budget will be met. You don't have to buy everything at once. Once you're an accredited centre, you can add courses on throughout the year.
6. We check that your centre is suitable for every course you want to deliver. There's no blanket endorsement with The EMG. For example, you may have had approval to run an EMG Endorsed Equality and Diversity course, but that doesn't mean you automatically have approval to run an EMG Endorsed First Aid course. We'll give you advice and support for every QPD course you want to deliver.
7. We are centre start-up experts. If your organisation is at the beginning of its training centre journey, we have a comprehensive Training Centre Start-Up programme that will teach you exactly how to get going. We can even train you to achieve your teaching and assessing qualifications if you don't already have them. That's because...
8. We don't just talk the talk. We're an accredited training centre in our own right with 4.8 stars on TrustPilot (look us up: it's Theemg); experience in sectors such as education, special educational needs, charity, journalism, retail, management, beauty, recruitment, HR and we've written for multiple awarding bodies such as Skills Network, NCFE, TQUK and AIM Qualifications. And we have gained direct claim status (low risk status) with our awarding body for 7 years running.
9. We will promote you and your business. You'll get a blog written about you, with links to your website and your socials; promotion on our website and on our socials and we'll tell everyone about you and your QPD success stories.
10. We are supportive endorsement. As we're a training centre ourselves, we know that support from your awarding body is important. We are here to give you all of the help and support you need to be a QPD success. If your centre is amazing, we'll tell you and everyone else!
What courses do you offer?
Purchase our ready-made EMG Endorsed training courses to deliver and you'll receive a workbook, lesson plans, a tutor guide, a PowerPoint, all relevant assessments and a certificate template.
The following subjects are available straight away:
Safeguarding - £99
Interactive one-day Safeguarding session focusing on real learning, responsibilities, decision-making and recognising warning signs to ensure safety and understanding.
Equality and Diversity - £99
One-day training course for staff in any sector, promoting understanding and discussion to enhance workplace inclusivity and societal awareness.
LGBTQI+ Inclusion - £99
One-day LGBTQI+ Awareness course for all roles, promoting understanding, respectful dialogue and creating inclusive environments in workplaces, schools and homes.
Mental Health - £99
Interactive one-day Introduction to Mental Health training, covering signs, symptoms and support resources for individuals and colleagues' mental well-being.
First Aid - £199
Three-day course offering essential skills in emergency response, CPR and injury treatment, ensuring confidence to handle various situations.
Leadership - £300
Five-day workshop providing essential management skills in problem-solving, decision-making, motivation, performance management and innovation for aspiring leaders and supervisors.
Conflict Management - £99
One-day introduction to conflict management at work, with lots of introspection. We can't control how other people behave and react but we can manage our own responses. In this workshop, we learn how.
Are there any other benefits to my organisation becoming an EMG Endorsed centre?
When The EMG carries out checks so that your training centre can become an EMG Endorsed Centre, we are looking to see if you meet our required standards. If you don't, we'll advise you on what you need to do to reach the standards.
As well as sending you everything you need to run your courses, you'll also receive:
An approval logo
Approval certificate
Approval number that you can use to display your company's EMG Endorsed Provider status, which you can use to advertise your QPD courses. Your customers then know that you're fully equipped to deliver high quality training
Promotion on our social media pages and via blogs on our website
What is the difference between CPD and QPD?
Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and Quality Professional Development (QPD) both focus on enhancing professional skills and knowledge, but they have distinct differences:
1. The definition is different:
- CPD refers to the ongoing learning process that we take part in to maintain our skills and knowledge. CPD can be formal or informal.
- QPD emphasises the quality aspect of professional development. It focuses on ensuring that the learning is effective, relevant and beneficial for learners, using feedback from the sessions to improve every time.
2. The scope is different
- CPD overs a broader range of learning opportunities, including workshops, seminars, online courses and self-directed learning.
- QPD is structured. It involves in-person or virtual training, where specific standards and objectives are met.
3. The outcomes are different
- CPD's goal is to ensure participants' skills and knowledge is kept up to date and applicable.
- QPD aims to improve the quality of the learning experience and the impact on professional practice, using feedback and assessment to enhance the learner experience.
4. Assessment is different
- CPD may not always include formal evaluation processes; it can be self-directed and informal.
- QPD includes an assessment to make sure learning has taken place.
In short, while CPD focuses on the continuous nature of professional growth, QPD prioritises the quality and effectiveness of all professional development experiences.
How can my organisation become an EMG Endorsed Centre?
If you're already an established training centre, you're likely to already have the policies, procedures and staff in place that you need: we at the EMG now need to look at what you have and provide feedback.
We'll ask you to show us:
Your staff's teaching qualifications
Your staff's CVs
Your policies and procedures such as Equality and Diversity, Fair Assessment, Safeguarding, Appeals and Complaints and Health and Safety.
Where you're planning to deliver your courses
Once you've contacted us to start the process, we will explain how to send us the information we need to endorse you.
It costs £250 to become an EMG Endorsed Centre and prices of courses start at £99 per course.
Our business isn't yet a training centre. Can we still become an EMG Endorsed Centre?
Once you have your qualifications, policies and procedures in place, we will be able to look at your application to become an EMG Endorsed Centre.
The EMG also offers a Training Centre Start-Up programme that you can attend to get you started!
Who recognises the concept of QPD?
Worldwide, Quality Professional Development (QPD) is valued by employers, professional associations and educational organisations. There isn’t a universal framework for CPD, so in different regions, QPD might be labeled differently (as CPD, for example), but the fundamental idea is consistent. When we endorse a course, we at The EMG ensure to always adhere to CPD standards to give learners the highest quality educational experience.