Pathways CPD Online is a program which enables education professionals to maintain a CPD portfolio.  School managers, teachers and support staff are able to reflect on the work that they do, identify professional  development priorities and produce an Action Plan.  Other features include a CV Creator; a Professional Journal and a CPD Portfolio.

For information on the additional benefits from using Pathways CPD Online in conjunction with our Work Flow Manager software, please see below.

Pathways CPD Online - Key features

• Web-based allowing access from any computer connected to the Internet.
• Contains user-specific data sets designed to encourage each type of user to self evaluate in a rigorous and considered manner.
• Provides a range of easy-to-use decision-making and reporting tools (eg Self Evaluation Snapshot, Action Plan).
• Designed around a sophisticated security system that ensures user data remains confidential and cannot be accessed by others without the user's permission.
• Provides a complete solution to CPD from carefully considered self evaluation to structured Action Planning - all at a realistic price/user.

Pathways CPD Online - Teacher AND Support Staff variants

Pathways CPD Online has been developed to cater for both Teacher AND Support Staff as described below. (The Teacher variant also caters for leaders and managers eg LAMPS).

Information displayed was carefully researched to ensure it reflected areas of specialism the user may possess and his/her teaching experience. For example, the data viewed by a Primary probationer is considerably different from the data viewed by an experienced Secondary specialist in Maths is different from the data viewed by another Secondary specialist.

Pathways CPD Online - Teacher version

Caters for ALL Nursery, Primary and Secondary teaching staff including Special Educational Needs eg

• Students in training working towards SITE.
• Probationer teachers working towards SFR.
• Experienced teachers matching to SFR.
• Prospective Chartered teachers working towards SCT.
• Chartered teachers matching to SCT.
• Educational Leaders and Managers (ie Project; Team; School and Strategic).

Pathways CPD Online - Support Staff version

Caters for key Support Staff within Nursery, Primary and Secondary schools (including SEN) eg

• Admin/Clerical Assistants.
• School Administrators/Senior Clerical Assistants.
• Business Managers/DSMO.
• Classroom Assistants/Learning Assistants.
• Janitors.
• Learning Resource Centre Staff/Librarians.
• ASN Auxiliaries.
• School Technicians.

Work Flow Manager

Work Flow Manager is an Internet based program that, when used in conjunction with Pathways CPD Online, enables Councils and schools to monitor and manage the professional development needs of staff

Work Flow Manager - Key features

• Provides a user-friendly and highly efficient model for managing and maintaining CPD provision.
• Promotes greater awareness of CPD roles and responsibilities.
• Tracks progress through each stage in a school's CPD-related activities - including support requests submitted to a council.
• Protects the confidentiality of Pathways CPD Online data.
• Provides an efficient 'need to know' approach to communicating with others - thus eliminating information overload.
• Produces reports detailing CPD requirements by school, area and curricular area.
• Enables Councils to define their own workflow processes.
• Offers a comprehensive solution to both schools and councils for a modest annual maintenance fee.