Renewing your membership
Registered Members and Registered Associate Members must renew their Registration every 3 years.
Why renewal is required
Renewing your registration is an opportunity to reaffirm your commitment to professional practice and lifelong learning. It helps maintain the integrity, credibility and value of the registration system, while demonstrating that members continue to uphold the Values, Principles and Code of Ethics that underpin Community Learning and Development practice in Scotland.
What’s involved
Members will be contacted by email to complete the renewal using the online form and the renewal reference number given in the email.
In order to renew their registration, members will be asked to:
- Reconfirm their commitment to the values and ethics.
- Confirm that they have undertaken an appropriate amount of relevant professional learning.
- Confirm that there has been reflective discussion with the line manager / mentor about the professional learning and it has been verified by line manager or mentor.
- Confirm that if selected as part a random sample they would be able to submit the verified evidence of the professional learning.
- If they have changed role or employer since registering / last renewal, they would provide a new reference.
Full details of the renewal process are detailed in the Registration System (PDF) definition.
What members should do
Make sure we have your up to date contact details
If we are unable to contact you to complete the renewal, you may be removed from the register. You can update your details on your i-develop account or by emailing contact@cldstandardscouncil.org.uk
Follow the Professional learning process
The requirement to undertake professional learning is a key requirement of registration and forms a key part of the renewal.
Read more about the Professional Learning review process.
On an ongoing basis you should keep a record of your professional learning activity. This may already be in your employer’s existing HR / Performance Review systems. For those that do not have this we also provide documents to use and a system on i-develop.
Identify a mentor who will review and verify your professional learning and help you plan future learning. Find out more about mentoring.
Check our guidance on the renewal process
We have prepared answers to what we think will be most asked questions about the renewal process. Please have a look at these first but if you cannot find an answer there please get in touch.
How do you change from Associate to Registered member?
Once you have achieved a recognised CLD qualification at SCQF level 9 and meet the registration requirements, you can apply to change membership from Associate Member to Registered Member by following the Registered Member application guidance.
If you have been contacted to renew your Associate Membership, please complete your renewal first. Once your membership is renewed and you have obtained the required qualification, you can submit an application to amend to Registered Membership. Upgrading your membership ensures that your registration accurately reflects your qualifications, experience and professional status within the CLD workforce.
Development of the renewal process
The renewal process has been defined by the Registration Committee, reviewed by the other committees and approved by the Executive Committee of the CLD Standards Council. They are in line with the requirement of the Registration System introduced in 2013 to develop a mechanism for ensuring members continue to meet the registration requirements.