What content should be covered in the presentation for the Learning and Development Consultant Business Partner standard?

The presentation must cover examples from the apprentice's learning journal that best demonstrate the following three themes:

• new and emerging trends in the learning and development sector.

• learning and development specialisms and their business impact.

• leadership.

These must be competency-based examples evidencing how they demonstrated the knowledge, skills and behaviours assigned to this assessment method, linked to relevant theories or models. The apprentice is free to choose the format of their presentation. The End-Point Assessor will assess the content of the apprentice’s presentation as well as their delivery style, clarity, and communication skills, according to the pass and distinction criteria.

The learning journal must be developed by the apprentice during the course of the programme.

They will make entries as learning events or activities take place, including but not limited to:

• attending a meeting.

• designing learning.

• delivering or attending training.

• observing colleagues.

• attending coaching sessions.

• providing coaching sessions.

They may also record feedback from others, such as emails, recordings, or written statements.

The apprentice’s learning journal must include a regularly updated summary, such as a heat map, which shows their own assessment of the apprentice’s starting point and progression towards meeting each of the knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSBs). A learning journal and heat map template in Excel format is available to download from EPAPro for this purpose.

In addition to reflection on the apprentice’s own development journey, their learning journal must include reflection on the following three themes:

• new and emerging trends in the learning and development sector. For example, the apprentice may reflect on and give the apprentice’s assessment of the way new technologies or delivery styles support training in their workplace.

• learning and Development specialisms and their business impact. For example, they may consider how the apprentice has developed the apprentice’s specialist skills, such as supporting and embedding a learning culture, facilitating social learning, how the apprentice has developed and using effective facilitation/questioning/debate, examined equality and diversity in learning policies, developed organisational plans (e.g. succession and talent planning), made decisions on learning delivery channels, or worked with suppliers.

• leadership. For example, they may wish to include feedback from the apprentice’s team/line reports on their leadership/management and reflect on how this may have developed or changed over time.

The apprentice and the employer must also sign the declarations of authenticity on the learning journal cover sheet. Journals without a signed cover sheet will be rejected at gateway.

The training provider will submit the apprentice’s learning journal, a heat map and a cover sheet at gateway.

The apprentice’s learning journal will not be directly assessed. However, the apprentice is required to choose examples from their learning journal to use as the basis for their presentation. The End-Point Assessor will also review the apprentice’s journal to prepare for the presentation and Q&A.