Your progress review meetings
Learn more about your progress review, the purpose of the review, what is an individualised learning plan and what happens at the meeting.
What is a progress review?
Progress review meetings take place at least every 12 weeks and are an opportunity for you, your employer apprentice mentor and your workplace/academic tutor to discuss your progress on the apprenticeship.
Progress reviews are integral to your apprenticeship learning journey and the University must be able to provide evidence of them taking place within the timeframes outlined.
The purpose of the progress review
The purpose of the meeting is to ensure that you are making at least the expected progress against the knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSBs) outlined in your apprenticeship standard. The meeting provides the opportunity to discuss your progress and agree any actions needed to support your success.
What happens at the meeting
Throughout the duration between progress review meetings, you should hold regular additional meetings with your employer mentor to discuss your progress against your actions and update this on PebblePad. We recommend these meeting occur at least every two weeks.
During the progress meeting, your workplace tutor should encourage you and your employer apprentice mentor to identify opportunities for the application of knowledge, skills and behaviours in the workplace. This enables you to develop your occupational competency and identify any gaps in KSBs that may be present.
In preparation for the meeting, your workplace mentor may ask you to update your Skills Scan. This is a self-assessment of your competency against the list of KSBs and can support your discussions and the identification of actions.
A good progress review meeting should:
- be led by you – the apprentice,
- enable you to articulate your current progress against the KSBs and identify the impact it has made for you and your workplace,
- identify suitable developmental needs and opportunities,
- provide stretch and challenge through effective SMART target setting to support the acquisition of knowledge, skills and behaviours,
- encourage you to apply the knowledge gained in your formal learning in the workplace,
- monitor University progress, including grades achieved, attendance and progress against your off-the-job hours target,
- explore potential work-based projects/activities which will allow you to develop or hone knowledge, skills or behaviours.