b'DOING IT RIGHTThe experience route for entry wasa multiple-choice assessment at the end ofcompleted and submitted for assessment. discussed as an alternative to a degree andthe course.There would be webinars during it was felt that it is difficult to ensure thatTechnical Application level: The existingthe course, led by experienced LITs, entrants have the right level of practicalCore knowledge and the technical contentdiscussing the cases. The webinars would experience to succeed in the program.of the Applied Knowledge courses will betake place at specific times and recorded/The critical thinking skills and assessmentdivided into smaller modules. Chunkingarchived for candidates that couldnt experience acquired during a degree and/ of the existing content into smallerattend the live session. or a professional accounting programmodules with more opportunities forThe CNIE preparatory course would was deemed to be a key factor leading tofeedback should help candidates betterrequire candidates to write a CNIE like success in the CQP.master and appropriately apply theassessment to gauge their readiness. The COMPETENCYknowledge. The Technical ApplicationProfessional level would culminate in the DEVELOPMENT ANDcourses would be themed around theCNIE exam, similar in form and format PROGRAM DESIGN Insolvency process, clustering the stepsto the current CNIE.To prepare candidates to successfullyinto logical groupings and into 5-6The Practical Course in Insolvency demonstrate competency, they musttechnical courses. Within each course, theCounseling (PCIC) will continue to be acquire the technical knowledge andvarious contexts would be introduced to develop their skills and abilities atfoster integration and to help candidatesa CQP requirement, with exams offered application and integration throughgrasp the similarities/differences betweentwice a year. The course could be taken at repeated practice, with feedback on theircontexts for each of the processes. any time during the program.performance. DESIGN CONSIDERATIONSCurrently, concepts and technicalAll the technical courses would have theIt was deemed important to maintain the knowledge of varying depth are presentedsame structure for consistency and includeflexibility of the current program. The in all areas of Insolvency practice in thethe case study methodology. Also, toCQP would be offered online, through Core and Applied knowledge courses.practice developing and demonstratingBrightspace (D2L). The content of both these courses is verycompetency, a comprehensive consumer and a corporate case scenario will runThe CNIE would continue to be offered dense. Competency development andthrough the course topics and from courseonly once a year, given the cost and practice come into greater focus in theto course to simulate the completion of alogistics involved in the assessment.Applied Knowledge course, however,file (consumer and corporate).The course design would include a variety candidates are still acquiring additionalof instructional modalities, including technical knowledge and have limitedAssessments for each of the technical opportunities to practice applying it incourses would be a combination of aaudio/video presentations, monitored, preparation for the CNIE. multiple-choice exam using application/ increased graphics and interactive In the proposed course design,judgement questions and a case analysis,exercises, and discussion boards, to authentic case analysis and competencyassessed by the sponsor. These assessmentsincrease candidate engagement with the development are introduced from thewill be designed as feedback opportunitiescontent, with peers and with practitioners. beginning of the programright fromto candidates, rather than as additionalEVALUATION/MEASURESthe start! barriers to completion.OF SUCCESSOnce candidates successfully completePerformance measures for the proposed The proposed program has three levelsall the technical application courses,program will have to be developed. (find the figure on our website): they must pass a test of overall technicalCandidate satisfaction surveys, flowntroductoryknowledge (objective questions) priorthrough rates for the various courses and ITechnical applicationsto beginning the professional levellevels of the program in addition to pass (CNIE preparatory course)this isrates would have to be monitored as the revisions are implemented. The CQPC Professionalrepresented by the Technical Application The introductory level would be openExam (TAE). This exam ensures that allrecognized that it may take several years to to anyone without consideration ofcandidates entering the professional levelassess the impact and value of the changes prerequisites. Candidates wishing tohave the minimum technical knowledgeto the program.pursue the CIRP would apply to theto continue to develop the depth andNEXT STEPS program once they successfully completebreadth required for the CNIE.Over the next few months the following the Introductory course. Professional Level: The Professional levelsteps are planned:Introductory level: This course wouldwould include the CNIE preparatoryThe validation of the revisedserve as an overview of insolvency andcourse, that would focus solely oncompetency profile with a wider group bankruptcy and would be open tothe integration and application ofof CIRPs/LIT and OSBanyone wishing to get an understandingthe knowledge from the TechnicalApproval of prerequisites by the of insolvency. The course would includeApplications level. No new technical some case scenarios depicting commonknowledge would be introduced. TheCAIRP Board and OSBsituations encountered in both corporatecourse would consist of authentic cases, Revised course outlines and a search for and consumer insolvency. There would besome of which would be required to becourse authors/reviewersRS Volume 19 Issue 2 Rebuilding Success 47'