CPDAnswers

Welcome to CPDReflect

CPDReflect is an online toolkit for reflecting on your educational practice. 5 things you should know about CPDReflect:

1. you need a Glow user ID and password to use CPDReflect. In addition, your local authority must have agreed to release certain information to CPDReflect. See this CPDAnswers post for more details.
2. you can evaluate yourself against a number of of self-evaluation frameworks, eg  the Professional Standards from the GTCS.
3. all the frameworks have illustrative examples of interesting practice. You can study them, search them and even add your own practice for others to see!
4. you can use CPDReflect to keep your CPD plan, CPD record and a professional journal. There is a special facility to help prepare for your PRD review.
5. only you decide who sees what goes onto CPDReflect. No-one else can access it without your permission

To help you get started there are a number of short guides. These are all stored on the CPDReflect users group on Glow.

Click here to visit the CPDReflect user group

Click here to go straight to CPDReflect

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CPDFind is a national database of CPD opportunities which was developed as part of the collaboration between the National CPD Team and LTScotland. The opportunities come from a wide range of providers including Education Scotland, SQA, private providers and universities. In addition, we are seeing some local authorities (eg Aberdeen City) using CPDFind to advertise their local CPD to a wider audience.

There are many different types of CPD featured (courses, online , professional reading and much more). Many of the opportunities are free to educators in Scotland.

You might be interested in CPDFind for a number of reasons:

• your own professional development (just type a keyword into the CPDFind search box)
• to support your colleagues in their professional development
• to promote CPD that you deliver or enable.

All the providers on the system have gone through a registration process. If you are interested, contact cpdregister@educationscotland.gov.uk

There is also an endorsement feature for Glow users of CPDFind.

CPDShorts are thought-pieces on Glow with accompanying discussion points and activities. In a CPDShort opportunity, you can:

• study and reflect on a think-piece (usually a video clip, an audio clip or a short document)
• record your thoughts on the matter
• discuss or raise key questions
• find like-minded colleagues who have taken part in the same CPDShort as you.

You can find a few examples of CPDShorts on in CPDFind (just enter cpdshort in the search box). You will also find details on how to take part in the CPDShort. You will find a complete set of CPDShorts on the Online CPD Library on CPDCentral (needs Glow username)

If you have a think-piece that you would like to see become a CPDShort, contact cpdanswers@ltscotland.org.uk and we’ll help you to build it and get it into CPDFind.

Visit the CPDShort page on CPDCentral…

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There are 3 options for membership when you select a link to join a Glow group

1. The Glow group is open to all. In this case, you will go straight to the Noticeboard of the group and you need do no more!

2. The Glow group is closed. You will get the following message

Access denied. You do not have permission to perform this action or access this resource.  

Access requests are not enabled.

A bit daunting but it may just mean that the group is under development and sometimes it is worth trying later!

3. The Glow group is available on request. You will see a screen like this:

Don’t worry, it’s not really an error. Fill in the highlighted box with some of your details and the reason for wanting to join the group and select the Send Request button. It’s always a good idea to include an email address.

The administrator of the group will get an email and can consider your request. You may get a confirmation email back but try the group link again a day or two later if you don’t!

Yes, there are two ways you can access Glow

Option 1

Have you worked, or do you work, in a local authority? Your best bet is to request access from that local authority. This way you can access the local authority sites on Glow and all the national sites. Please note that not all local authorities are able to provide you with Glow usernames. To find the contact name for your identified local authority, please visit this GlowScotland page.

Option 2

If option 1 didn’t work for you then please apply for a guest username from LTScotland. Send an email to stepin@educationscotland.gov.uk with the following details:

• full name (and current school if applicable)
• GTCS registration number

You will be asked to complete a short form and to agree to a code of practice. Because of important security checks, this may take a few days to turn around so please be patient. If everything goes to plan, you will be on Glow under the banner of Education Scotland

Please email stepin@educationscotland.gov.uk if you have any questions.