I picked the best day ever to go and visit Donald MacLeod, the CPD manager of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, in Stornoway. The flights there and back were in perfect weather and I could see right across Scotland from Fort William to Inverness.

I spent a small part of the day talking to the Eilean Siar probationers about online CPD but mainly it was talking with Donald about various CPD issues including how best to share among the CPD network, how to promote CPD in, and about, Gaelic and how come the best teachers are often mavericks (or positive deviants as Graham Thomson of SCSSA dubs them!)

In the afternoon, Donald had a meeting at Sgoil Uig, and the drive across Lewis was wonderful (hence the picture above).

I realise that not everyone is as privileged as me to share with CPD people right across Scotland and I came away even more determined to make Glow a place where we can readily share online.

Donald wanted to know about other authorities’ probationer arrangements. Please feel free to leave a comment here or join the discussion on CPDCentral.

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