CPD Team

On an invitation from Kirsty Robertson, Margaret Alcorn and I have just had the pleasure of attending the final session of the East Lothian Council’s 1st Steps into Leadership programme which our regular readers will recall started back in October.

The leaders (for there was plenty of evidence of first steps in leadership) are all drawn from the Musselburgh cluster and the programme was supported by Agnes Hendry from Clearwater Brookes. Today was a combination of a celebration and presentations on school-based leadership projects.

A number of themes emerged that continue to be important for CPD in Curriculum for Excellence (distributed leadership, cross-sectoral working, learning teams for staff and, of course, coaching).

Lots of highlights here, but let me share two of the lighter moments:
• one of the participants who showed admirable leadership skills by declaring a ‘resources amnesty’ with her staff to get back vital teaching resources for her project. You wouldn’t mind but it was for RME!
• the name of the former pupils’ online site in Musselburgh Grammar; MGSTID (Musselburgh Grammar School ‘Til I Die!)
It was also good to catch up with a good friend of the CPD Team, Ollie Bray, who is one of the brains behind the scheme. Ollie joins LTScotland soon on secondment and we wish him all the best.

Tags: East Lothian, Kirsty Robertson, Musselburgh, Ollie Bray
Categories: CfE, Leadership