CPD Team

This is a guest post from Jane Stirling and the Early Years Team at LTScotland

The Minister explained the new national qualifications and how they aim to simplify the current system and ensure it reflects and supports CfE  -helping Scotland’s children and young people  to lay the foundations for the next stage of learning and life. Our current P7 children will be first to experience the new national qualifications. He also mentioned the new Assessment strategy to follow and how it promotes the new curriculum. Standards will be defined in such a way that assessments will reflect CfE and ensure it promotes confidence within the profession.

The Minister launched the new CfE Early Level DVD Resource this morning at Fox Covet Nursery and also mentioned the fact that the resource is due to be converted into Gaelic.  The Minister then talked about the Early Years Framework and how the programme is set out to give all children the very best start in life. He then mentioned the links with  GIRFEC and the fact that it is the underlying philosophy  for the Early Years Framework and how it challenges those working with children to work in partnership to ensure that every child has the best start in life. The Minister reinforced the fact that local authorities need to create space and time to ensure that staff in pre-school settings and primary schools are able to make the very best use of CPD time. In summary it is essential that we build a leadership culture in Scotland which is genuinely inspirational and aspirational.

Tags: Adam Ingram
Categories: CfE