CPD for Faculty Leaders
Please find attached a paper summarising research by Lynne Robertson of the Teacher Capacity Team into the impact of faculty structures on the capacity for curricular change, in particular the implementation of Curriculum for Excellence.
Lynne interviewed Faculty Leaders in 14 different authorities in order to gain insight into their views on what they believe is appropriate CPD for their role.
STEC 2009 Conference Website, Westpark Centre, Dundee. I hope you will visit the STEC 2009 conference website at http://www.gtcs.org.uk/About_GTCS/STECConference2009/STEC-speaker-presentations.aspx
where you will find the National Framework for Inclusion Document and Poster, the seminar presentations and summaries of the Round table discussions. There’s also a video of Sir Jackie Stewart talking about his school experiences and the impact that his dyslexia had on his early learning
The Scottish Education Awards 2009 were launched on Tuesday 18 November 2008 by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning Fiona Hyslop MSP, at Shawlands Academy in Glasgow, winner of the BTScotland Greener Schools Award 2008.
The Awards highlight best practice in Scottish classrooms, celebrate schools and acknowledge the dedicated individuals who devote their lives to helping young people fulfil their potential. Entry to the Awards is open to all publicly funded schools, including secondary, primary, nursery and special schools.
Further details of the Awards and the categories can be found on the Scottish Education Awards website
Nominations are open until Friday 27 February 2009.
This is a guest post from a good friend of the CPD Team, Jean MacMillan from Determined to Succeed
Dear Colleagues
We are delighted to tell you that the Partnership with Employers website is now live.
The web site taps into a rich seam of video clips and resources related to and supporting work on employer engagement and entrepreneurialism. The site has been designed to allow teachers and others, working collaboratively or on their own and at a time and place of their own choosing, to explore a number of resources associated with employer engagement and entrepreneurialism.
The materials can be used to develop and enhance teachers’ understanding of the concept of partnership, the videos show the exciting and innovative teaching and learning that is going on across the curriculum in Scottish schools. The resource should provide inspiration and the tools to support teachers across all sectors in the development of effective partnerships with employers,
Our aim is to keep the website fresh by adding new video clips and resources over the next few months. You can also access the entire suite of training materials that are currently being used in the National Training Programme
Please disseminate this information as widely as possible, with only a few clicks we could reach thousands of colleagues across Scotland.
Thanks
Jean MacMillan
This is a guest post from Graham Thomson of SCSSA.
The Professional Learning Rounds pilot (led by Graham Thomson of SCSSA) recently held an orientation day with the 6 Directors of Education involved with the 1st stage.
The pilot seeks to promote learning about system-wide change by putting key leaders close to the action in small professional learning communities.
In the next school session, the pilot will be extended to leaders at all levels.
You can find out more by reading the briefing paper (learning_rounds_paper.doc) or by contacting Graham Thomson directly.
For several years now the National CPD Team has been responsible for identifying key thinkers in education and encouraging them to contribute to Scottish education. These ‘international thought leaders’ include leading figures such as Terry Dozier, Richard Elmore and Ellen Moir.
Professor Patrick Duignan is Foundation Chair in Educational Leadership and Director of the Flagship for Creative and Authentic Leadership at Australian Catholic University.
Arranged and organised by the National CPD Team, this April ’08 visit involved Patrick Duignan making presentations in Dumfries and Galloway and in Moray Council. The nature of authentic leadership is explored and its connection to authentic teaching and learning explained using three core ethics – authenticity, responsibility and presence. Patrick focuses on contemporary leadership challenges for educational leaders. A leading researcher in the field, he provides a practical approach to improving leadership through greater understanding of ethical concepts and theories, presented, explained and applied to real-life tensions. Patrick emphasises the importance of real presence for influential leadership with practical suggestions on how to develop presence and influence what really matters.
Both of the leadership seminars, in Dumfries and Elgin, were very well attended with over 80 participants at each. Both sets of evaluations completed by the participants proved to be extremely positive.
The Council’s Code of Professionalism and Conduct is launched today, 27 May, by Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning. Within GTC Scotland’s wider framework of standards, this Code and commentary states not only to the profession but also to members of the public, the standard of conduct and competence expected of registered teachers.The Code does not set out to address every possible circumstance in which teachers might find themselves. It is however, intended that teachers are mindful of the Code in relation to the judgements which they will be called upon to make in situations which may occur both within and outwith the classroom.
More details on the GTC Scotland web site
This is a guest post on behalf of our colleagues in the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTC Scotland)
GTC Scotland announces that the current Accreditation Route, organised by GTC Scotland will close for application from 31 August 2008. All teachers who have registered with GTC Scotland before this date will have two years to complete their submission and a further three years should a re-submission be required. More information on the GTCS web site
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