CPD Team

The National CPD Team are looking for a passionate CPD leader in a Scottish educational establishment to assist with the development of CPDLead. CPDLead is the new online community for CPD Leaders on Glow (to be launched at the Scottish Learning Festival).

As an associate of the CPD Team, you will be challenged to:

1. Promote sharing of practice using the sharing section of CPDLead
2. Promote discussion of professional learning topics on CPDLead (and through CPDFind)
3. Make CPDLead a listening post for CPD Leaders

The ideal associate will be:

• a CPD leader (coordinator) in Scottish educational establishment
• be committed to effective and innovative CPD practice
• familiar with the Glow environment (but that’s an added bonus)!

The associate work is funded by the National CPD Team and takes the form of reimbursement for your local authority and / or the associate in their own time.

If you are interested, drop ruth@cosla.gov.uk an email.

I joined 1799 others last week to take part in the biggest leadership conference in the world. It felt a wee bit like the Scottish Learning Festival with presentations, workshops, exhibitors’ village, etc.

 I particularly enjoyed Sandra Stein of the New York City Leadership Academy which has a very successful “principal” development programme that includes problem-based real-life simulations, Richard Olivier, son of Laurence, who deconstructed the lack of ethical leadership displayed by Macbeth, Mick Watters formerly of the Qualifications and Curriculum authority in England, who I remember seeing at the Dundee/Angus leadership conference a couple of years ago and Steve Munby who is the CE of NCSL (and who will be coming up to the Summer school).

Lots more information, video links (check out the overview of Day 3 for some great speakers) and resources on the website.

Plans are well advanced for our ‘let’s make a fuss of CPD coordinators and other CPD leaders’ campaign at the Scottish Learning Festival. The aim is to give CPD Leaders an opportunity to address their own professional development needs in leading CfE developments.

CPD coordinators, members of the CPD Network, EIS Learning Reps and other CPD leaders from all over Scotland will be getting an email from Margaret Alcorn sometime in June.

The email will explain how to make sure you get that CPD Leader identifier on your Festival registration badge. This identifier will get you access to the CPD Lounge, Magnificent Sevens, CPDAnswers Live, the launch of CPDLead and all the other extras arranged for CPD leaders. We have asked our CPD network to help us contact every CPD coordinator and EIS Learning Rep in Scotland but you can always make sure your name is on the list by:

• registering for the Scottish Learning Festival
• emailing Ruth slfcpd@cosla.gov.uk and ask to be put on the CPD Leader mailing list

We look forward to seeing you there!

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The CPD Lounge will be the hub of the additional activities for CPD coordinators at SLF09. Here you will be able to:

• get a chance to talk to other CPD leaders about the professional learning challenges of Curriculum for Excellence
• take part in the ‘Magnificent Sevens’ (7 minute seminars featuring CPD leaders from all airts and pairts). Come and show us how CfE development is happening in your pairt!
• ask a question of (and maybe even get an answer from ) leading CPD experts in CPDAnswers live
• meet other leaders at our CPD Breakfast (where CPDLead will be launched)
• or just get away from the milling masses and put your feet up and have a refreshment on us!

To get access to the lounge, you will need to have a badge that identifies you as a CPD leader. See the CPD Leaders post for more details.

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Part of the CPD Team offering for the Scottish Learning Festival will be a calendar of 7-minute, lightning presentations to showcase innovative CPD.

Margaret Orr from the CPD Team has assembled  a wide variety of educators. Here’s a sneak preview:

• Graham Thomson (SCSSA) – Leadership of learning in the school
• Marion Morrison (EIS learning rep) – Reflections on Tuscany visit
• Gillian Brydson (Dumfries & Galloway) – CPD impact
• Adam Sneddon (Scottish Screen) – Visual literacy
• Susan Bain (DHT, Lockerbie High School) – Flexible routes to headship
• Ollie Bray (LTScotland) – Personal learning networks
• Julie McCaig (Irvine Royal Academy) – Learning rounds
• Soenaidh Black (Bannerman High School) and Eileen Cummings (Clydebank High School) - DHT experiences
• David Robinson (Open University) – CPD from the OU
• Aileen Spence (LTScotland) – International education
• Janie McManus  (HMIE) – A perspective on CPD for CfE

We will also be ‘Glowmeeting’ as many of the Sevens as possible, so you can access these live on the Glow Intranet. More details on CPDFind soon!

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