CPDScotland, the website, has been given a bit of an overhaul in recent weeks to make sure it can keep up with the pace of the work of the CPD Team and the CPD Network. You will still find links to CPDFindand our email bulletin but you will find a brand-new section entitled What we do.
The What we do section is designed to provide concise summaries of the many CPD projects underway. Down the right hand side of each of these pages you will see a couple of feeds which will keep you posted on the latest news from the CPD team blog and opportunities from CPDFind which are relevant to each area.
Don’t forget the CPD-focussed, professional communities on Glow starting with CPDCentral (needs a Glow password)
We would love to hear from you on how we can improve the national CPD conversation!
It was great to see friends from North Ayrshire again today. Pam Dunsmore, Gillian Hamilton and Lorraine Facchini. That’s Gillian and Pam in the picture (as Lorraine had left before I remembered to get the camera out!) Some of their remits have been changed since my last visit but all of them are still passionate about CPD. Among the topics we discussed were; CPD on Glow, a local version of CPDFind, allowing for CPDReflect in PRD policies, how best to share practice in CFE and the EAC Critical Skills programme.
I am having a whale of a time doing the rounds at CPD Festivals, Scottish Learning Festival seminar, Orkney Integrated Children’s Services Festival, Shetland Islands In-Service event and South Ayrshire Council. Here are the links I promised all the participants.
Influences
Collegiality and impact – Richard Elmore’s work is highlighted here
Clicking the link above will let you download the 1st draft of the PRD paper. It will posted on CPDConfer over the summer period and beyond for comment. In the meantime, the CPD team would be delighted if you could leave comments on this blog post!
I had the privilege of talking to CPD coordinators in Edinburgh City Council and East Dunbartonshire Council. I had 10 minutes to give them the national picture on online CPD, so we didn’t stop to take notes! I promised the links and here they are!
For more information on the national CPD picture -CPDScotland
PS The soundtrack for this presentation is ‘At the Sign of Swinging Cymbal’ – the theme tune for Pick of the Pops. You’ll need to provide that yourself!
I spent a very illuminating day with some of the EIS learning reps who came from all over Scotland to learn about our online CPD project, CPDScotland.
The 24 reps who attended over 2 sessions looked at, and discussed, the various aspects of the project, including the use of CPDFindand how Glow may become an invaluable tool for CPD.
In turn, I found out the variety of ways that EIS learning reps contribute to CPD in their local authorities. This varies from being an independent sounding board on CPD matters for their members, to the management and delivery of key aspects of CPD, including the role of professional recognition. I look forward to the day when EIS learning reps feature as providers of CPD in CPDFind.
It struck me that many of the EIS learning reps are well advanced in online CPD skills, given that some act as tutors for the Chartered Teacher programme in the University of Paisley, which is delivered online.
You can find out more about the work of the EIS learning reps on the EIS website.
Jim Buchan of LTScotland’s Glow team moves on today to pastures new with Cisco. He has been a valued source of advice for many aspects of the CPDScotland project. He has that tremendous ability to speak both ‘geek’ and education and an enormous amount of patience with eejits like me who don’t know their ’shibboleths’ from their ‘core IDs’. I know, I have no idea what they mean either! I do know when it came to translating the CPD team’s online visions into a technical reality, Jim was always there to help, for which many thanks!
Blog feed
CPDScotland, the website, has been given a bit of an overhaul in recent weeks to make sure it can keep up with the pace of the work of the CPD Team and the CPD Network. You will still find links to CPDFind and our email bulletin but you will find a brand-new section entitled What we do.
CPDCentral (needs a Glow password)
It was great to see friends from North Ayrshire again today. Pam Dunsmore, Gillian Hamilton and Lorraine Facchini. That’s Gillian and Pam in the picture (as Lorraine had left before I remembered to get the camera out!) Some of their remits have been changed since my last visit but all of them are still passionate about CPD. Among the topics we discussed were; CPD on Glow, a local version of CPDFind, allowing for CPDReflect in PRD policies, how best to share practice in CFE and the EAC Critical Skills programme.
Finally here’s the t-shirt I promised all who attended!
prd-draft-paper.pdf
I spent a very illuminating day with some of the EIS learning reps who came from all over Scotland to learn about our online CPD project, CPDScotland.
Jim Buchan of LTScotland’s