Glow Scotland

The Virtual Advisory Service aims to provide direct online support for teachers. Over the last two years, which have seen two pilot phases in its development, it has been growing a community of practising professionals to create a mutually supportive environment, aiming ultimately to provide a national service for educators of all stages to 18.

The cornerstone of the service is that online advice/support is provided by a team of high quality, experienced, credible advisers targeting customised support to reflect local needs and delivering the service within firm deadlines.

Overall, more than 350 teaching staff from 12 of Scotland’s local authorities were involved in the two pilot phases that ran from March 07 – June 08.

Each phase of the project was evaluated externally and the results have been extremely positive with users identifying the following key strengths:

• The ability to access the service anytime, anywhere (24 hour access)
• The ability to network with peers from all over Scotland
• Access to expert advice at the click of a button
• The simplicity of the site, navigation and process.

Overall, the evaluation of Phases 1 and 2 established that users view the Virtual Advisory Service as having the potential to appeal to and be used by all educational practitioners in Scotland.

As a result of such a positive response, we have now expanded the Virtual Advisory Service within Glow to be accessible to the entire teaching force across Scotland.

Access the Virtual Advisory Service within Glow –
https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/nationalsite/Staffroom/Virtual%20Advisory%20Service/default.aspx

To find out more about the Virtual Advisory Service, email vas@LTScotland.org.uk

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