{"id":21232,"date":"2016-06-27T15:06:12","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T15:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=21232"},"modified":"2016-06-27T15:06:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T15:06:12","slug":"argyll-and-bute-school-staff-receive-a-professional-development-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=21232","title":{"rendered":"Argyll and Bute School Staff Receive a Professional Development Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PDA<\/a>On the 21st June 2016, 22 Classroom and Additional Support Needs Assistants received certificates for the SQA Professional Development Award (PDA) in Education Support Assistance in a ceremony held in the Loch Fyne Hotel, Inveraray.<\/p>\n

Roslyn Redpath, Principal Educational Psychologist, presented the certificates on behalf of Argyll and Bute Council and congratulated the candidates on their hard work and commitment.
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The assistants all contribute to the learning and the health and wellbeing of pupils across Argyll and Bute and have recently finished nearly two years of accredited training including practical work in schools, closed book assessments and personal study. <\/p>\n

The Professional Development Award course is designed to support Classroom Assistants and Additional Support Needs Assistants in developing their role in schools and in gaining a wider range of knowledge and skills in relation to pupils with additional support needs. This year\u2019s group consisted of candidates from Oban, Campbeltown, Mull, Iona, Islay, Helensburgh, Bute and Cowal.

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Those receiving certificates:<\/p>\n

Back Row<\/p>\n

Fraser McKenzie, Iona PS
\nJames McCallum, Campbeltown GS
\nCarol Fleming, Garelochhead PS
\nLorraine Walker, St Andrew\u2019s PS
\nCatherine Ducat, Lochgoilhead PS
\nCarolyn Williamson, Parklands School
\nCaroline Liddell, Strachur PS
\nTerri Lench, St Andrew\u2019s PS
\nSheila Howie, Dunoon PS
\nLaura McGregor, Rothesay JC
\nAlison Coltart, Dunoon GS<\/p>\n

Second Row<\/p>\n

Lorna McKinven, Campbeltown PS
\nAlison Smith, St Joseph\u2019s PS
\nDeirdre MacFarlane, Dunbeg PS
\nDonna Dunn, Rothesay Joint Campus
\nMairi Hargreaves, Tobermory High School
\nCatriona Wilson, Strachur PS
\nFiona Edgar, St Mun\u2019s PS<\/p>\n

Front Row<\/p>\n

Catherine Ann Craig, Castlehill PS
\nJoanne Currie, Dunoon GS
\nChristine Hamilton, Kilmodan PS<\/p>\n

Pictured with those receiving certificates is:<\/p>\n

Jenny McFarlane, SQA Co-ordinator (Back row, 3rd from left),
\nRoslyn Redpath, Principal Educational Psychologist (2nd row, left)
\nKaren Miller, PDA Administrative Support (2nd row, 2nd left)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the 21st June 2016, 22 Classroom and Additional Support Needs Assistants received certificates for the SQA Professional Development Award (PDA) in Education Support Assistance in a ceremony held in the Loch Fyne Hotel, Inveraray. Roslyn Redpath, Principal Educational Psychologist, presented the certificates on behalf of Argyll and Bute Council and congratulated the candidates on … Continue reading Argyll and Bute School Staff Receive a Professional Development Award<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1610,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[989,288,4174,2668,4532,3360,3388],"tags":[3669,8587,8539,4561,8586,4596],"class_list":["post-21232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-cpd","category-events","category-modern-studies","category-personal-development","category-primary-schools","category-secondary-schools","tag-argyll-and-bute-schools","tag-cowal-and-bute-schools","tag-helensburgh-and-lomond-schools","tag-islay-and-jura-schools","tag-kintyre-schools","tag-oban-lorn-and-isles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21232"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21241,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21232\/revisions\/21241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}