EAST have 6 glow tiles that can be readily accessed by East Ayrshire practitioners. These contain a variety of support materials to empower practitioners to meet the needs of learners with additional support needs. These include:
This tile provides information on
- Massage in Schools Programme (MISP)
- Touch and Move to Learn Activities
- STAR Emotions
This tile provides practitioners with access to assessments to support learners including
- Value Language assessment
- Scaling
- Solution Oriented Observations
Scotland’s education system is an inclusive one; one which is ‘needs led’ and where support for learners begins with the class teacher. This tile provides practitioners with information and support materials to develop Inclusive Practice as well as the East Ayrshire pathways for schools to develop and embed that practice within an inclusive school ethos across the whole school community.
This tile provides practitioners with
- Materials and information to support the implementation of the East Ayrshire Relationship Framework
- A variety of Bitesize presentations with supporting materials e.g. An Introduction to Massage in Schools
Pupil Support Assistants play a vital role in supporting learners and this tile offers professional learning and development opportunities specifically with them in mind. Whether it be signposting to national courses such as An Introduction to ACES, information about brain development or access to Bitesize videos relating to supports they may offer e.g. “Supporting Gross Motor Skills” and “An Introduction to Restorative Approaches”.
- EAST Teams
This tile provides information and resources to support the varying areas of EAST
- Core Learning
- Core SEBN (Social, Emotional and/or Behavioural Needs)
- COT (Communication Outreach Team)
- EAL (English as an additional language)
- ELT (Early Language Team)
- Gypsy Travellers
- HES (Hospital Education Service)
- VI (Visual Impairment)
