{"id":109,"date":"2018-12-11T13:12:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T13:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/?page_id=109"},"modified":"2025-04-22T13:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:21:13","slug":"cpd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/cpd\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a raft of professional development available for outdoor learning. This page has all the links or you can just link directly to support for you in your role as a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/teacher\/\">teacher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/instructor\/\">instructor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/practitioner\/\">early years practitioner<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/head-teacher-systems-leader\/\">Head teacher\/system leader<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/local-authority\/\">local authority officer<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/parent\/\">parent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you are just interested in what teaching and learning in the outdoors can offer, so have a look at it all!<\/p>\n<p>Professional development options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/webinars\/\">Training<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Teaching Learning Outdoors (TLO) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapoe.org.uk\/taking-learning-outdoors-training-courses\/\">SAPOE Training Course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapoe.org.uk\/courses\/supporting-learning-outdoors\/\">Supporting Learning Outdoors (SLO)<\/a> &#8211; e-learning module from SAPOE<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/professionallearning.education.gov.scot\/\">e-learning on Education Scotland Professional Learning and Leadership site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/practical-solutions-to-covid-19-and-learning-outdoors\/\">Teaching Outdoors Practical Solutions videos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1pFUpM3RVWizxF6xO6lFWg?view_as=subscriber\">Video clips on our YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/online-cpd\/\">Partner CPD<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/useful-research\/\">Research, Policy and Articles\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/outdoor-learning-wakelets\/\">Outdoor Learning Wakelets and Padlets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/case-studies\/\">Case Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/blog-links\/\">Blog links<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/uploads\/sites\/11891\/2020\/06\/10190529\/Learning-Outdoors-in-East-Ayrshire-v1.pdf\">Refreshed Narrative &#8211; Four contexts of learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Posters &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/uploads\/sites\/11891\/2020\/10\/28160623\/Small-steps-PDF.pdf\">Small steps <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/uploads\/sites\/11891\/2020\/10\/28160925\/Why-outdoors-PDF.pdf\">Why outdoors?<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Further Professional Development suggestions:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/professionallearning.education.gov.scot\/learn\/learning-activities\/teaching-learning-outdoors\/step-1\/\">Education Scotland Professional Learning and Leadership<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoor-learning.org\/Good-Practice\/Develop-your-Organisation\/Outdoor-Learning-in-Schools\/Teaching-Outdoors\">Institute for Outdoor Learning.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtcs.org.uk\/\">General Teaching Council Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learning.east-ayrshire.gov.uk\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Flearning.east-ayrshire.gov.uk%2Fe-learning%2F\">Learning Academy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eastayrshire.cpdservice.net\/\">East Ayrshire Council CPD Gateway<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also have a page of <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/websites-for-support\/\">website links<\/a> to external organisations that you may find useful at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Many partner organisations are sharing their <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/online-cpd\/\">online learning<\/a> and teaching resources that can support meaningful CPD for teachers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nnolscotland.blogspot.com\/\">National Network for Outdoor Learning\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; There are a large number of conference powerpoints on this site covering topics such as risk benefits, health, equity, access and places.<\/p>\n<p>For those people interested in professional development in adventurous activities use these pages for further guidance and support;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/hillwalking-and-rambling\/\">Hillwalking and Rambling<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/climbing-and-mountaineering\/\">Climbing &amp; Mountaineering<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/orienteering\/\">Orienteering<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/canoeing-kayaking\/\">Canoeing &amp; Kayaking<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/sailing\/\">Sailing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a raft of professional development available for outdoor learning. This page has all the links or you can just link directly to support for you in your role as a teacher, instructor, early years practitioner,\u00a0 Head teacher\/system leader, local authority officer, or parent. Maybe you are just interested in what teaching and learning &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/cpd\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Professional Development<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16359,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":62,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8692,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions\/8692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}