The Falkirk Literacy Team have collated scheduled courses and professional learning opportunities from Falkirk CPD Manager (and other sources) below and will continually update this page during the school year. These include courses and opportunities from the universal professional learning offer provided by our regional collaborative literacy team. Unless otherwise stated, these courses can all be booked in the usual way via CPD Manager.
August 2022:
Let’s have some settling in time – take a look at September’s wide-ranging offer.
September 2022:
1.9.22 LIT/DLF 1 – Let’s talk about unlocking pupil potential – digital tools to support pupils with EAL
6.9.22 LIT3a-23 – Giglets Reading Resource Information Session
7.9.22 SBL001 – Supporting Bilingual Learners, Drop-in session (on Microsoft Teams)
14.9.22 SBL007 – Introduction to Bilingualism
19.9.22 LIT3b-23 – repeat of Giglets Reading Resource Information Session
21.9.22 SBL006 – Supporting Bilingual Learners in Early Years
29.9.22 SSI 1-23 – Pathways to Improvement – Introduction to Falkirk Progression Pathways for Literacy and English and Numeracy and Mathematics
29.9.22 LIT/LRS 02 – Falkirk Reading Teachers’ Book Group
October 2022:
5.10.22 LIT2-23 – Curriculum Connections – building literacy skills into STEM & Learning for Sustainability
5.10.22 SBL009 – Supporting Bilingual Learners, Drop-in session (on Microsoft Teams)
26.10.22 SBL002 – Supporting Bilingual Learners – From Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills(BICS) to Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP)
November 2022:
2.11.22 SBL010 – Supporting Bilingual Learners, Drop-in session (on Microsoft Teams)
7.11.22 SSI 2a-22 – Pathways to improvement – moderating our planning for progression – session 1 of 3
8.11.22 LIT/DLF 2 – Let’s unlock pupils’ literacy potential – how digital tools can enable the creation of texts
17.11.22 LIT/LRS01 – Spotlight on an Author
24.11.22 LIT 1-23 – “Reading” images – a visual literacy approach
25.11.22 SBL 003 – Supporting Bilingual Learners in Primary
25.11.22 SBL 004 – Supporting Bilingual Learners in Secondary
25.11.22 SBL 005 – Supporting Bilingual Learners in Early Years
25.11.22 LIT/DLF 3a – Spotlighting digital tools which help us unlock pupil potential for support for learning assistants (Morning session)
25.11.22 LIT/DLF 3b – Spotlighting digital tools which help us unlock pupil potential for practitioners (Afternoon session)
28.11.22 SSI 2b-22 – Pathways to improvement – moderating our planning for progression – part 2
December 2022:
7.12.22 SBL011 – Supporting Bilingual Learners, Drop-in session (on Microsoft Teams)
January 2023:
11.1.23 SBL013 – Supporting Bilingual Learners, Drop-in session (on Microsoft Teams)
16.1.23 SSI 3-22 – Pathways to Improvement – Introduction to Falkirk Progression Pathways for Literacy and English and Numeracy and Mathematics (repeat of September session)
19/1/23 LIT/DLF 4 – Let’s unlock pupils’ literacy potential – how digital tools can support reading for research
February:
1.2.23 SBL014 – Supporting Bilingual Learners, Drop-in session (on Microsoft Teams)
1.2.23 LIT-SPL 01 – Conversation Event for Support for Learning Teachers
20.2.23 SSI 2c-22 – Pathways to improvement – moderating our planning for progression – part 3
23.2.23 LIT/DLF 5 Let’s unlock pupils’ literacy potential – creating & presenting using digital tools
March:
1.3.23 SBL015 – Supporting Bilingual Learners, Drop-in session (on Microsoft Teams)
7.3.23 LIT/SPL – Introduction to Dyslexia
8.3.23 SBL008 – Supporting Bilingual Learners in the early years
April:
27/4/23 LIT 2b-23 – Let’s explore disciplinary literacy in the primary school and classroom
May:
3.5.23 SBL016 – Supporting Bilingual Learners, Drop-in session (on Microsoft Teams)
June:
Watch this space for new literacy professional learning
