{"id":2005,"date":"2021-11-11T15:33:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/LiteracyStrategy\/?page_id=2005"},"modified":"2025-03-20T17:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:23:31","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/LiteracyStrategy\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Literacy and English Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Falkirk Children’s Services Literacy and English Team consists of the following people:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Yvonne Manning, Principal Librarian –\u00a0<\/strong>I manage the Learning Resource Service which provides resources, information and advice to all educational establishments and partner services in Falkirk Council. I am the Bookbug co-ordinator, the contact for the Read Write Count initiative and represent Falkirk Council on the Reading Schools Accreditation programme. I am passionate about reading for enjoyment and creating a reading culture. I enjoy visiting ELCCs, nurseries and primary schools to share stories and hopefully create excitement around books and reading.<\/p>\n

\"\"Yvonne McBlain, Education Support Officer<\/strong> – my role in this team is to liaise with others to create policy, gather good practice, analyse and present literacy data, support schools, centres and practitioners and source valuable professional learning. I represent our authority at National Literacy Network meetings, working with colleagues from other authorities and from Education Scotland. I have also represented our regional collaborative on the board of the National Response to Improving Literacy (NRIL) since February 2023.<\/p>\n

\"\"Heather McManus, Visiting Teacher of Literacy Support, Seconded – <\/strong>I am currently on secondment as visiting teacher- literacy support within the Scottish Equity Fund Team. My remit within this team is to gather information on, and trial strategies and interventions that have a strong evidence base for raising attainment in literacy and reducing the poverty related attainment gap. I also work closely with the Central Literacy Team to support literacy development work across the authority.<\/p>\n

Judith Davies, Specific Learning Differences Support Teacher\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Louise Amos, Specific Learning Differences Support Teacher<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ursula Busch, English as an Additional Language Support Teacher<\/strong> – I work with pupils for whom English is a barrier to learning. I also help schools and colleagues to support pupils for whom English is an additional language. I also promote language awareness and the importance of home languages.<\/p>\n

Maggie Burns, Librarian, Learning Resource Service <\/strong>– I am the librarian at the Learning Resource Service, responsible for developing the wonderful collections of resources available to our early years settings and schools, I organise and lead the popular Falkirk Teachers’ Book Group that meets every month and I enjoy transforming school libraries into vibrant, stimulating learning spaces. My passion is working with pupils and helping them to discover a love of reading, getting each child and young person the right book at the right time.<\/p>\n

Secondary School Librarians<\/strong> – In Falkirk Council there is a school librarian in each secondary school providing support for learning by enabling access to an organised, relevant and nurturing library , offering quality experiences for learners. Please click here<\/a> for more information about the School Librarian team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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