{"id":2780,"date":"2021-03-22T11:54:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T11:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/?page_id=2780"},"modified":"2026-08-25T15:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:34:47","slug":"meet-the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/meet-the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meet Falkirk’s Early Learning Central Team.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Susan McElhatton<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

@McelhattonSusan<\/small><\/cite><\/em><\/p>\n

Curriculum Support Officer; supporting the development of high quality early learning and childcare in Falkirk. Link officer for the Graeme cluster.\u00a0<\/small><\/p>\n

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Fiona Pascall<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

@fionapascallEY<\/small><\/cite><\/p>\n

Early Years Peripatetic Teacher; supporting learning and teaching in Falkirk ELC settings; linked with Grangemouth, Bo’ness and Graeme clusters<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Elaine Craigen<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

@elaine_craigen<\/small><\/cite><\/p>\n

Early Years Peripatetic Teacher; cluster link for both Falkirk and Braes supporting practitioners to continue to develop their skills to deliver high quality learning and childcare.\u00a0<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cheryl Smyth<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

@CherylSmyth15<\/small><\/cite><\/p>\n

Early Years Peripatetic Teacher; link officer for the Denny and Larbert clusters, supporting practitioners to continue to develop their skills to deliver high quality learning and childcare.\u00a0\u00a0<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Margaret Aitken<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

@MargaretDAitken\u00a0<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n

ELC Training & Improvement Officer; working predominately with private partner nurseries and childminders, whilst overseeing Internal Verification for Level 6 & 7 SVQ qualifications.\u00a0<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Vicki Muir<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

@VMuir20<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n

ELC Training and Improvement Officer (early Intervention); developing and sustaining an implementation strategy for effective early intervention for children in the early years.\u00a0<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nicola McCarter-Gall<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

@NicolaGall<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n

Early Intervention Pedagogue providing support to settings around Additional Support Needs. Also overseeing the SVQ programme for ASN and Internal Verification for SVQ Social Services Children and Young People\u00a0<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Helena McPhail<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

@HelenaPedagogue<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n

Nature Play Pedagogue, based at The Hub at Woodlands ELCC. Passionate about outdoor learning and deepening children’s connections with nature.<\/small><\/p>\n

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Yvonne Robinson<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

@Yvonnea1T<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n

Early Years Pedagogue working as part of an Early Years Team supporting Equity and Excellence through the delivery of high quality play pedagogy with a particular interest in Early Language and Family Engagement.\u00a0<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet Falkirk’s Early Learning Central Team. Susan McElhatton @McelhattonSusan Curriculum Support Officer; supporting the development of high quality early learning and childcare in Falkirk. Link officer for the Graeme cluster.\u00a0 \u00a0 Fiona Pascall @fionapascallEY Early Years Peripatetic Teacher; supporting learning and teaching in Falkirk ELC settings; linked with Grangemouth, Bo’ness and Graeme clusters Elaine Craigen …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11020,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2780","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2780"}],"version-history":[{"count":101,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4293,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2780\/revisions\/4293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}