Consultation on Education Scotland’s strategic priorities
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/about/consultation/index.asp
The Education Scotland corporate plan will set out the vision for where we would like Scottish education to be in three years’ time. As our new agency moves forward, we need to agree with partners the priorities which will have most impact on learners. Take part in our corporate planning process. The consultation closes on 16 November 2012.
1 November, 3.45 pm
Engross Theatre is a registered charity that brings the principles of the Curriculum for Excellence to children with additional support needs, through educationally based theatre. This Glow TV event will give you the opportunity to find out more about this theatre company and hear from a teacher who has worked with them
For full details of these and other events, please log in to Glow and view the current schedule:
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Scottish Borders Council’s Arts Development team has recently helped secure funding for an exciting puppet theatre event for the Borders.
Ruffled Feathers, a community arts group based in Selkirk, has recently been awarded an ‘Awards for all’ grant from the National Lottery. The money will be used to run preparatory workshops for children and young people in advance of a fantastic pop-up puppet theatre event ‘Windows to the future’ next year in Galashiels.
The pop-up puppet theatres will be staged in four empty shop windows and people will see rod and shadow puppets, animation and scenery and audio soundtracks portraying the drama, humour and everyday high-street life starting at 1900 and leading to a visionary ‘Saturday of the future’ window.
Performances will start when shops open and finish when they close, with rolling looped five minute performances throughout the day. The changes in shops, transport and people will give shoppers, visitors, shopkeepers and participants a quirky but very real sense of place with added moments of visual intrigue and wonder. There will also be a surprise ‘street performance’ element that will create what Ruffled Feathers hopes will be an amazing and memorable day in Galashiels.
Councillor Vicky Davidson, Executive Member for Culture, Sport and Community Learning, explained: “The involvement and support of our Arts Development team has helped Ruffled Feathers shape up their exciting project and put together a funding bid. I watched some of their puppet making at a workshop during the recent WASPS art studios open day in Selkirk and it looked great fun for kids and adults alike. The plans for pop-up puppet theatre performances in shop windows will bring colour and fun to the centre of Galashiels but will also give young people a lot of creative enjoyment leading up to the events.”
Ruffled Feathers is encouraging young people from 6-16 years and supportive volunteers to sign up for out-of-school workshops which will involve puppet making, mask making, story development, animation, public performance, set building and more. The workshops will be run by experienced and inspirational artists from the Borders and further afield, local volunteers and, with the support of the council, will prepare for the ‘Windows to the future’ event on the last Saturday of the Easter holidays next year.
How you can get involved:
The free workshops will be run after school on two to three week days and a number of weekends at a central Galashiels venue from November through to March next year. Ruffled Feathers is also looking for enthusiastic people with an interest in arts, crafts and, even better, puppets and some experience of working with young people.
You can contact Ruffled Feathers via the email below or visit Moondogs café or the library in Galashiels to find out more details about times and dates, the project itself including ways of contributing memories and images for research.
For more information:
Email: ruffledfeatherspuppets@gmail.co.uk
Website: www.ruffledfeatherspuppets.co.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ruffledfeatherspuppets – ‘Events’.
The Clackmannanshire Storytelling Festival will be celebrating ‘The Year of Creative Scotland’ with a programme of storytelling, writing poetry and the arts, from 27 October until 4 November 2012.
http://www.clacksweb.org.uk/council/press/?release=3215
The festival will launch with events delivered in partnership with the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, and culminating in the celebration of some of the best of contemporary Scottish Poetry at the ‘Alloa Poetry Jamboree.’
The Clackmannanshire Storytelling Festival, sponsored by Clackmannanshire Council and Creative Scotland is supported by The Scottish Book Trust, The Scottish Poetry Library and the International Scottish Storytelling Festival.
Professional Recognition in ‘Creativity’. Deadline for submissions Monday 3rd December 2012 to be eligible for the national award ceremony in this new category in the Scottish Parliament on the evening of January 29th 2013.
Hundreds of teachers have had their knowledge and skills recognised and been awarded with a certificate in Professional Recognition. We want you to join the group now being awarded the new category of ‘Creativity’. This will include dance, music, visual art, creativity in science, drama. In fact creativity covers a huge range of subjects.
Professional recognition allows registered teachers to focus their CPD in particular areas of interest, and gain recognition for enhancing their knowledge and experience.
In order to gain Professional Recognition teachers need to demonstrate their professional knowledge and understanding in four key areas:
professional knowledge and understanding in four key areas:Click to read more about each.
The Framework for Professional Recognition explains in detail how teachers can gain Professional Recognition. It was established to help teachers develop their knowledge and skills and to ensure that they are able to gain the recognition they deserve.
There are many areas in which primary and secondary teachers can gain professional recognition. Creativity is just one area.
How to apply for Professional Recognition ( Further details on our website www.gtcs.org.uk under ‘Professional Development’)
Steps in the application process
Before applying for Professional Recognition, applicants should follow these steps:
1. Carry out a personal self-evaluation
If eligible, you should undertake apersonal self-evaluation to identify area(s) which you might wish to gain professional recognition.
2. Have a Professional Discussion with your manager
Once you have completed your self-evaluation, you should have a Professional Discussion with your manager/school/local authority/CPD co-ordinator to discuss your intention to work towards gainingprofessional recognition.
3. Complete your CPD programme
Now complete the CPD Programme agreed in your professional discussion, maintaining a profile following the Professional Action process.
4. Undertake a self-evaluation against the framework
Complete a Personal Evaluation against the Framework which will identify the knowledge/experience gained.
5. Discuss your submission with your manager
Your second Professional Discussionwill see you discuss your professional recognition submission with your manager/school/local authority/CPD co-ordinator.
6. Apply for Professional Recognition
Download and complete our:
· Professional Recognition Application Form (PDF)
· Professional Recognition Application Form (Doc)
Place a copy of all the evidence noted in your application form in a portfolio
Your recommendation for professional recognition should be agreed and signed by your Headteacher.
Send your completed application to:
Professional Learning and Development Department
General Teaching Council for Scotland
Clerwood House
96 Clermiston Road
Edinburgh
EH12 6UT
CONTACTS
To discuss any aspect of Professional Recognition contact:
Professional Learning and Development Department
T: +44(0)131 314 6086
“Magical Thinking” – a bright light shines in Scottish schools every day: innovative approaches to learning; teams who enjoy working and learning together; head teachers who lead with vision; schools in which there is shared respect and which take centre-stage in their local communities can all be found in Scotland.
We live in a world where interest is more often shown in exam results and league tables than in how young people achieve their potential. Often ignored, is the commitment and skills of teachers in creating a vibrant environment for learning.
How might we bring together all our existing good practice and move on to greater success? A road map of one such success lights up the North.
What is the “Magical Thinking” which has resulted in such high levels of achievement and attainment? Perhaps the “drivers of change” are very different?
Finland advocates customising teaching and learning to the needs of the individual, with a focus on creativity. Shared responsibility and trust, support for teachers’ continuing professional development, with an emphasis on capacity building and “learning from each other”, are all ingredients of success. Novel approaches to teaching and learning are made possible through pedagogical freedom, creativity and a sense of professional responsibility.
This series of Masterclasses offers some exemplars, from Scotland and elsewhere of meaningful and lasting change in learning. It offers snapshots of approaches which are “making a difference” – from the story of one individual who “fixed” her own brain, to classrooms, schools, area learning communities and a whole country where change is progressive and the direction for the future is ambitious and challenging.
Read more in the attached flyer below:
The first of the 2012/13 Creative Conversations will be on Monday 29th October at 4 for 4.30 till 5.30 with wine and canapes afterwards (venue to follow with confirmation of attendance). Our first Creative Catalyst this session is Frank Crawford.
Frank is a former Chief Inspector (HMIe), forward thinker, innovator and enthusiastic biker. He has been centrally involved in the development of Scottish education and remains at the forefront of thinking. Frank will take a creative approach, sketching out ideas about meeting the demands of external evaluation, handling inspections, what self evaluation should really be and how we need to think about change and innovation. Frank is in great demand internationally so this is a great chance to catch up with him here in Edinburgh.
As with all previous Creative Conversations, David Cameron will facilitate the discussion and you are invited to continue the conversations afterwards with Frank, David and colleagues over wine and canapes!
This will be a popular Creative Conversation – please get back to me directly if you would like to attend and I’ll send full venue details and confirmation of your place next week.
I look forward to seeing you on the 29th.
Linda
Linda Lees
Arts and Learning Manager
City of Edinburgh Council, Children and Families
Waverley Court Business Centre 1/2
4 East Market Street
Edinburgh
EH8 8BG
Tel: 0131 469 3956
Fax: 0131 529 6212
Email: linda.lees@edinburgh.gov.uk
Creativity is the central theme running through September’s edition of TESS.
‘Creative sparks can fire up the curriculum’
Editor Gillian MacDonald highlights projects which are stimulating the imagination and encouraging new thinking in schools and local authorities.
Creative Scotland’s Joan Parr
Joan Parr, portfolio manager for education, learning and young people, Creative Scotland is featured, talking about the national drive for creativity across learning.
‘Step Forth into the Creativity Portal’
The new-look Creativity Portal is reviewed, including an overview of its new features and feedback from teachers using the site.
‘Away with the Fairies’
Project Dream, is a collaboration between City of Edinburgh’s Arts and Learning Team, the Lyceum Theatre and Edinburgh schools in which teachers and pupils are coming off timetable to immerse themselves in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Glow Meet, 24 October, 2.00 pm
http://glo.li/W6rke2
In this Glow TV event you will hear two of Scotland’s top musicians – Ewan Robertson and Megan Henderson – singing a short song in Scots and another in Gaelic. You will then get the chance to sing along during the event and on 30 November during the ‘Scotland Sings’ event itself! There will also be a competition for schools to write a short song and chorus with prizes for the winning entrants and the chance to performance the song live on Glow.
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