Who are we?
The CLTA team include Senior Education Officers (SEOs), Education Officers (EOs) and Development Officers (DOs). The Curriculum, Learning, Teaching and Assessment team SEO have expertise within specific curriculum areas and have a wide and significant range of experience across the education system, including leadership experience in a range of settings. This includes colleagues who have experience as:
- School leaders in early learning and childcare, primary and secondary contexts
- Scottish Qualifications Authority senior appointees
- Local Authority officers and seconded roles for local and national bodies
- Associate Assessors
- Writers and editors of academic & practitioner research and enquiry, including academic papers and textbook publications.
What do we do?
- Provide national support for all curriculum areas in the Broad General Education
- Support practitioners across all curriculum areas in the Senior Phase
- Provide advice and guidance around learning, teaching and assessment
- Provide support for the implementation of OECD recommendations
- Provide national leadership for curriculum areas including supporting Scottish Government policy development
- Provide support for innovation within curriculum areas
How do we do this?
- Provide on-demand bespoke support regarding professional learning, leadership and curriculum
development - Collaborate with and support practitioners, local authorities and regional improvement collaboratives
- Provide a range of career-long professional learning opportunities and activities to improve curriculum delivery
- Collaborate with a range of external partners to identify, develop and promote resources and strategies for high quality learning, teaching and assessment
- Lead and participate in a range of online and in-person national networks
- Identify and disseminate advice and guidance on curriculum matters, based on research and evidence.
