Category: Curriculum and Virtual

Driving forward and embedding whole school digital solutions for Headteachers and Depute Headteachers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXbxqebbPoY

Dear colleagues, please sign up for the FV&WL RIC CLPL session here. We only have 40 places available.

If you are a Falkirk employee please sign up directly on CPD Manager

https://falkirk.cpdservice.net

If you are a Clackmannanshire, Stirling or West Lothian colleague please sign up using the form below.

This course is designed for Headteachers and Depute Headteachers in Primary and Secondary centres. We are working on CLPL opportunities for Early Years and CLD colleagues in the future.

Intentions and success criteria of the course:
-Recognising the crucial role of Headteachers to support and enable their staff in the use of digital technologies.
-Equipping Headteachers and Depute Headteachers to use digital tools to support efficient workflow and reduce workload for staff.
-Develop understanding of strategies to further embed use of digital technologies that support learning and teaching.
-Increase awareness of digital solutions which could be applied in schools to reduce workload and increase workflow, making use of online collaborative platforms.

This will be one of a sequence of four sessions held over the school year specifically for school leaders in FV&WL RIC. These sessions are designed to be sequential and each will build on the previous session. There will be a session in each term, but each session will be duplicated within that term so that you will be able to choose the date which suits you best in each term.

Meetings take place from 4-5.30pm at schools on rotation within the collaborative.

The dates are as follows:
Autumn Term – choose either Tuesday 10 September OR Thursday 12 September
Winter Term – choose either Wednesday 30 October OR Wednesday 6 November
Spring Term – choose either Tuesday 11 February OR Thursday 13 February
Summer Term – choose either Thursday 23 April OR Wednesday 29 April

Please bring with you a device e.g. tablet / laptop / iPad and have the Microsoft Teams app installed on the device you use or, if using a laptop, via web browser if you choose. Participants will be given access to a Microsoft Teams area. Please ensure you are able to log into your Glow account.

If you have any further questions about the course please contact Malcolm Wilson by clicking on this link

Stefan Wyroslawski will be in contact with you to confirm your place on the course.

https://forms.gle/d7JEREuFrx8HHMFs5

CLPL opportunity – Driving forward and embedding whole school digital solutions for Primary and Secondary practitioners who lead/support the digital journey across their school.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChsRrrT6KXw

This course would be suitable for Primary and Secondary practitioners who lead/support the digital journey across their school.

This progression of 4 sessions will build practitioner digital skills by:

improving own digital skills using online collaborative platforms as Professional Learning Communities

improving colleagues’ Digital Skills by looking at ways to involve staff in an online PLC, for a real life practical application

exploring how we can use the collaboration skills we’ve learned to enhance and support Learning and Teaching. What’s the potential impact for our learners?

exploring how Digital Solutions, including Glow, can help us engage and collaborate with parents/carers or the wider global community

It was the great automotive engineer Caractacus Potts who said, “Teamwork makes the dream work,” but in the 21st Century, what does teamwork even look like? How can we embed collaboration across the curriculum to support and enhance Learning and Teaching in our schools? Indeed, how do we prepare our learners for life, learning and work in an increasingly digital global community?

There is an expectation that participants will set goals for their own school and work towards them between sessions. Participants will also collaborate and support each other in meeting their goals.

Camelon Education Centre, 2-4pm, 10/10/19, 12/12/19, 30/01/20 and 19/03/20 – participants are expected to attend all 4 sessions.

Sign up details will follow in September.

Stirling Digital TeachMeet open to all in Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative

All education practitioners in Forth Valley & West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative and beyond are welcome to the Stirling Digital TeachMeet being held at CodeBase Stirling, 8-10 Corn Exchange Rd, Stirling FK8 2HU on Thursday 14 March from 4pm-6.30pm.

Come along to meet like-minded digital enthusiasts and share ideas about the use of digital technology for learning and teaching!

To find out more and to sign up click on the link below:

http://teachmeet.scot/events/event/stirling-digital-teachmeet-2/

Falkirk Digital TeachMeet open to all in Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative

All education practitioners in Forth Valley & West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative and beyond are welcome to the Falkirk Digital TeachMeet being held on Tuesday 26 February in St Mungo’s RC High School, Falkirk, from 5-7pm with refreshments from 4.30pm.

A TeachMeet is an informal gathering of those curious about learning and teaching. The theme of our TeachMeet is the use of digital technology to enhance the learning of our pupils. This is for teachers from any sector and from any part of the country

Find out more and register at the link below:

http://teachmeet.scot/events/event/falkirk-digital-teachmeet-february-2019/