We hosted a successful National Conference, Cultivating Collaboration to Support a Networked Learning System, on 6 March at Celtic Park. Over 300 delegates from across Scotland attended sharing practice at School, Local Authority, Regional and National Level. You can access all the resources from the day on our Collaborative Conference page.
Category: News
Clacks UNCRC update – Child Friendly Complaints
The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) has published overarching principles and process guidance for public bodies to implement a Child Friendly (CF) Complaints process. The main feature of child friendly complaints is that the child’s views and voice should be heard in any complaint about anything that affects them. This is particularly important in services, such as education and social work, where the service is being provided directly to the child.
Work has begun on this – a summarised CF process ‘checklist’ has been produced for staff in Clackmannanshire explaining the key features in the guidance, some training has been delivered to education staff, both online and in person to HT cluster meetings have taken place, and work has begun to produce case studies for education.
The SPSO will also provide complaints handling training in the new year, as well as leaflets for pupils and parents explaining the new features of the CF complaints process and show how children’s rights are upheld.
Learning & Teaching
We have launched our new Learning, Teaching and Assessment Guide which is a comprehensive, interactive toolkit with an abundance of learning, teaching and assessment resources from videos, podcasts, articles, CLPL presentations, examples and many more resources to support practitioners, teams and schools in their improvement journey striving for excellence in their learning and teaching. You can access the Guide here. Check out our Learning & Teaching blog page here.
UNCRC Bill
The UNCRC bill has just received Royal Assent coming into operation on 16th July 2024. Plan for implementation and get ready by using the resources hosted on on our Key Resources Page and check out the UNCRC link on the home page. Click here for links
Youth Voice
FVWL CLD staff, teachers, third sector organisations, officers and wider partners, with support from Education Scotland, have worked collaboratively to develop information and guidance for practitioners on the approach for youth voice across the region. It has been endorsed by leaders and directors in each of the 4 local authorities alongside being supported by the Regional Improvement Collaborative. The approach has three key elements. These elements should be utilised and incorporated within Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Stirling and West Lothian when youth voice work is being conducted. Read more
Attendance Symposium
We were delighted to host The Attendance Symposium on Monday 27th March 2023. Please see below for the brochure which details our speakers and workshops. Click here for links to view the brochure, keynote and workshop presentations.
Curriculum Conference
Clackmannanshire held a successful Curriculum Conference attended by senior leaders across Forth Valley and West Lothian to showcase innovative and exciting examples of good curricular practice from across our RIC and beyond.
You can access the workshop presentations here.
Pupil Voice – Attendance- Across Falkirk- Pupil Responses
Please click on the link below to access the spreadsheet of pupil responses.
Pupil Voice Across Falkirk- Attendance- Plans, Presentation and Activities
Please click on the link below to access the files which accompany the pupil voice work on attendance across Falkirk.
First Level Attendance questions
RIC Definition
Our RIC is a group of educators from across four authorities: Falkirk, West Lothian, Stirling and Clackmannanshire. Together these four authorities are known as the Forth Valley and West Lothian RIC (Regional Improvement Collaborative) This group works together to find out and share the very best things that are happening across our RIC.
