Category: strategic plan

Our FV&WL RIC Impact Summary 2021/22

FVWL RIC Impact Summary 2021 22 Infographic final

The aim of our Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative is to reduce the poverty related attainment gap. Reducing the gap however, cannot be achieved with a single action, it requires many interventions and collaborations working in concert to achieve this. For an impact report of one element of the collaborative network trying to support this change it is very difficult to assess the direct impact of your actions. What we can say however, is that our RIC has helped build collaboration, share best practice and has had a role in improving pedagogy. Regional Improvement Collaboratives were built on the idea that by developing collaborative professionalism we could improve pedagogy, enhance the learning experience and improve outcomes for our children and young people. Whilst there is a long way to go, we believe that this report demonstrates that we have impacted positively on practitioner skills and pedagogy and acted as a catalyst, supporting greater collaborative working.

Our Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative Strategic Plan 2022-24

Click here to access our FV&WL RIC Strategic Plan 2022-24

Our FV&WL RIC aims to add value to the service our Local Authorities provide. Our role is to support our Local Authorities to enhance the educational experience and outcomes for all of our children and young people.

Through collaborate collegiate working we can collectively:-
1. Better support the professional development of our practitioners through enhanced CLPL.
2. Build professional networks to allow our practitioners to collaborate and share best practice.
3. Provide opportunities to broaden and enhance curricular opportunities for all our children and young people.

Given the limited resources of our RIC, the main focus of our work will be targeted at those learners who are at the greatest disadvantage through circumstances such as poverty. It is hoped however, that by developing pedagogy and skills, and by building practice sharing networks that all learners in our RIC will benefit from improved pedagogy and broader curricular opportunities.

Our RIC therefore has the following specific aims over the course of this three year strategic plan:-
• To improve the quality of the learning pathways of learners affected by poverty
• To work collaboratively and proportionately to raise the attainment/achievement of
learners affected by poverty
• To facilitate support and professional development to support educational recovery
and accelerate progress.

Three over-arching themes set the focus and permeate our plan for 2022-24:

Participation
Wellbeing
Equity & Inclusion

Professional Learning Video resources at your fingertips

The Education Scotland Professional Learning and Leadership Team recognise that educators, particularly now, are extremely busy and are likely to be engaging with professional learning in a different way.

They wanted to provide a library of previously recorded seminars and sessions, categorised by theme, to allow you to access professional learning at a time that best suits you.

Some of the themes discussed in these recordings will be expanded upon in their online professional learning activities that you may wish to explore. The themes are:

This library will continue to be updated and added to throughout 2022.

Click here to access the collection of recorded webinars and professional learning sessions led or supported by the Education Scotland Professional Learning and Leadership Team or on the clickable themes above.