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.

Learning for Sustainability CLPL offer from WOSDEC

WOSDEC have some exciting new Learning for Sustainability courses on offer for practitioners, as well as the core ‘getting started’ courses from January to March 2022.  These twilight courses are fully funded and available online. Please click on the interactive pdf for more information.

Q: I’m a secondary teacher – which online resources are there for Senior Phase learners to use to support their independent learning? A: You could share this SWAY with them.

We have created an easy to use SWAY which collates some useful online resources to support learning in the S4-6 Senior Phase. It is designed for learners to be able to use the interactive SWAY independently. There are also resources for learners with complex additional support needs. Please get in touch, using the contact form,  with any feedback or if there are other resources you would like support with.

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Q: I’m a secondary teacher – what online resources are there to support learning in the BGE? A: This SWAY should help.

We have created an easy to use SWAY which collates some useful online resources to support learning in S1-3 Broad General Education. There are also resources for learners with complex additional support needs. Please get in touch with any feedback or if there are other resources you would like support with.

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Q: So many online resources so where do I start for Early First or Second Level? A: With this SWAY

We have created an easy-to-use SWAY which collates some useful online resources to support learning at Early Level, First Level and Second Level. There are also resources for learners with complex additional support needs.

Please use the contact form below to get in touch with any feedback or if there are other resources you would like support with.

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Digital Support from DigiLearnScot for Going Virtual or Hybrid

From time to time, and sometimes with little notice, situations arise which require learning and teaching to move from in-school settings to virtual or sometimes a hybrid of some pupils/staff in-school and some pupils/staff remote.

Education Scotland’s DigiLearnScot site has a range of resources online, created from webinars drawing on experiences from many educators around the country and elsewhere, which can provide advice, guidance and illustrations of how virtual, remote or hybrid might work in different situations

The following are selected from the wide range of support available on the DigitLearnScot site at https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn

Making your virtual classroom more real

Making your virtual classroom more real – how we plan learning, teaching and assessment in a digital environment, regardless of the digital platform being used. A recorded webinar by George Milliken where he starts by asking the questions of himself as a teacher “Am I starting with experiences/outcomes, learning intentions and then success criteria?” “Which aspects will suit in-class delivery, which online?” “How does this link in with class learning?” “What happens when a learner is stuck? “How will support be provided for the parents/carers of the pupils supporting their children/young people?”

Whiteboards and Notebooks

Whiteboards and Notebooks – illustration of virtual whiteboard/notebook tools within Glow which may be useful tools for learners to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding – making them effective assessment opportunities. The recorded webinars at this section of the DigiLearnScot site https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/2021/02/09/whiteboards-and-notebooks/ provide different videos to illustrate different tools within Glow (Microsoft OneNote, Google Jamboard, and Microsoft Whiteboard) showing use at different stages or curricular areas to suit different experiences and tools in use for different schools

Pathways for Professional Learning

What if you’re looking for the resources to support you if you are looking for support about a particular stage, or if your schools uses a specific digital platform? The DigiLearnScot Professional Learning landing page gives you a launchboard to whichever of these best suits you, whether hearing about the experience of your colleagues in other parts of the country, or all you might need about iPads in Education, Google Workspace for Education, or Microsoft Office 365, or anytime learning by a particular stage: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/professional-learning/

Professional Learning

 

How will I find what I need for my situation in my educational establishment?

The DigiLearnScot site has a wide range of posts which serve to illustrate the digital learning journeys/experiences across the country of different education settings, large and small, all stages and ages, and across the curriculum.

If your school uses Google then there are specific resources to support using the tools available in that platform, and likewise if your school uses Microsoft then there is a range of support materials available to support that platform too.

To find what will best support you then click into the search box on the DigiLearnScot site and start with a search for the tool with which you and your learners are most familiar. The following link here will present a series of posts (illustrations of experiences from different educators from around the country as well as how-to video guides for the use of specific digital tools or platforms) which can be found by entering the search term “virtual” https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/?s=virtual

 

DO YOU HAVE A LITERACY NIGGLE OR AN ITCH YOU NEED TO SCRATCH?

Are you interested in practitioner enquiry? Would you like to collaborate with colleagues from across our FVWL RIC?

20th January at 4pm via Teams
Sign up via CPD Manager, course ID: 77332

This information session will introduce a literacy-focussed, collaborative, professional practitioner enquiry opportunity across our FVWL RIC. It will include input from practitioners who will share how previous enquiry projects impacted on their pupils as well as their own professional learning.

We will share how colleagues across our RIC can support each other through this process.

For further information please contact: Contact Chiara Sportelli – Literacy Workstream

National e-Learning Offer (NeLO)

Ongoing support for practitioners and learners

Supported Study Sway 

Many Senior Phase pupils are preparing for assessments shortly. There are useful links and resources available in our FVWL RIC Supported Study Sway. This can be freely shared with learners and parents and carers.

National e-Learning Offer (NeLO)

It is important to note that the National e-Learning Offer is continuing to grow and develop across all three elements: Supported Study Resources, e-Sgoil live lessons and West OS Recorded sessions. This provides a bank of high-quality learning and teaching resources which can be used in class, studying at home, those who are unable to attend school currently including those who are affected by COVID.

Audrey Farley, Curriculum and Virtual Learning Lead, is very happy to attend management, faculty, cluster meetings to give a brief tailored demonstration of the National e-Learning Offer and answer questions. Please use the contact button below to arrange.

National e-Learning Offer (NeLO)

Supported Study Resources

You can now also search for resources across all three elements of the National e-Learning Offer via the following link: Education Scotland’s NeLO search facility

Click on this NeLO flyer interactive pdf to find out more

West OS FVWL 

West OS, the recorded element of the National e-Learning offer, continues to be available for BGE and Senior Phase. There are currently over 2500 videos available and more are being added all the time. These can be support group work, consolidation work, carousel activities, bi-level classes and independent learning. West OS is accessed via the West OS tile on GLOW.

BGE – There is an increasing range of BGE resources, including a pathway focus on Second Level Literacy. This is accessed via the West OS tile on GLOW.

Senior Phase – There has been a series of publications of interactive pdfs for some subjects which have had additional resources to support learning. Links to interactive pdfs Videos are accessed via the West OS tile on GLOW.

Recruiting now for West OS contributors. If you are an experienced practitioner and you would like to contribute to the recorded element of West OS then please complete the form

e-Sgoil – Live Learning Experiences

e-Sgoil offer an incredible range of learning experiences covering all sectors:

Early Years and Primary: https://e-sgoil.com/media/1869/covid-offer-primary.pdf

BGE: Here is the link to interactive pdf showcasing what is available for S1-3 pupils: https://e-sgoil.com/media/1870/covid-offer-s1-3.pdf

Senior Phase: Here is the link to interactive pdf showcasing what is available for S4-6 pupils. https://e-sgoil.com/media/1871/covid-offer-s4-6.pdf

Supported Study Programme: Here is the link to the latest supported study timetable from e-Sgoil https://www.e-sgoil.com/study-support/

A Model For Play Pedagogy

Webinar, 23rd of November at 4pm

This session will share Wallacestone Primary’s journey to build on their existing elements of play in Primary 1 as they have worked over the last three years to make gradual, progressive changes to their approaches to play pedagogy.

They will cover how they have made use of Falkirk Council’s Model for Play Pedagogy to consider child initiated, adult initiated and adult directed learning in Primary 1 and how this has been taken forward into Primary 2. They will look at:
– Their play pedagogy journey in Primary 1 and 2, considering how they support development of Literacy and
Numeracy.
– The professional learning that has underpinned this approach.
– Their next steps working with colleagues in their cluster and neighbourhood group.

Sign up via CPD Manager, course ID: 76995

Writing About Film: Critical Essays

Tuesday 7th December | 4.30pm-5.30pm

Analysing films is a wonderful option for English teachers, introducing new skills to pupils and allowing those who struggle to access written texts to show off their analytical abilities. However, it can be daunting for teachers to translate their knowledge and understanding of critical essay writing for prose or poetry to film.

In this session for Secondary English teachers Gail Robertson, Film Education Officer at Screen Scotland – and an ex-English/Media teacher – will outline ways to approach the study of a film with a critical essay for English as the end point. She will cover both BGE and NQ levels, discussing film choice, using evidence, scene analysis and structuring a response.

This session is ideal for English teachers new to film education, but also for more experienced teachers looking for some new inspiration!

Sign up via CPD Manager, course ID: 76928
Contact Chiara Sportelli – Literacy Workstream