Education Scotland digital education support site has a wide range of CLPL opportunities and resources available to educators in Moray. Below are links to some of amazing options they offer.
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MIE Expert Self-nominations open!
The MIE Expert programme is operated by Microsoft and connects educators from all over the world. It would be fantastic to have as many of Moray’s amazing educators featured on the 2023/24 official list as possible. There is a vibrant and collaborative MIEE community in Scotland which shares ideas, best practice and offer support to colleagues. Microsoft are looking for self-driven educators who are passionate about teaching and learning, who inspire students with creative thinking, and work in a truly collaborative spirit to share their learning with the world.
Full details of application process can be found – HERE.
Self-nominations for the 2023/2024 cohort will open on 9th May of 2023 and close 26th June, 2023
Nominate yourself at any time, however, Microsoft will only formally announce those in the program the week of 17th July 2023 in a blog post and by posting the official list (this is 2021/22 list).
Please email the learntech@moray.gov.uk, if you require any support or if you have completed the self-nomination process so we can update our records.
Good luck!
Education Scotland support for practitioners
There is a massive amount of anytime/anywhere support for practitioners in all sectors on digilearn.scot . Below are some links to help you find support for your sector, for a specific tools, programmes and CRIS.
Anytime/anywhere learning for practitioners in all sectors.
Support for specific tool or platforms
Programmes and courses
Cyber Resilience and Internet safety
- Teacher Toolkit for Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety
- Level 4 Resources for Cyber Fundamentals and Internet Safety
- This is Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety
- Technology Assisted Harmful Sexual Behaviour with Stop It Now
- Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety Resources for Primary Schools
- Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety for Early Learning and Childcare
- Cyber Security
Computer Science
- This is Primary Computing Science – 3 part course
Digital Literacy
- This is Digital Learning and Teaching
Google’s Scotland Certification Programme – new cohort in September 2022
Before the summer holidays Google launched their national Google Certified Educator Programme, with the first cohort launching in May. The next cohort for Level 1 will begin in September with sessions scheduled for 21st, 28th and 8th October. The Level 2 cohort will take place in November. These are full-funded and supported learning pathways to achieve the Google Certified Educator Level 1 and 2 awards. In addition to webinars with Google certified trainers, coaches or innovators, to guide educators through the preparation for the GCE Exam, Google are also providing access to Canopy for asynchronous access to training materials. Online training materials are also available on the Google Teacher Centre.
The GCE exam has been updated and is now a 3 hour open book multiple choice exam, and results are available start after submitting your completed exam. Exams can be taken on demand at a time that suites the candidate. If you have any questions or would like a chat about the programme, exams or experience of working through the online training please contact learntech@moray.gov.uk
To find out more and register for the next cohort click – here
Microsoft Educator Centre changes
In May Microsoft Educator Centre is merging with Microsoft Learn to become the single training hub to empower digital classrooms. On Microsoft Learn users have access to the same content that you love from the Microsoft Educator Centre, and many other online courses.
Current MEC users need to link their account with Learn Educator Centre to keep all achievements and transcripts. Head here to find out how: Click Here or follow these instructions-
- Log into the MEC (https://education.microsoft.com/en-us)
- Click on the ‘Visit Learn button’
- Log into Learn with the same details as the MEC (Glow email address)
All badges/achievements will be migrated from the MEC to Microsoft Learn, but if you do wish to download your MEC Transcript to have as a record until this work is completed follow these instructions
- Log into the MEC (https://education.microsoft.com/en-us)
- Click on your avatar in the top right corner of the screen
- Select the My Profile
- Select View Transcript
- Select the save icon to save a copy to your computer
Professional Learning Opportunities
Please see below some professional learning opportunities that are now available from the Education Scotland Professional Learning and Leadership Team
Coaching & Mentoring
The 1:1 coaching for headteachers matches them to a professional coach for a series of online coaching conversations at a time of their choosing. The social enterprise organisation KnowYouMore are coordinating this work. For further details about this visit ‘Coaching and Mentoring Matters’. This online resource provides a link to the 1:1 coaching offer as well as to the other professional learning opportunities around coaching and mentoring
https://professionallearning.education.gov.scot/learn/coaching-and-mentoring-matters/
Support for teachers in their first four years post probation
The Stepping Stones programme supports teachers in their first four years post probation. It includes a calendar of online events including webinars and informal ‘blethers’ as well as a dedicated Stepping Stones Teams space for participants to network with each other and share resources. The teachers on the programme are also offered a series of online 1:1 coaching and mentoring conversations with a current middle leader to support them through this time, again supported by KnowYouMore.
Further details about the programme can be found on the dedicated programme area
https://professionallearning.education.gov.scot/learn/programmes/stepping-stones/
Reflective supervision support for school staff
Place2Be are offering its Place2Think programme to teachers and school leaders across Scotland. Participants will join a small group of peers remotely on a monthly basis, to reflect on how they are impacted by their work in school, and how emotional factors can impact learning for some young people.
Place2Be will also be supporting schools staff wellbeing through a series of webinars covering a range of topics including ‘recovery and self-care’ and ‘understanding and managing anxiety in uncertain times’.
https://education.gov.scot/improvement/learning-resources/strengthening-support-for-school-staff/
Barnardo’s Scotland are offering a workshop programme for school staff who wish to develop Spaces for Wellbeing, which will support the mental health and wellbeing of staff.
Links to this support will be added to the following webpage as they become available:
https://education.gov.scot/improvement/learning-resources/strengthening-support-for-school-staff/
There is also an offer to headteachers to join the Columba 1400 programme. This is currently sold out so we have started a waiting list
For further details on all the above information here’s the link:
https://education.gov.scot/improvement/learning-resources/strengthening-support-for-school-staff/
Share your digital learning journey
We would like to start running short educator lead webinar sessions to highlight and share all the fantastic work going on in the digital learning space in Moray.
If you have a created a Blog, Google Site, OneNote, Sway, Form, SharePoint Site or anything else you think others might be interested to see or benefit from hearing about your experience, please let us know at – learntech@moray.gov.uk
We will assist you in delivering a short (20 to 30 minutes) informal webinar and Q&A session.
