As a Regional Improvement Collaborative, we recognise and respect the pressures that education staff at all levels are under at this time responding urgently to the rapidly changing situation in schools and appreciate that staff are fully focused on engaging with our children, young people and families.

We will facilitate peer to peer, school to school and authority to authority collaboration by using digital technologies, allowing colleagues to engage with each other in ways which suit them best at this time of great uncertainty.

As a profession, educators are constantly learning, adapting and striving to improve their practice. The response to the COVID-19 crisis has shown how resilient, creative and adaptable those working in education can be. We intend to reflect on the learning throughout this period and identify the positive changes that we would like to keep during our renewal period. We will explore a range of mechanisms to deliver virtual learning opportunities to colleagues across the South West in order to share the good practice which has developed.

Supporting documents:

Supporting Recovery – SAC Psychological Services

Supporting Recovery in Early Years – SAC Psychological Services

What is working in numeracy and mathematics – Education Scotland