The STEP (Scottish Teachers for Enhancing Practice) Conference 2025 is taking place on Saturday 22nd March 2025 at Stirling Court Hotel and we would like to offer one free place to a probationer in each local authority.  This will be processed on a first come, first served basis by STEP.  Any other probationers or staff members who wish to attend and pay the fee are most welcome to register.

STEP, having evolved from ACTS (Association of Chartered Teachers Scotland), continues to provide all educationists with a forum for career-long professional learning.  ACTS has run a highly successful annual conference since 2010 and the tradition continues, since 2014, with STEP.  This annual event attracts not only classroom practitioners but also school managers, local authority representatives and probationers. The take up of a free place offered to probationers in previous years has been significant and we are pleased to be able to offer a limited number of free places in 2025.  The decision to limit this to one free place to each local authority will hopefully ensure a fairer allocation of the free spaces.

We are delighted that Gillian Hamilton and Mark Priestley have accepted our invitation to be this year’s keynote speakers.   David Cameron will be the conference chair.

We would appreciate if you would share this opportunity and the attached information with staff and probationers within your authority.  Those wishing to secure their place can do so by registering here by 8th March 2025:

http://www.steachersep.org.uk/register