Author: Professional Learning

World Education Summit

Leadership Matters are delighted to be partnering with the World Education Summit for the largest gathering of educational minds in the world.

The Future of Learning: Connecting teachers and leaders across the world.

Revolutionise the way your school approaches learning with the World Education Summit 2024, boasting a mouth-watering line-up, with over 400 sessions led by professors, futurists, and practitioners. Leadership Matters are delighted to provide a 20% discount to all members.

Tune in online to hear from our very own Andy Buck, featured speakers Professors John Hattie, Viviane Robinson, Sugata Mitra, Michael Fullan, Alma Harris, and lots more, all from the comfort of your own classroom. See the full line up in the brand new WES24 Programme.

The Summit includes unmissable special features:

  • Living Legends: Unpick 3 key concepts with the living legends of education.
  • Cambridge University Press & Assessment: Delve into The Future of Assessment.
  • The Training Stage: Create a culture of learning with these practical sessions.
  • Plus so much more…

Enhance your teaching methods, stay abreast of the latest educational research and book now for an unparalleled learning experience.

To book your ticket and claim your exclusive discount, use LM24 at the checkout.

We look forward to seeing you there.

 

MARAC Awareness Raising Session – 21 March 2024

Scottish Borders MARAC are holding a series of awareness sessions to enable a wider range of professionals to understand the process, be able to make referrals and work effectively with their MARAC representatives.

The sessions are aimed at any professional in Borders who works directly with adults/families and may have a role to play in identifying domestic abuse and utilising the MARAC process. They are not designed to support staff to take up the role of MARAC representative for their agency.

Session 1: Thursday 21 March, 9.30-11.00am, MSTeams (link below)

This short session is the first of two and will provide an overview of the MARAC process and the benefits of this multi-agency approach to risk management of high risk cases of domestic abuse. The aim is to:

  • provide context and function of the MARAC process
  • update on the Scottish Borders MARAC
  • explain the process from referral to feedback
  • describe your role in the MARAC process
  • provide support for making MARAC referrals.

Click here to join the meeting

We would be grateful if you could circulate this invite to your staff teams/networks and partnerships to enable a wide range of staff the opportunity to attend.

The second session is being planned for Autumn 2024 – details to follow in due course.

Any questions about the sessions, please contact the MARAC Coordinator on marac@scotborders.gov.uk

child protection

Working with the Parent Council

Detailed below is our upcoming  ‘Working with the Parent Council’ session.

Please share with your Head Teachers and SMT’s, that may find it useful.

As always booking is essential.

Working with the Parent Council

21 March 2024, 4.30-6pm

Places are free, booking is essential.

Bookings

Learn about the positive and effective ways a Parent Council can help engage with families and the community to support learning.

For further information visit Connect or email membership@connect.scot

Duty of Candour

An Introduction to Duty of Candour

This module is aimed at employees who care for others in their job and will enable you to learn the key features of the Duty of Candour together with related terminology and good practice.

Please ensure that all Headteachers of ELC settings, Senior Early Years Officers and Early Years Officers complete this training by 31 March 2024.

Play on Pedals Training

Thanks to ongoing support from Cycling Scotland, we will be offering another free Play on Pedals training courses on Thursday 21st March at Duns PS, with an opportunity to then either be loaned a fleet of PoP bikes, or to set up a loan share agreement with another nearby early years setting for a fleet of PoP bikes. https://www.cycling.scot/what-we-do/training/play-on-pedals

Please can you let – Gordon.Smith@scotborders.gov.uk – know the name and email address of any interested practitioners you have. Places will initially be issued to those settings who do not currently have trained PoP practitioners, then opened up to settings who already have PoP capability.

 

SHINE Newsletter January 2024

Please find below the January 2024 edition of the SHINE newsletter. Please click on the link to read the newsletter:

https://createsend.com/t/d-89D5FCBA5D723A582540EF23F30FEDED

which includes:

  • Register for SHINE Webinar 11. Tues 19th Mar 2024 16.00 -17.00pm : “What Works in Responding to School Non-attendance: Examples from 2 Scottish local authorities”
  • Save the date!Thurs 2nd May 2024 SHINE National Network Conference 2024
  • New video resources on vaping and unhealthy food marketing co-produced with young people: ” Make Good Choices”
  • New resource for members now available : Sharing SHINE MH data with young people
  • Invitation to participate in SHINE affiliated research projects
    • Crowdsourcing for Adolescent Health (new)
    • AMBIENT-Teens sleep study
    • Clock off! – reducing night-time use of interactive electronic devices
    • National evaluation of the Equally Safe at School programme
  • Other events and research opportunities for school communities:
    • SOCITS: Socially Situated Systems approach to adolescent mental health
    • Purrble: an intervention for LGBTQi+ young people over 16 yrs experiencing emotional distress
    • Key stakeholders’ perceptions & attitudes of resistance training in Scottish secondary schools

The SHINE Team