Category: Inclusion

Fully funded places available on Open University Microcredentials

The OU in Scotland is currently offering some fully funded places on our Microcredential courses starting in June/July 2024. These courses run from 10 – 12 weeks and are designed for people looking to gain new skills to help advance their careers. The courses are delivered online via distance learning which allows you to fit in time for learning alongside work and life commitments. They can give you and your staff practical skills that can be immediately utilised in the workplace. Offered at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, the courses will also give you the chance to learn alongside people in a wide range of sectors and roles and share knowledge and experience.

The courses on offer are:

  • Agile Leadership and Management
  • Business Management: Marketing Principles and Practice
  • Business Management: Improving Organisational Practice
  • Business Management: People Management and Leadership
  • Business Management: Project Management
  • Business Management: Fundamentals of Management Accounting
  • Business Management: Financial Accounting for Non-Financial Roles
  • Climate Change: Transforming Your Organisation for Sustainability
  • Cyber Security Operations
  • Mental Health: Working with Children and Young People
  • Mentoring and Coaching in Professional Learning
  • Python Programming
  • Teacher Development: Embedding Mental Health in the Curriculum

More information about the courses and the application form can be found at https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/choose/scotland-micro. The deadline for applications is 19th May 2024.

Inclusion Offers – Bilingual

Bookings are being taken for the following sessions:

Supporting Established Bilingual Learners in the Mainstream Setting; 13/05/24; 4.00-5.30pm

Supporting Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children in schools; 22/05/24; 4.00-5.30pm

Inclusion – Supporting Bilingual Pupils in the Early Years Setting; 30/05/24; 4.00-5.30pm

Please book on Business World

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Borders Carers Centre – Big Hiccup Training

We are delighted to offer the return of our highly successful ‘Big Hiccup’ training.
An opportunity for Professionals to ‘walk in a carer’s shoes’ with this powerful, interactive and immersive training. Suitable for social workers, CCA’s, health or education workers. Covering your requirements and duties under the Carers Act, this training will ensure you are able to confidently support carers in your role.
This session will be run 3 times in 2024. You only need to attend one session
All dates here:
https://www.borderscarerscentre.co.uk/professionals-training.htm
Please note the Carers Centre will be closed from 2pm on Friday 22nd December, and will re-open at 9am on Friday 5th January
If you require support during this time, please call Social Work 0300 100 1800 (option 1) or ‘out of hours’ on 01896 752111

Call Scotland – Resources and Professional Learning offers

Call Scotland would like to highlight their website with free resources and some specialist course options.

They are funded by Scottish government so we should all be trying to get value from their support.

https://www.callscotland.org.uk/

They have multiple courses on offer and their programme has been updated for Jan – June, now including some bite size 30 min options including:

Assistive Technologies to help autistic learners to access the curriculum

https://www.callscotland.org.uk/training/our-courses/CALL25/ at a cost of £30, designed specifically for supporting Autistic learners. It is a recorded version so it can be accessed flexibly.

They run #FreeWebinarWed and would like to remind you that PEF can be used to fund Professional learning.

Emma Sowerby

Headteacher, Inclusion and Wellbeing Service.

National Complex Needs Network (NCNN) community

National Complex Needs Network (NCNN) community

This national network is being extended yet further with a new NCN Practitioner Network (NCNPN).

So far – we have over 180 practitioners signed up from more than 24 different Local Authorities  including colleagues from the Independent and Grant aided sector.

If any classroom practitioner works with learners in the complex needs sector and would like to join up  – complete this short form so that we have contact details and we will be in touch soon.

Inclusion Wellbeing and Equalities (IWE) Professional Learning Framework

This is the news update from the Education Scotland Inclusion, Wellbeing & Equalities (IWE) team.

As IWE link for your area, please cascade / share this information as appropriate with our own local networks.

Inclusion Wellbeing and Equalities (IWE) Professional Learning Framework

Education Scotland’s new IWE Professional Learning Framework aims to support all educators who work with and support children and young people, primarily those working in education. The framework focusses on four interconnected and interdependent themes.

  • Inclusion
  • Rights and Equalities
  • Relationships
  • Wellbeing and Care.

The professional learning, offered through three levels (Informed, Skilled, and Enhanced), has been designed to support educators’ knowledge and practice. The levels will not necessarily reflect someone’s seniority but the nature of the role they hold in relation to their responsibilities and also reflect the level of support provided to children and young people.

https://biteable.com/watch/4055398/a9df9e5651ee90a94848697f08dae1d2

The IWE team are planning information session in the new year for you and your colleagues to learn more about the framework and how it can be used to enhance skills and practice relating to IWE.