The Primary and Secondary CLPL programmes can be found on Archdiocese of St Andrew & Edinburgh website.

Leading Professional Learning For anyone leading the learning of colleagues in their setting. Applications open 12^th August 2024 – 12^th September 2024

Aspiring to Middle Leadership  and Middle Leaders Leading Change currently open to all via their programme pages.

The How of Change: Facilitated learning for strategic leadership Expressions of interest are now open of this new offer for headteachers and those who hold the GTCS Professional Standard for Headship.

Connected and Collaborative Systems Leadership For experienced headteachers and system leaders. Applications open 14th August 2024 – 30th August 2024

 

SELF-DIRECTED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AVAILABLE VIA OUR WEBSITE

Coaching in Education An open access resource designed to support all educators to develop leadership of learning through an enquiring approach.

Enquiry in Education An open access resource designed to support all educators to use coaching approaches in practice.

Scotland’s Financial Schools

Session 1 – Introducing financial education across the curriculum

Session 2 – Embedding financial education through IDL

 

Target Audience:

Early Years/Primary/Secondary (all subjects)

Term 1                                                                                    

Sector	Session 1	Session 2
Early Years	03.09.24	10.09.24
Primary	04.09.24	11.09.24
Secondary	05.09.24	12.09.24

 

Term 2

Sector	Session 1	Session 2
Primary	05.11.24	12.11.24
Secondary	06.11.24	13.11.24
Early Years	07.11.24	14.11.24

 

Term 3                                                                                   

Sector	Session 1	Session 2
Secondary	25.02.25	11.03.25
Early Years	26.02.25	05.03.25
Primary	27.02.25	06.03.25

 

Term 4

Sector	Session 1	Session 2
Early Years	12.05.25	19.05.25
Primary	13.05.25	20.05.25
Secondary	14.05.25	21.05.25

All sessions will run from 16:00 – 17.15

 

Subject(s): Financial Education, Health and Wellbeing, Skills based learning, Learning for Sustainability, Developing the Young Workforce

 

Course Overview: Young Enterprise Scotland aims to equip all young people with the skills to thrive in life, learning and work. Our Scotland’s Financial Schools professional learning programme is designed to support teachers build their confidence in delivering financial education learning experiences and ensure our young people are equipped with appropriate financial skills. The course runs four times throughout the year and consists of two CLPL sessions. We would ask practitioners attend both.

 

Session 1 – Introducing financial education across the curriculum

• To raise awareness of what financial education is and why it is essential for developing skills for life, learning and work
• Learning for Sustainability contextualisation with links the Sustainable Development Goals, DYW agenda, Career Education Standards 3-18, Curriculum Entitlements and the Attainment Challenge.

• To encourage a cross curricular approach to financial education going beyond numeracy and maths

• Overview of ‘Scotland’s Financial Schools’ website – includes access to free lesson plans, a whole school reflections tool and a Financial Education Scottish Progression Pathway which is linked to Curriculum for Excellence
• Overview of financial workshops delivered by our SFS team (secondary schools only)

 

Session 2 – Embedding financial education through IDL

• Encouraging a sustainable approach to embedding financial education into teaching and learning
• Examples of delivering financial education through interdisciplinary learning opportunities
• Examples of case studies to inspire and motivate
• A practical session to encourage discussions and the sharing of examples and ideas

 

Cost

All our training and resources are free. numeracy

 

Book a space

Complete the Microsoft Forms to book your place on the course.

Contact Emma McGilp to register your interest.

Visit the Open University – Reading for Pleasure for more information. literacy

New Bookbug training dates are officially up and ready to book on the website. If you have any questions get in touch with the training team

 

Bookbug for the Home

Blended:

Tuesday 20 August (MS Teams) and Tuesday 27 August (Perth) – 9.30am–1pm

Wednesday 4 September (MS Teams) and Wednesday 11 September (Aberdeen) – 9.30am–1pm

Thursday 19 September (Zoom) and Thursday 26 September (North Berwick) – 9.30am–1pm

 

Online:

Wednesday 21 and 28 August, 9.30am–1pm, MS Teams

Tuesday 17 and 24 September, 9.30am–1pm, Zoom

 

Session Leader Training Sessions

In-person:

Monday 26 August, 10am–4pm, Ayr

Tuesday 10 September, 10am–4pm, Aberdeen

Thursday 12 September, 10am–4pm, Alexandria

 

Online:

Wednesday 18 and Wednesday 25 September, 9.30am–1pm, Zoom

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NEW DATES – Self Harm and Suicide Prevention for Children and Young People.

This is a bespoke half day training session facilitated by Health Improvement Specialists from the NHS Borders Public Health Team. It is aimed at anybody working with children and young people who are likely to have direct and/ or substantial contact with those who may be at risk of self-harm or suicide. The session covers:

• Facts and trends associated with self-harm and suicide in young people;
• Common risk, protective and stress factors related to self-harm and suicide in young people;
• An awareness of the impact a sensitive, compassionate approach can achieve when discussing self-harm and suicide (using the principles of Time, Space and Compassion);
• The links between self-harm, suicidal thoughts and trauma informed practice and;
• Approaches to support including the steps involved in safety planning.

If you wish to book onto any of these courses please shirley.marr@nhs.scot All courses will take place face to face to SBC HC, Newtown St Boswells.

2024

Tuesday 29^th October 1pm – 5pm

Thursday 21^st November 9am – 1pm

Thursday 5^th December 9am – 1pm

2025

Tuesday 4^th March 9am – 1pm

Thursday 27th March 9am – 1pm

Tuesday 27^th May 9am – 1pm

Tuesday 28^th October 9am – 1pm

Tuesday 11^th November 9am – 1pm

2026

Thursday 5^th March 9am – 1pm

Thursday 21^st May 9am – 1pm

 

 

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USING ARTS AND CULTURE TO CREATE A CLIMATE-READY FUTURE

Creative Carbon Scotland and the Improvement Service have worked together to develop a free sprint training programme to empower local authority officers to utilise cultural and creative practices in the delivery of their work to help create a more sustainable future.

Working with arts and culture offers many opportunities to advance work on climate change adaptation, mitigation and the just transition, and this programme will provide both training and bespoke advice to help participants to develop work in this area.

The programme is open to any local authority officer who feels it will make a difference in the delivery of their role. This is likely to be those working in climate change adaptation or mitigation, just transition planning, community development, economic development or arts and culture, but other areas will be relevant too.

The programme will be delivered via Teams by members of Creative Carbon Scotland and input from artists and other experts in the field. There will be six hours of contact time and an expectation of six hours of individual work between sessions.

When signing up participants will be asked to submit a climate change- or sustainability-related challenge they want to work on through the programme.

You can submit an application using this online form before the deadline of Friday 19 July. Applicants should be able to display a demonstrable interest in the subject matter and work in roles that provide clear opportunities to apply the learning from the programme.

If you have any questions, please contact lewis.coenen-rowe@creativecarbonscotland.com. rights

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Programme structure

	Date	Time	Content
Group session 1: Getting Started	Wednesday 4 September	10am-12pm	Creative icebreaker Guest speaker presentation from a successful previous project Summary of different ways that arts collaboration offers value Practical information on how to work with artists Group discussion and mentoring on your challenges and how arts-led methods can help address these
Group session 2: Evaluation	Wednesday 2 October	10am-11am	Presentation on appropriate evaluation methods for arts-led projects Group activity on using an evaluation framework to design and assess a project
1:1 Mentoring with Artists	Wednesday 6 November	10am-11am	1:1 sessions matching you up with a creative practitioner in your area to discuss ideas, get feedback, and develop your plan
Group session 3: Making the Case	Wednesday 4 December	10am-12pm	Reflection exercise Guest speaker presentation on how to make the business case for art-sustainability work Discussion on how to communicate your work and develop interest Advice on future resources and support Line-managers join for the end of the session to hear short presentations from participants on their ideas

New date added:

Dates	Monday 9th & Tuesday 10th September 2024 You must be able to attend both days fully
Time	8.50am – 5pm
Venue	Langlee Community Centre, Langlee, Galashiels

This course is offered to you free of charge but it should be noted it costs us over £2000 from local suicide prevention funds to deliver each course, so can we please ask if you need to cancel please do so in a timely manner to allow us to try and fill any spaces.

The administration of ASIST courses has changed nationally and you now need to book through the national portal.  All bookings are on a first come first serve basis and we are unable to influence or prioritise who gets allocated places.  We also cannot access the portal to cancel any places so if you book a place and can no longer make the training please be sure to cancel your place via the portal. 

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We have some bespoke arrangements already in place with some clusters but have the following additional offer for schools for the Tuesday inset after the holidays.

If you would like to access any of these please get in touch with the contacts below who will send you a link to circulate in time for the session.

• All offers will be delivered live through TEAMS
• Most sessions will also be on offer at an end of the day session suitable for CAT meetings during the academic year.
• Please email the contact person indicated below to register interest/sign up for your school or cluster.
• We aim to support outwards looking practice and collaboration across schools/clusters – please ensure that wherever possible staff are logged on using individual devices to allow ‘break out rooms’ to operate effectively.
• All attendees are expected to complete an online evaluation form after the session
• No registers will be taken – schools should note attendance of their staff if required

Tuesday 13th August 2024

9.15 – 10.45am	Scripting: Confident and Positive Responses Contact Paddy Burke pburke@scotborders.gov.uk	9.30 – 10.30	Bilingual support  – Supporting in Writing (Primary)   Contact Liz Scarpa gw09scarpaliz@glowmail.org.uk or Jane Bryant gw10bryantjane4@glowmail.org.uk
9.15 – 10.45am	The environment offers a safe base  – principles and practice Contact Caroline Robinson crobinson@scotborders.gov.uk	11 – 12.00	Bilingual support – Supporting in Writing (Secondary) Contact Liz Scarpa gw09scarpaliz@glowmail.org.uk or Jane Bryant gw10bryantjane4@glowmail.org.uk
1.30 – 3.00pm	All behaviour is communication –  principles and practice Contact Doug Crabbe douglas.crabbe@scotborders.gov.uk

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