SBC Includes

To find out about the range of Professional Learning offers available to you, please visit the relevant pages below:

Child Protection

Equity & Closing the Poverty Related Gap

Health & Wellbeing

Inclusion & Wellbeing Service

Leader Valley – Enhanced Provision

Nurture

Pupil support

The Promise

For all other support, resources and professional learning please visit the SBC Launchpad.

Verbal Intervention – 24/25 May 27, 2024

Verbal Intervention Training We are pleased to confirm that Crisis Prevention Institute will continue to offer 3 Verbal Intervention Training across our authority during academic session 2024/25. CPI provide de-escalation and behaviour management training that puts people first. Sessions are face to face and run from 9am until 4:30pm (4:00pm if… Read more

Inclusion & Wellbeing Resources May 9, 2024

These have been highlighted at a recent national group (ASLO) as useful for schools to know and be reminded about or made aware of: Addressing Dyslexia Toolkit – The Reading Circle resource has recently been updated https://addressingdyslexia.org/resources/reading-circle/ Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants Maximise the impact of teaching assistants. https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-evidence/guidance-reports/teaching-assistants… Read more

Inclusion Offers – Bilingual March 13, 2024

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 iws Read more

Staff Wellbeing Coaching Offer March 11, 2024

Please find below links to Scottish Government’s funded initiative regarding health and wellbeing coaching tailored for the education workforce: Online Coaching for Education Scotland Workforce Support Fully funded 1:1 online coaching programmes to leaders across the education system. This includes coaching for Headteachers, Deputes and Teachers with pastoral or child… Read more

University of Edinburgh Professional Learning Newsletter – January 2024 January 26, 2024

Hello and a Happy New Year! We hope you had a good break over the festive season. In our first newsletter of 2024, we are highlighting the following continuing professional development oppportunities: Returning to Teaching (10-week course) Technology for Additional Support Needs (10-week course) Intermediate Timetabling (One-day course) Rewilding Education… Read more

Call Scotland – Resources and Professional Learning offers December 8, 2023

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 –… Read more