STEM Inquiring through Creativity, Exploration & Investigation across Early Level Supporting & Developing STEM the #SBCWay

A series of 5 bitesize virtual training sessions developed in line with the SBC Early Level Portal STEM pages and the National STEM Nation Award, evidenced through practitioner inquiry tasks.

Aims:

To increase knowledge and confidence to support and extend STEM through spaces, experiences and interactions, evidenced through practitioner inquiry tasks.
To introduce and support consideration of STEM Nation Award- Education Scotland.

Session 1
Introduction to STEM, skills and capabilities through spaces experiences and interactions

Introduction to STEM Nation Award-Education Scotland
Practitioner enquiry 1. “Identifying and developing skills and capabilities in ELC/classroom”

Session 2.
Feedback practitioner enquiry 1.
STEM and Creativity
Practitioner enquiry 2. “STEM into Christmas” (indoors)

Session 3
Feedback practitioner enquiry 2.
STEM Gender Stereotyping and its impact
Practitioner enquiry 3. “Consider gender stereotyping and its impact (in relation to STEM)”

Session 4
Feedback practitioner enquiry 3.
STEM Outdoors and Beyond the Gate (Communities/STEM Nation Award-Education Scotland)
Practitioner enquiry 4. “STEM outdoors”

Session 5
Feedback practitioner enquiry 4.
STEM Pedagogy
A Check in, impact on practice and Check out, sustaining and building on impact

Target Audience:

All Early Learning and Childcare setting practitioners, Primary Teachers and support staff (ANAs, EYPs etc.)

All sessions will be from 2pm – 3pm on the following dates:

25 October 2024

22 November 2024

17 January 2025

7 March 2025

25 April 2025

Microsoft Teams link will be sent out to all approved delegates. Please join 5-10 minutes before the given start time to allow for connection issues. As an introduction please watch SBCway Professional CLPL Video Getting started with STEM the #SBCway before first session on 25.10.24

Places can be booked through Business World.

Neurodiversity: Deepening our understanding and sharing strategies for Additional Support Needs across Early Level

Course Contents:

Deepening our understanding of a range of neurodiverse presentations.

Exploring strategies to support children, with a needs based approach.

Ensuring educators’ knowledge of policy and procedures for effective documentation.
Aims:

Session 1. To uplevel our knowledge on a variety of Additional Support Needs and brain types.  To understand ways that children communicate their needs through their behaviours.  To help develop nurturing, consistent support through strong relationships.

Session 2. To support Neurodiverse / Additional Support Needs to positively impact all. Explore what we can do to support through our Core Provision. Developing a holistic multi-agency approach and strong links with families.

Session 3. Strengthening understanding of record keeping and individual support plans. To share impact of change for child and educator.

Target Audience – ELC practitioners, Primary 1 teachers, 0.1s, teachers and support staff

This course is run online over 3 twilight sessions from 4pm – 5:30pm:

23 October 2024

13 November 2024

4 December 2024

Participants must attend all 3 sessions and complete follow on tasks

Places can be booked through Business World

Health Care Training

The School Nursing Team are going to provide an information session in each cluster. This will cover the information from the modules on SBLearn – Asthma, Anaphylaxis and Epilepsy.

Unfortunately there will not be an input from the diabetic team. It will still be a requirement that the staff attending to complete the modules online prior to this session as the team will provide additional support and answer any queries which they may have.

The training will run from 4-5pm.

17 September 2024 – Main Hall, Hawick High School

22 October 2024 – Main Hall, Berwickshire High School

18 November 2024 – Earlston High School (4:15pm start)

27 November 2024 – Kelso High School

25 February 2025 – St Peter’s Primary School

17 March 2025 – Peebles High School

25 March 2025 – Selkirk High School

1 April 2025 – Eyemouth High School

1 May 2025 – Jedburgh Grammar Campus

Spaces can be booked through Business World. Private & Voluntary Nurseries or Childminders are welcome to join these sessions.

New Podcast

Coming up on today’s first episode of the new school session we chat with James Bewsey about all the year of implementation for SBC Way and a newly revamped Inspire Learning Team plus we have our professional learning bulletin with lots of CLPL offers and hear from some of our 2024/25 year NQTs.

Link to Apple Podcasts is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/educating-borders/id1679773660

Link to Spotify is here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/educating-borders

Healthy Beginnings: MAP of Health Behaviour Change Training Programme

MAP – Health Behaviour Change Training Programme

This learning programme is for colleagues working in early years whose role involves helping people and families to make positive health and lifestyle related changes. It provides a guide to structure behaviour change conversations (using the MAP model) and evidence-based behaviour change techniques (BCTs) which help people make changes.

Workshops are an essential part of the program and are being offered by virtual attendance on MS teams. Please see the flyer and the learner pathway for further details including closing date for registration. Early registration is recommended as places are limited.

Pondering pedagogy in Early Learning and Childcare

This 6 part professional learning opportunity is for Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) practitioners who are interested in developing their knowledge and skills further in the areas set out below. It will be of particular interest to those who are in their first 4 years of practice, however is relevant to all practitioners who work in ELC.

The outline of the 6 sessions are as follows:

Session 1: 24th September 2024 – What I need to grow and develop

Session 2: 29th October 2024 – Pedagogy and play

Session 3: 26th November 2024 – Observation, interpretation and documentation

Session 4: 28th January 2025 – Interactions, Experiences and Spaces

Session 5: 18th February 2025 – Responsive and Intentional Planning

Session 6: 25th March 2025 – Transitions

**Please note all session times are 3.30pm – 5pm and by registering you are signing up to attend all six sessions**

Before each session, there will be a 30 minute video sent to you, which will encourage you to reflect on your current practice. It is important on signing up to this event that you commit to completing this independent learning before attending sessions. The sessions will then be used to explore these themes further, through professional dialogue, reflection and collaboration with other practitioners.

By engaging with these sessions it is hoped that you will be able to reflect on your current practice and add to this by building new knowledge from listening to those attending also share their practice, perspectives and points of view.

These sessions are a linked series and it is important that when signing up, you are committed to attending all six sessions.

Target audience

Please be aware that the target audience for this event is professionals within the education sector in Scotland. To register, please enter either a school, establishment, local authority or Glow email address. If you work in Scottish education and would like to attend but do not have a Glow or work email address, please email esevents@educationscotland.gov.scot with the name of your setting or service, to request a place. Thank you for your understanding.

Ticket allocation

It is not possible to transfer your booking to anyone else. If you are unable to attend, please cancel your booking to free up a space for another participant. Please remember that for security purposes it is very important that you do not share event information with anyone else to provide them access to this event.

Joining instructions

Joining instructions will be sent out 48 hours before the event. Attendees are advised to double check they receive a confirmation email from Eventbrite to the email address they registered with as this may result in not receiving these instructions and could obstruct you from attending the event. Please contact us if you have still not received joining instructions one hour before the event start time. We would advise you to check your junk files for emails about the event.

Request for advance information

If you have specific accessibility requirements (e.g. you need slides/more information to be sent to you in advance, or you need breaks at specific intervals) we would welcome more information about this in advance. Whilst it is your choice whether to disclose this information, doing so will help us to better understand your needs and plan how best to support your engagement. Our aim is to make appropriate adjustments to our programme delivery to ensure the best possible experience for our delegates.

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Adoption UK Education Cafe: Information Session for Pastoral, ASN & Nurture Teachers

We are running an information for Pastoral, Guidance, ASN and Nurture teachers, and support staff about supporting care experienced young people in their setting.

The session will briefly touch on the context of care-experience, share findings from our research and share the supports offered by the Adoption UK organisation to schools and families. These supports are open to all kinship families, adoptive families or any family caring for a child or young person with FASD.

Book a free space on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-education-cafe-info-session-for-pastoral-asn-and-nurture-teachers-tickets-936543144757

We would be extremely grateful if you were able to share this opportunity with the relevant staff in your local authority.

Many thanks,

Amy & Paula

Education Service – education.scotland@adoptionuk.org.uk – Supporting Education and Schools | Adoption UK Charity

Adoption UK – Scotland Gf2, Rooms | 14 Links Place | Edinburgh | Scotland | EH6 7EZ

Adoption UK Charity Advice & information on Adoption

Helpline: 0300 666 0006

Email: helpline@adoptionuk.org.uk

Kinship.scot: Advice & information on Kinship Care

Helpline: 0808 800 0006

Email: advice@kinshipscot.org

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter via @AUKScot and Facebook

Education Scotland Professional Learning and Leadership Update

We hope you’ve had a lovely summer and managed to get a break to unwind before the start of the 24-25 session. Education Scotland’s Professional Learning and Leadership team are delighted to update you on our new offer for the year ahead, and we would be grateful if you could share this information across your networks.

 

REFRESHED WEBSITE

Education Scotland has refreshed its professional learning offer on its webpage. On here you can

  • access Education Scotland professional learning programmes and search for Education Scotland endorsed programmes.
  • access self-directed professional learning activities.
  • find co-created workshops to download, tailor and deliver in your settings.

 

We would encourage you to signpost the new-look professional learning webpage to staff in your settings: Professional Learning | Education Scotland. We’ve also created a brochure with details on all of our offers which you can access here.

 

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OFFER AND SUPPORT FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

Here’s an overview of what’s new; what’s been updated; and what we’re continuing this year.

What’s new for 24-25?

  • Self-directed offers to support educators to take enquiring and coaching approaches to practice for the 2024-25 school session. These are accessed directly via our website.

Click here to find out more about Enquiry in Education

Click here to find out more about Coaching in Education

 

  • A dedicated, facilitated programme for those in schools Leading Professional Learning begins in October 2024. Applications for this programme opened on Monday 12th August, and close on Friday 13th September.

Click here to find out more about Leading Professional Learning

 

What’s been updated for 24-25?

  • ‘Excellence in Headship’ becomes ‘The How of Change: Facilitated learning for strategic leadership’ and expressions of interest are now open of this new offer for headteachers and those who hold the GTCS Professional Standard for Headship.

Click here to find out more about The How of Change

 

  • Our Aspiring to Middle Leadership and Middle Leaders Leading Change programmes continue to be offered in the 2024-25 school session. This year, participants can access this learning and where suits you with an optional completion certificate.

Click here to find out more about Aspiring to Middle Leadership

Click here to find out more about Middle Leaders Leading Change

 

What do we continue to offer in 24-25?

  • Two new cohorts of Building Racial Literacy will be facilitated this session which we recruited for before the summer.
  • We continue to offer Into Headship – Scotland’s national programme for aspiring headteachers.
  • Our Connected and Collaborative Systems Leadership programme continues this year for experienced headteachers and system leaders. Applications for this offer opened today, and close on Friday 30th August.

Click here to find out more about Connected and Collaborative Systems Leadership

 

 

We’re hosting introductory webinars in September where educators can hear more about the following programmes:

Tuesday 3rd September 4pm – 5pm – Aspiring to Leadership Introductory Session

Click here to register

 

Thursday 5th September 4pm – 6pm – Enquiry in Education Introductory Session

Click here to register

 

Monday 9th September 4pm – 5pm – Middle Leaders Leading Change Introductory Session

Click here to register

 

Tuesday 24th September 4pm – 5.30pm – Coaching in Education Introductory Session

Click here to register