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.  If you wish to book onto any of these courses please email.  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

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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

Professional Learning Programme for Aspiring Principal Teachers of Guidance Tickets, Mon 26 Aug 2024 at 10:00 | Eventbrite

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. At ASIST you’ll learn how to recognise when someone may be thinking about suicide, and how to provide a skilled intervention and develop a safety plan with the person to connect them to further support.

ASIST is delivered in the Scottish Borders throughout the year, please email health.improvement@borders.scot.nhs.uk to be added to the distribution list to be informed when the next workshop is open for booking.

For more information on project – Teaching Slavery in Scotland Project – SATH