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Catholic School CLPL Programme
The Primary and Secondary CLPL programmes can be found on Archdiocese of St Andrew & Edinburgh website.
National Standardised Assessment – PL Opportunities
All of these offers can be booked through Business World.
An Introduction to NSA – 30 January 2025 – MS Teams 4.00-6.00pm
This course is for anyone involved in the delivery of national standardised assessments to children and young people in primary or secondary schools who wish to understand the purpose of the assessments and gain familiarity with the functionality of the assessment platform. It also highlights examples of good practice in administering the assessments and provides advice and practical information for example, on the ability to stop the assessments or take a break, guidance regarding the timing of the assessments and assigning out-of-stage assessments.
A Closer Look at NSA in an ASN and EAL Context – 13 February – MS Teams, 4.00-5.30pm
This course will include content that is relevant when working with children and young people who require additional support with their learning or for whom English is an additional language. It contains details of platform functionality that can be used to support accessibility as well as practical advice on using NSA with children and young people who require additional support with their learning or have English as an additional language (EAL).
Staff who have previously administered the Scottish National Standardised Assessments (SNSA) or Measaidhean Coitcheann Nàiseanta airson Foghlam tron Ghàidhlig (MCNG) with their children or young people will gain insight and understanding into any changes to the assessment platform introduced for phase two of the assessments.
An Introduction to analysing NSA Data – Thursday 3rd April – 9.30-11.30am – Inspire, Tweedbank
This course is for anyone involved in the delivery and in the analysing of standardised assessments to children and young people in primary or secondary schools. This course will use a set of demonstration reports to look at the assessments’ adaptive design and the long scale. We will also highlight key features of the Individual report, Group Diagnostic reports and Group Aggregate report that are used to report on children’s and young people’s achievement and progress. We will then consider how NSA data may be used to stimulate professional reflection and discussion and to help inform the next steps in learning.
Using NSA Data to Support Improvement – Thursday 3rd April – 1.30-3.30pm or Wed 7th May – 9.30-11.30am – both Inspire, Tweedbank
This 2-hour course is aimed at supporting primary and secondary practitioners, as well as school leaders who wish to gain a deeper understanding of how to use NSA data to inform and support in creating improvement.
Using demonstration data, delegates will be able to view reports, to inform next steps in improvement.
It is anticipated that all attendees will have experience of using the NSA reports and/or will have attended our course ‘An Introduction to Analysing NSA Data’.
Using Longitudinal Data and Reports in NSA – Wed 7th May – 1.30-3.30pm – Inspire, Tweedbank
This course is for anyone involved in the delivery and analysis of outcomes in the national standardised assessments in primary or secondary schools. This course will introduce the Outcomes by Academic Year report (OBAY) and Learning Progress Report (LPR). We will review the key features of these reports and highlight ways in which they can be used to identify individual learner and cohort progress and give you an insight into how you might use these reports within your school.
National Leadership Offer and Support for Professional Learning
Leading Professional Learning For anyone leading the learning of colleagues in their setting. Applications open 12th August 2024 – 12th 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.
Reading for Pleasure
Contact Emma McGilp to register your interest.
Visit the Open University – Reading for Pleasure for more information. literacy
Healthy Eating in Schools
New Bookbug Opportunities
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 & Young People
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 29th October 1pm – 5pm
Thursday 21st November 9am – 1pm
Thursday 5th December 9am – 1pm
2025
Tuesday 4th March 9am – 1pm
Thursday 27th March 9am – 1pm
Tuesday 27th May 9am – 1pm
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Using Arts & Culture to Create a Climate-Ready Future
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 |
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| Group session 2: Evaluation | Wednesday 2 October | 10am-11am |
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| 1:1 Mentoring with Artists | Wednesday 6 November | 10am-11am |
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| Group session 3: Making the Case | Wednesday 4 December | 10am-12pm |
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