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Skills Scotland Events 2017⤴

from @ Education Scotland's Learning Blog

The Skills Scotland events are held in three key locations – Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow  aiming to close the gap between the workplace and the classroom by linking industry with education.

Connecting young people with careers, jobs, skills and apprenticeship opportunities, Skills Scotland is aimed at students aged S4 and above.
In each region schools, colleges, youth and community groups are
invited to attend with free entry for students and teachers with
access to a travel bursary fund. All events are also open to parents
and carers with a dedicated evening opening session in Glasgow.
Skills Scotland offers an immediate way for industry to influence and
educate the next generation of talent, supporting recommendations
from the Wood report and offering solutions to issues such as youth
unemployment and the growing industry skills gaps.
Across the series over 170 educational establishments will meet with
in excess of 120 exhibitors to learn about recruitment, learning and
training opportunities. Each show is a one stop shop for young
people to discover what’s next and meet with a variety of exhibitors
face to face including regional and national employers, colleges and
universities plus training providers and other career or sector specific organisations.

Access the events flyer here:  SScot17ExhibitorBrochureDIGITAL

CPD Opportunity⤴

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FREE PIC- Book Week Scotland Book Bug Packs 02Scottish Book Trust are delighted to announce that Bookbug will once again be gifting a Bookbug Family Bag to every Primary 1 child during Book Week Scotland 2016. This Bookbug Bag will help to create a lasting link between reading at school and at home.

All schools are encouraged to give out the Bag during Book Week Scotland in November.

We are offering free CPD for primary teachers, school literacy coordinators and library staff in West Dunbartonshire on 29 October 2015 to support the gifting of the Bookbug Primary 1 Family Bag. The training will cover:

  • Fun and practical Bookbug Primary 1 Family Bag gifting ideas and why these are important
  • Ways to involve parents in Bookbug gifting events
  • Joined up approaches between libraries and schools
  • Participating in the 2016 Scottish Children’s Book Awards

This will be delivered by Aly McCulloch, Learning Development Officer with Creative Learning, and Bookbug Session Leader Trainer for West Dunbartonshire Council. She also coordinates the annual Tales for Tots and Crackin’ Crits programmes, School Heritage Visits, Storytime, Baby Yoga and Baby Massage sessions across the authority.

Please register online for this event via CPD Manager.

If you would like to receive regular updates from the Creative Learning Team, please contact Debbie Montgomery, Arts Coordinator (Debbie.Montgomery@west-dunbarton.gov.uk) to add your details to the mailing list.

VSCS: Uplifting Leadership Workshop 25th November 2014⤴

from @ Learning is the Work

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Virtual Staff College Scotland are pleased to announce they are collaborating with the Scottish College for Educational Leadership to organise a workshop on “Uplifting Leadership” led by the internationally renowned academic Andy Hargreaves. The charge of £155 is £100 less that the charge being levied for similar workshops elsewhere in the UK and represents a unique opportunity to spend a day with Andy as well as receiving a copy of his book and a workbook of activities which can then be used with other staff.

If you would like to attend, please return the booking form as soon as possible to reserve a place. Please also pass this information on to anyone else who you think would be interested in attending.

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NASUWT Conference Education and Gender Equality: Learning Lessons, Moving Forward⤴

from @ Learning is the Work

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Please see information about the NASUWT Conference Education and Gender Equality: Learning Lessons, Moving Forward which is taking place at the QE2 Conference Centre, Westminster on 17 November 2014. This is a high profile Conference that will address some very significant issues and Sarah Brown has been invited to give the keynote address.

We hope that you are able to attend the Conference. Please contact Conferences and Events to book your place.

Education and Gender Equality: Learning Lessons, Moving Forward – Monday 17 November 2014

10am to 3.45pm (Registration is from 9.15am)
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London

A continuing professional development (CPD) opportunity for teachers and school leaders

This national Conference takes place at the end of the campaign year, Unite for Quality Education. The campaign aims to secure quality education for every child and young person on the planet. Against this backdrop, the Conference will consider why education equality for girls and women should be a national and international priority, and the role that schools and teachers play in securing better outcomes for girls and women.

The Conference will:

  • stimulate professional and policy debate and consider policy priorities for advancing gender equality in schools and colleges;
  • give participants access to practical information, materials and resources; and
  • enable participants to understand and share research, practice and developments in the area of gender equality in education.

Speakers include:

  • Sarah Brown, Campaigner on global health and education (invited);
  • Professor Averil Macdonald, WiSE Campaign;
  • Professor Gaby Weiner, Visiting Professor, University of Sussex;
  • Haldis Holst, Deputy General Secretary, Education International (Conference Chair); and
  • Chris Keates, General Secretary, NASUWT.

Planned seminars and workshops include:

  • using values and global learning to promote gender equality in the classroom;
  • international development, volunteering, gender equality and education;
  • strategies for increasing girls’ participation;
  • identifying and supporting girls who suffer abuse (e.g. forced marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), involvement in gangs); and
  • career prospects for women teachers.

For further information and to reserve your place at the Conference:

The Conference is a one day event and is FREE to NASUWT members. Accommodation is not available to book through the NASUWT Conference and Events team.

NASUWT – The largest teachers’ union in the UK

Realising the Benefits⤴

from @ eCurriculum Blog

The previous post of images from our recent conference uses a number of web2.0 technologies. Practice what we preach is the mantra in our office and I'm rather pleased with myself having uploaded to Flickr and embeded the slide show in my Blog. It's a slick way of doing things and means that our collection of images can be used in a variety of different ways. Hope you enjoy them.