Programmes

Aspiring to Middle Leadership

This programme is designed to support aspiring middle leaders in developing their understanding of the roles of middle leadership and the skills required to carry out the key aspects of these roles.

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The national Building Racial Literacy programme aims to set anti-racism as a baseline professional value, empowering educators to identify and implement anti-racist behaviours and processes in their everyday practice.

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Educator Leadership Programme

The Educator Leadership Programme (ELP) is a professional learning programme that helps you reflect on your practice, learn more about and engage in practitioner enquiry, and meet other educators doing the same. ELP is open to early learning and childcare practitioners, primary and secondary teachers and community learning and development practitioners.

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Excellence in Headship

Excellence in Headship supports headteachers who have been in post for two years or more to strengthen and expand their school and system leadership skills – with a strong focus on delivering excellence and equity for all children and young people in Scotland.

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In Headship

In Headship is a postgraduate programme for headteachers early in post which supports them to develop and continue to build the necessary knowledge, skills and understanding required in their new role.

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Into Headship

Into Headship is Scotland’s national programme for aspiring headteachers. Successful participants are awarded the GTCS Standard for Headship. The programme is delivered in partnership between universities, local authorities and Education Scotland and awards a 60-credit postgraduate certificate at SCQF level 11 which can form part of a Masters leadership pathway.

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Leading CLD

Leading CLD is a national programme designed to build confidence in leadership. The programme has been designed and is facilitated in partnership with Education Scotland, CLD Standards Council, further education and national organisations and local authority CLD leaders.

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Middle Leaders - Leading Change

Middle Leaders - Leading Change is a professional learning programme designed to develop confidence in the use of coaching within middle leadership, encourage reflection upon the key aspects of the role and further develop the use of an enquiring stance when planning and leading change.

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Stepping Stones

Stepping Stones is a professional learning programme for recently qualified teachers in the first four years of their career post probation.

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Apple Teacher

Apple Teacher is a free professional learning programme designed to support and celebrate educators who use Apple products for teaching and learning.

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Applied Growth Mindset

Applied Growth Mindset is aimed at practitioners who wish to implement growth mindset culture in their classroom/school. Participants complete online independent learning as well as practical application and guided learning, culminating in delivery of a growth mindset project in school.

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Award in Leadership

Leadership is key to the success of schools. All colleagues can contribute to good leadership, not just headteachers. This programme develops classroom practitioners – teacher leaders who are able to positively influence the teams in which they work.

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Change Leadership

The Change Leadership Programme is designed to support colleagues in developing their understanding of aspects and models of leading a strategic change initiative.

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Coaching and Mentoring Professional Learning Programme

In Moray, a mentor/coach is the foundation of a range of approaches to develop and support teachers throughout their career through the professional review and development process as well as through their probationary year. The appointment of a mentor for probationer teachers provides opportunities for deep and meaningful conversations regarding both support and challenge.

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Coaching and Reflecting

High quality coaching can build skills within staff and develop them in a sustainable way, making training a process rather than an event. In a school with a coaching culture, mistakes are seen as an inevitable part of the change process.

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Coaching for Success

The programme will introduce you to a variety of coaching techniques which can be used to support and challenge others in achieving their potential.

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Depute Head Teacher Leadership Course

This programme is aimed at established Principal Teachers or new Depute Head Teachers. It is designed to support the empowerment agenda enabling participants to use self-evaluation processes to identify areas for development and engage in tailored development opportunities to enhance leadership and management skills and knowledge.

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Digital Champions Leadership Programme

This new local authority leadership course has a target audience of class teachers, principal teachers, or newly appointed depute headteachers.

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Do-BeMindful Foundation Programme and Resilience-Based Recovery Programme

The Do-BeMindful Initiative develops awareness, self-regulation and resilience in teachers, parents and children, encouraging a calm, kind and compassionate culture in schools. These two related programmes provide a practical introduction to mindfulness, followed by an exploration of how trauma impacts development and behaviour and how trauma-sensitive mindfulness can create a pathway to recovery.

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Early Level Collaborative Numeracy/Mathematics Project

This programme builds practitioners' confidence and knowledge around early mathematics and numeracy across early level, especially in relation to progression of learning and deep knowledge of key concepts. The programme brings ELC practitioners and P1 teachers together in a group format to encourage professional respect and relationships across early level.

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Edinburgh Learns: Differentiation

Edinburgh Learns: Differentiation explores how students learn and understand new material effectively and offers strategies for supporting this in the classroom. We look at how to differentiate through Content, Process, Product and Environment, sharing practical ways to provide the right pace and challenge for all learners, without watering down the curriculum.

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Edinburgh Learns: Formative Assessment for Learning

Edinburgh Learns: Formative Assessment for Learning looks at the why, how and what of formative assessment and its role in improving teaching and learning. It couples an overview of research with practical ideas for the classroom in order to improve confidence and skill in embedding formative assessment into classroom practice.

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Edinburgh Learns: Inspiring teacher enquiry

Inspiring Teacher Enquiry is a six-session professional learning programme delivered across one academic session which affords practitioners the opportunity to focus on their own pedagogy and develop the skills to lead improvements in teaching and learning.

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Edinburgh Learns: Leadership of Learning

Leadership of Learning looks at the why, how and what of including learners in the planning, implementation and assessment of their learning and the role this plays in improving teaching and learning. It couples an overview of research with practical ideas for the classroom in order to improve confidence and skill in embedding leadership of learning into classroom practice.

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Edinburgh Learns: Leading a Learning Community

Edinburgh Learns: Leading a Learning Community supports the development of teacher leadership in teaching and learning. We explore the why, how and what of improving teaching and learning, and provide practical skills, strategies and ideas to help achieve this.

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Edinburgh Learns: Skills

Edinburgh Learns: Skills investigates why skills are integral to teaching and learning and what the key skills are for our own schools. We look at practical ways that skills can be embedded into our planning and teaching, as well as learning about digital skills and looking at examples of whole school approaches to skills development.

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Educational Leadership (Stage one: Middle Leadership)

This programme aims to develop an understanding of the principles underpinning middle leadership for those aspiring to lead and manage the improvement of educational practices which impact on outcomes for children and young people in their setting and/or wider educational community.

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Educational Leadership (Stage one: Middle Leadership)

The course draws on recent insights into educational leadership across the world, focusing on leadership in a range of educational settings.

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Effective Mentoring

This two-day training focuses on the knowledge, skills and understandings that are critical for those who work with probationer teachers. The training is guided by the belief that learning to teach is a career long developmental process that involves a continuous cycle of planning, teaching and reflecting.

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Emotional Literacy

This programme provides an opportunity for professional development in the understanding and practice of emotional literacy. The taught elements are delivered over eight sessions, each one building on the previous ones, with a focus on a different aspect of emotional literacy.

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Engaging Families in Children's Learning

This programme is designed to support education professionals to develop clear understanding and effective strategies to support engagement of families in their children’s education and learning. The programme brings policy and legislation to life, providing delegates with a clear pathway to link their practice and values to this critical policy area.

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Enterprising Practitioner Programme (Blended Pathway)

This online programme introduces the topic of enterprising attitudes and skills, demonstrating its cross-curricular nature and encouraging you to reflect on and adapt your practice to support skills development in your pupils.

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Evaluation: Assessing the Impact of Family Engagement

This programme addresses evaluation of parental engagement, supporting school staff to evidence its impact for learners. It provides progression through Connect’s professional learning modules and includes preparatory reading and reflection, evidence/working practice gathering and follow-up coaching, to support delegates to learn from and with learners, colleagues and parents.

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Food, STEM and Sustainability: From farm to fork

This programme equips practitioners with skills, knowledge and confidence about Scotland’s food and drink sector.

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Global Learning Partnerships

Global Learning Partnerships empowers the delivery of meaningful global education to young people in Scotland. More than 80 education practitioners have completed the professional development scheme which includes a four-week placement in Rwanda or Uganda.

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Google for Education Teacher Centre and Certification Programs

Explore free self-paced training and resources for educators in the Google for Education Teacher Centre.

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Guided approach to pedagogical enquiry

This programme enables teachers and school leaders to create a bespoke set of professional learning experiences which use a collegiate enquiring approach to enhance pedagogical classroom practice across departments and schools. It provides a set of tools to facilitate professional learning which brings about increased quality and inter-school consistency of teaching and learning.

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Head Teacher Leadership Course

This programme is aimed at established Principal Teachers, Depute Head Teachers or newly appointed Head Teachers. It is designed to support the empowerment agenda enabling participants to use self-evaluation processes to identify areas for development and engage in tailored development opportunities to enhance leadership and management skills and knowledge.

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Head Teachers Leadership Academy

Head Teacher’s Leadership Academy from Columba 1400 is designed to support head teachers and the school leadership team as they focus on the cultures they create through an understanding of core values.

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Inspirational Leadership

This programme is designed to accelerate a senior leadership team's ability to lead the school strategy through effective engagement with all stakeholders. It is an intensive practical way to develop personal, team and leadership effectiveness in the real context of a school's vision, purpose and strategy.

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Introducing School Leadership

Introducing School Leadership aims to support and motivate teachers to become involved in school leadership and management and to develop their leadership confidence and capacity.

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Introduction to Leadership Coaching

One of Growth Coaching International’s most popular courses, Introduction to Leadership Coaching provides a grounding in the GCI approach to effective coaching in education.

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Lead On Programme

The Lead On programme is a self-directed, blended learning programme that enables participants to choose their own pathway to leadership learning and development. The focus of the programme is on leading a change initiative in a school or establishment setting.

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Leadership and Management Professional Learning Programme

The aim of this programme is to provide training and support for leaders and managers at middle management level and those wishing to move into further promoted posts.

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Leadership Development and Induction Programme

The aim of this programme is to ensure that newly appointed head teachers and senior leaders are supported to be confident in their professional and corporate role.

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Leadership in Professional Contexts

For aspiring and existing leaders in various professional settings, the programme will provide a framework for leadership development which takes account of the circumstances generated by changes in social and economic conditions and by policy affairs and external forces.

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Leading for Outdoor Learning

Leading outdoor learning within the staff team challenges teachers practice, using new pedagogical approaches and practical skills. Participants are challenged to embed outdoor learning within their school and to strive for highly effective practice through learning for sustainability.

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Leading from the Middle

Leading from the Middle is a live, intensive online programme that builds personal, team and organisational strength, quickly. Three intensive sprints set middle leaders up for success by undertaking an action project while developing skills. The programme focuses on personal leadership, team dynamics and influencing the system.

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Learning for Sustainability: Connecting Classrooms

Learning for Sustainability: Connecting Classrooms is a programme designed to allow teachers to grapple with what Learning for Sustainability means, what existing and new pedagogies are required to develop critical thinking and problem solving and citizenship skills, and to consider how this can be embedded into their school context.

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Making Connections through Learning for Sustainability

Aligned with Scotland’s education priorities and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, this online professional learning will support you to think about, plan for, and implement, Learning for Sustainability in your own practice and in your teaching context.

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Maths Through Story

This interactive training develops early level practitioners' understanding of explicit and implicit mathematical story books and how these can act as a vehicle for learners.

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Mental health champions – class teacher (Developing the mentally healthy classroom)

A unique programme of training on child development and wellbeing, designed for new teachers or more experienced teachers wanting to improve their expertise in this area.

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Mental health champions – school leader (Developing the school mental health strategy)

A programme of training and consultation to support school leaders to bring about strategic change to create mentally healthy schools.

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Mentors in Violence Prevention

Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) is a peer education programme providing young people with the language and framework to explore and challenge the attitudes, beliefs and cultural norms that underpin gender-based violence, bullying and other forms of abuse.

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Microsoft Education Center and Microsoft Innovative Educator

The Microsoft Educators Center (MEC) provides a range of courses designed to support educators from around the world to use the many Microsoft technologies and resources that facilitate student-centred learning.

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Microsoft K12 Education Transformation Framework and Showcase Schools Programme

The Microsoft Education Framework is an effective, flexible platform for education transformation, developed using the latest research and in consultation with hundreds of academics, experts and policy makers. The key insights have been distilled into a single powerful framework for school and system leaders.

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Middle Leadership

The Middle Leadership programme is designed to support colleagues in developing their understanding of their role as middle leaders.

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Middle Leadership and Management in Schools

This programme for practising teachers covers the major elements of middle leadership and management in schools and is designed to provide you with a critical understanding of the principles underpinning middle leadership and management.

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Numeracy Champions Collaborative in Clackmannanshire

This programme focuses on approaches that can be applied 'in action' in the classroom, deepen curricular, pedagogical knowledge and lead and extend learning.

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Osiris Teaching Intervention

The Osiris Teaching Intervention (OTI) exists to create an effective professional learning programme for teachers in order to accelerate their knowledge and understanding of pedagogy and then apply it in their classroom practice, so improving outcomes for all children.

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Play Pedagogy Collaborative Enquiry 2023-24

The aim of the Play Pedagogy Collaborative Enquiry Programme is: “To improve outcomes for children and young people by deepening and strengthening understanding of Play Pedagogy through a process of Collaborative Enquiry.”

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Post Graduate Certificate in Leading Learning and Teaching

This is a new Post-Graduate Certificate in Leading Learning and Teaching, with participants taking two appropriate modules from the wider MEd suite of modules. It is recognised by SCEL and is designed for students who wish to develop the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills to undertake middle leadership roles in schools.

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Postgraduate Certificate in Leadership and Learning: Middle Leadership and Management (Standard for Middle Leadership and Management)

The PG Certificate in Leadership and Learning: Middle Leadership and Management critically examines middle leadership and management within local, national and international contexts.

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Principal Teacher Leadership Course

This course is designed to support the empowerment agenda, enabling participants to use self-evaluation processes to identify areas for development and engage in tailored development opportunities to enhance leadership and management skills and knowledge. The format of the programme facilitates the creation of sustainable support networks.

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Reciprocal Reading

This Forth Valley and West Lothian RIC learning programme explores the use of Reciprocal Reading, a structured approach to teaching reading strategies that can be used to engage learners and improve reading comprehension.

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Relationship Leadership

This programme provides a holistic approach, delivering transformational leadership training in schools to senior and middle leaders, teachers and other adults as well as to young adults, their parents and carers.

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Resilience and Wellbeing Series for Educators (Level 1)

The Resilience & Wellbeing Webinar Series for Educators supports participants to uncover their own inbuilt capacity for mental health and wellbeing thus enhancing their capacity and potential to deal more effectively with personal and professional challenges and be more impactful in their role.

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Safe and Empowered: Responding to a Digital Generation

This programme offers free face-to-face and online learning for teachers in Scotland about online safety and digital citizenship. It covers the latest tech trends and safety issues, curriculum links and materials, professional skills and key resources to support teachers.

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Teacher Leadership

The programme is designed to support you in developing your understanding of aspects of leadership through facilitating a collaborative enquiry with colleagues.

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School Leader Facilitator

With a hands-on approach, this programme explores the concept, the processes and the skills for design and facilitation of andragogy with a range of activities to demonstrate how the principles can be used when leading professionally any situation with adults.

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Scottish Improvement Leaders Programme

The Scottish Improvement Leader Programme is a lead level quality improvement course developed by a number of Scottish Public Service Improvement Partners. The aim is to develop individuals who can design, develop and lead improvement projects, generate support for change and provide expert improvement support and advice.

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Senior Leadership Programme

The programme provides an opportunity for cognitive development, reflection, collaboration and experiential learning as described in the Model of Professional Learning. The course also seeks to develop the leadership skills and attributes in line with the Model of Educational Leadership and the GTCS Standards for Leadership and Management.

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STEM Family Learning Programme

The STEM Family Learning Programme enables practitioners to gain vital knowledge about delivering STEM activities while learning how to plan and implement a family learning programme in their school.

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Supporting Mental Health and Wellbeing: A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Informed Educational Programme

This programme, co-constructed by SCIS and the South of Scotland Post Graduate Masters Training Programme in CBT, aims to provide a psychological framework to support practitioners in their interactions with children and young people in schools.

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Understanding Social Enterprise

The one day Understanding Social Enterprise Programme is not about teaching teachers about social enterprise. It’s about helping them to understand what social enterprise is and how they might use it in their individual context to deliver learning that is relevant, contextualised and fun.

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VIBE for Middle Leaders: Professional Recognition in Self-Evaluation

VIBE is a transformational leadership experience that strikes the balance of values-based leadership, theory, coaching and fun professional learning. The programme is designed to support Middle Leaders in schools as they move through their careers in education, easing the transition from reflective classroom practitioners to self-evaluative, enquiring leaders.

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We:Align – a group coaching programme

We:Align is a group learning programme for women that has depth, colour, emotion & transformation. I will hold time & space to let you step back from transactional & busy roles to enquire, collaborate and action a different way of doing things. As educators, your strength & wellbeing come from really knowing yourself & being authentically present. After all, you teach (& lead) who you are.

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Youth Philanthropy Initiative

YPI is a skills-based education programme that raises awareness of philanthropy, social issues and the needs of communities to young people.

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Environmental Education in Action

Wild Things is an award winning environmental education charity based in Findhorn, on the magnificent Moray Firth, in Scotland.

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