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. Course Reference No: CPD09 1.17

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Course Title: Education for All:  managing Provision and Enhancing Outcomes in the class
Dates(s): 17, 18 March 2009
Recall day 11 June 2009

Venue:

Kemnay Church Centre

Duration:  9.30 am - 3.30 pm

How Good is our School?

Key Areas:  
  • Delivery of education
  • Impact of learners
  • Policy development and planning
    (The programme will obviously touch on other areas also)
Identified QI: 

2.1 - Learner's experience

2.2 - The school's success in involving parents, carers and families

5.2 - The Curriculum

5.3 - Meeting learning needs

5.4 - Assessment for learning

5.6 - Equality and fairness

5.7 - Partnership with learners and parents

5.8 - Care, welfare and development

5.9 - Improvement through self-evaluation

8.1 - Partnerships with the community, educational establishments, agencies and employers
National Outcomes: 

•  Inclusion and Equality

•  Attainment and achievement

•  Citizenship

Aims: 

•  To explore the concept of inclusion and related values, principles and legislation and their implications for developing policy classroom practice

•  To apply this, within the context of A Curriculum for Excellence to a critical review of current practice

•  To examine a range of curriculum strategies and their significance in addressing the range of learning needs

•  To identify features of good practice in inclusive classrooms

•  To examine the importance of collaborative practice and integrated assessment in getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) – using the assessment triangle

•  To consider the perspective and entitlements of parents/carers, children and young people

•  To test and apply a framework for audit and to use this to undertake a review of practice in the participants' own context

•  To draw on the outcomes of this review to inform action planning and the celebration of success

Course Facilitators and additional support:

Professor Donnie M MacLeod, Director of CIE (The Centre of Inclusion and Equity)
Brenda Frier (CIE)

http//:www.cie-learning.com

 

Additional follow-up support can be accessed from the facilitators to support the planning and development required by the course.

 

In addition online learning units can be made available to provide further support and extended CPD and to enable participants to share course themes with colleagues.

Course Coordinator:  

Vaughan Jennings

 

Max No. of Participants:

25

 

Target Personnel:

Teaching staff. Participants may find it useful to attend in pairs – e.g. class or subject teachers and support for learning

 

Course Requirements:

A commitment to enhancing outcomes for all children and young people.

 

A commitment to auditing current practice, planning for improvement and a willingness to share outcomes

 

Funding Arrangements:

Course fees, cover, travel and subsistence will be paid by the Aberdeenshire Education, Learning and leisure

 

   

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