Understanding Poverty & Equity across the Northern Alliance
Opening Speech- Gayle Gorman, Chief Executive & Chief Inspector of Education Scotland
The Nature & Impact of Poverty- Scott Calder & Jo Kirby, Northern Alliance
Unconscious Bias - Jen Hodson, Education Scotland
Five Hidden Poverties of and in Scottish School Education - Prof. John McKendrick, Glasgow Caledonian University
The National Picture, Pupil Equity Funding & The Scottish Attainment Challenge
Closing the Gap: What does this mean to you?, The National Picture, Scottish Government
Learning from Data - Alison Thomson & Grant Murray, Education Scotland and Northern Alliance
Sharing research about improving literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing for pupils affected by poverty. - Scottish Council of Deans of Education
Wee Blether - Poverty and what schools do to mitigate its impact on learning.
What does equity mean in your classroom? - Kylie Watson and Sheila Rae, Education Scotland
Pupil Equity Fund - Examples from across the Northern Alliance
Participation and Engagement
Health and Wellbeing: How do we mitigate the effects from poverty?: Roslyn Redpath & Rhonda Simpson, Principal Educational Psychologists, Argyll & Bute and Shetland Islands
The Cost of Lockdown and the Cost of the School Day Toolkit - Sara Spencer, Child Poverty Action Group Scotland
Re-imagining the skills agenda and DYW post Covid-19 - Laurence Findlay, Director of Education and Children's Services, Aberdeenshire Council
e:Sgoil: Digital Equity, Marc McWhirter and Steven Graham, e-Sgoil DHTs
Unlocking STEM in CLD - A professional learning tool for staff
Collaboration for Equity
Meet the Children's Commissioner and Learn about your Rights - Bruce Adamson - Sessions for Pupils.
Wee Blether for Young People: How does poverty affect children and young people?, Maxine Jolly and Jen Hodson
Wee Blether: How is multi-agency working adding value for you?- Sarah Elliot, Education Scotland; Collaborating with Youth Services - Marielle Bruce, Youthlink Scotland
Outside Now! Mark Irwin, Education Scotland
Excellence through Collaboration, Nicola Sykes, CLD Senior Education Officer, Education Scotland
Equity & Early Years - Ruth Reid, Northern Alliance
Leadership for Equity: Using logic models to support implementation - Olwen Fraser, Northern Alliance
Languages: Ensuring everone gets a fair chance - Sylvia Georgin, Northern Alliance
Food insecurity & Mental Health- Top tips for school dining rooms - Jayne Jones, ASSIST FM
DYW & Responding to the Pandemic - Maxine Garson, Moray Council
Moving Forwards
Pledges for our children - What do we commit to?
What do we mean by equity in the Maths Classroom? - Andy Thompson, Andy Brown and Iona Coutts
"Our Voice" for Primary and Secondary pupils, What do they ACTUALLY need? - Jo Kirby, Northern Alliance
Data for Improvement - Working with EOs and QIOs; Kathleen Johnston & Scott Calder, Northern Alliance
Attainment advisors holding discussions in each local authority
Thinking Ahead - Helen Budge, Regional Improvement Collaborative Lead
Future CPD
Click here to link to resources that can be used over the week.
These include:
UNCRC activities
Unconscious bias
Cost of the School Day activities
Video Clips, Sways and other tools