OVERVIEW
#NA2020Equity
The Northern Alliance and Education Scotland have collaborated to create a menu of online workshops, presentations and resources that will be shared throughout the week. Some of the highlights are outlined below with many more to be added on the day.
MON 28th SEPTEMBER - FRI 2nd OCTOBER 2020
MONDAY
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
TUESDAY
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
WEDNESDAY
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
THURSDAY
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
FRIDAY
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
CLASSROOM RESOURCES
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