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Location: SEED | You'll have seen from an earlier thread that the Education Minister has already begun to answer the questions you've posed on this forum.
If you have any further comments to make, in response to his answers, then this is the place to do it! |
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Location: Glasgow | Should the £13.5million allocated for teachers CPD also include pre five staff CPD. If yes are LA's aware of this, if no are there plans to identify an amount specificaly for CPD for this group of staff.
Teachers as a part of their contract have non contact time some of which can be used for CPD, they also have a yearly committment as part of their contract to undertake a certain amount of CPD. Pre five staff currently do not have these arrangements, they work a 35 hour week and children are present in their establishments for all these 35 hours. Does the minister see a need for agreed non contact time and CPD time for this group of staff in the near future? How can Nursery Heads promote the improvement agenda when there is no protected time for this in the working week of their staff? |
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Location: SBC | Copied from original thread Posted 12/1/2007 10:03 AM (#5597)
Subject: Hugh Henry answers your questions
The Minister says:
"The evidence does not suggest that discipline would be improved by lessmainstreaming. The latest national survey on behaviour in Scottishschools (October 2006), endorsed by education leadersand all the teaching unions in Scotland, indicates that the mainbehaviour issue in schools is the daily drip drip effect of low levelindiscipline. While there remain concerns that violence is a problem inschools, there is no overall recorded increase in this concern."
I'd like to know what evidence the Minister is talking about. In this answer he combines violence, intolerable we all agree, and low level indiscipline, and by saying there is no increase in violence, neatly sidesteps the issue of the "low level indiscipline" which denies the majority their fair share of education.
What about the anecdotal evidence of teachers? What about the conversation in staff rooms which daily points to the extra time, thought and interaction demanded of them by the pupils we are talking about - not necessarily the violent, but those who simply need more attention and resources? What about the frustration of Head Teachers who try their hardest to get adequate support for these pupils to access the curriculum but are told, year on year their support budget is being cut and they must "manage" the situation!
The Minister says "The evidence does not suggest that discipline would be improved by less mainstreaming." Evidence? Ask any teacher. Discipline would be improved by a realistic financial budget for supporting these pupils.
Edited by dc13 17/1/2007 10:19 PM
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Location: Fife | Hear! Hear! dc13 |
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Location: Glasgow | ''HMIE is fully involved as a partner in the development of ACfE, alongside Learning and Teaching Scotland, the Scottish Qualifications Authority and the Scottish Executive Education Department. The agenda for ACfE is very consistent with that set out in the HMIE report Improving Scottish Education.''
''HMIE is providing professional advice and support to the development of ACfE and as changes begin to take place in schools and early years establishments, HMIE will continue to play its national role in monitoring progress and impact. For the immediate future, HMIE will look at the extent to which ACfE is influencing the direction of curricular innovation, improvements in learning and teaching and the future direction of teachers’ continuing professional development.''
Can the Minister assure eary years establishments that Care Commission are also fully involved as partners in the development of ACfE and that they too will take into account the extent to which ACfE is influencing the the direction of curricular innovation. It has been my experience that they do not seem to be as up to speed as HMIE in this area.
Edited by AWilliamson 19/1/2007 9:05 PM
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Location: Inverness | I'm extremely appreciative that the Minister has replied to my two questions. His remarks have been informative, and in at least one case, have dispelled any possible suspicion of woolly thinking. |
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Your chance to respond to Hugh Henry's comments.
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