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Leadership and Management

Closing The Gap Tool 

Target Audience: All school staff who have a PEF remit and are responsible for completing the Closing the Gap Tool

This drop-in session will provide advice and guidance on completing the Closing the Gap Tool and using the Power BI data dashboard.  The session will also cover the Education Interventions Tool and how this links to the CTGT. 

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Date, Time and Venue: 

27 August 2024 - 1.30pm - 2.30pm - online Ms Teams

28 August 2024 - 3.30pm - 4.30pm - online Ms Teams

  

Presenter: Eve Moran - Education Scotland

 

Aims and Outcomes: Participants will have an understanding of:

  • How to complete the Closing the Gap tool
  • How to use the data dashboard for collaboration
  • How to use the Education Interventions Tool to address identified gaps
  • How to record impact of Interventions.

 

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Internal applicants

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ELC Leadership and Management Programme

Target Audience: SMT with responsibility for ELC

This programme is for those with a responsibility for ELC.  The programme supports Leadership and Management of ELC. 

Programme Overview 2024-25

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Date, Time and Venue: 

6 September 2024 - 9.00am - 1.00pm - venue TBC

16 September 2024 - 9.30am - 4.30pm - venue TBC

13 November 2024 - 9.30am - 4.30pm - venue TBC

December 2024 - time TBC (duration 2 hours) - venue TBC

22 January 2025 - 9.30am - 4.30pm - venue TBC

25 February 2025 - 9.30am - 4.30pm - Berth Park High School - McAvoy Suite

26 March 2025 - 9.30am - 1.00pm - venue TBC

Programme - all sessions must be attended.

 

Presenter: Bernadette Scott and Annie Carr - Perth and Kinross Council; Jane Mudd - Mudd Partnership 

 

Aims and Outcomes: Support those with responsibility in ELC settings to develop their skills in Leadership and Management.

 

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ELC Middle Leadership Programme

Target Audience: PECPs, Equity and Excellence Leads and Depute Managers

This Programme is for those who wish to develop their leadership skills and to take on future leadership roles within their career of Early Learning and childcare.  This programme will run over the course of an 8-12 month period, with Day 1 taking place on 23 September 2024.

Programme Overview - updated

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Date, Time and Venue: 

23 September 2024 - 10.00am - 12noon - venue TBC

3 December 2024 - 9.30am - 4.00pm - Letham Hub

16 January 2025 - 9.30am - 4.00pm - Inchview Primary School

27 March 2025 - 1.30pm - 4.30pm - Inchview Primary School

22 May 2025 - 9.30am - 4.00pm - Inchview Primary School

Programme - all sessions must be attended.

 

Presenter: Eve Moran - Education Scotland and various

 

Aims: Develop an understanding of your roles and responsibilities. Provide an opportunity to engage in professional dialogue to develop your understanding of strategic leadership. Develop an understanding of the triangulation of the quality improvement cycle.

Outcomes: Increased knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of a principal practitioner. Increased knowledge of how to be an effective strategic leader to ensure high quality early learning and childcare. Increased confidence in leading and managing change. Increased knowledge and understanding of the quality improvement methodology.

 

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Introduction to Leadership and Management

Target Audience: ELC, Out of School Care, Childminders

This is a face to face session to explore leadership and management. The course is a basic introduction to leadership and management designed to give aspiring managers tools and guidance in order to develop their management role.

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Date, Time and Venue:

3 September 2024 - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - North Inch Community Campus

7 November 2024 - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - North Inch Community Campus

 

Presenter: Shona O'Connor - Perth and Kinross Council 

 

Aims: This is a face to face session to explore the basic foundations to leadership and management.  This Leadership and Management course will help you to develop the skills that are essential for all leaders and managers. The course looks at the different qualities you may adopt and techniques for motivating and coaching your team and how to maximise your use of time. 

Outcomes: By the end of the session participants should have a better understanding of the key characteristics of leaders and managers and will be able to spot these differences within their own setting and be able to compliment the roles.

 

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Leading Change Programme 2024-25

 

Target Audience: Newly appointed Headteachers and Acting Headteachers are required to attend all sessions.

All Headteachers and Business Managers are invited to attend the opportunities highlighted below. Please click on the session title for further course information.   Tailored Support for some headteachers will be provided through recommended participation at identified sessions.

 

Programme Description:  The PKC Leading Change Programme supports school leaders to fulfil the responsibilities of the head teacher role. It is an induction programme for new and acting headteachers in Perth and Kinross and a programme of tailored support for all headteachers. There is a focus on Leading Change and Improvement, with professional learning inputs planned to improve knowledge, understanding and skills. Sessions are also designed as an introduction to and refresher of PKC management procedures, systems/resources and approaches and are led by central teams from key services.

 

Please note that booking for these opportunities will open at the start of September via My View

 

 

 

 Day 3 Leading Change and Improvement in Learning and Teaching Part One  (31 October 9.15-10.30am)

Date, Time and Venue: 31 October 2024 - 9.15am - 10.30am - 2 High Street, Council Chambers

 

Kim Ramsay, Quality Improvement Officer

Leading Change and Improvement in Learning and Teaching 

Building a clear vision for high quality learning and teaching. Ensuring there is a shared understanding of what you are looking for in classroom observations

 

Day 3 Leading Change and Improvement in Learning and Teaching Part Two (31 October 11.00-12.00pm)

Date, Time and Venue: 31 October 2024 - 11.00am - 12.00pm - 2 High Street, Council Chambers

 

Kim Ramsay, Quality Improvement Officer

Leading Change and Improvement in Learning and Teaching 

This session will look at effective approaches to self-evaluation and quality assurance of learning and teaching.

 

 

Day 3 Effective Use of Data for Improvement - Foundation Workshop (31 October 1.00-3.00pm)

Date, Time and Venue: 31 October 2024 - 1.00pm - 3.00pm - 2 High Street, Council Chambers

 

Eve Moran, Attainment Advisor Education Scotland and Gillian Knox, QIO Primary

Effective Use of Data for Improvement – Foundation Workshop

Content will include:

The purpose of data

‘Big’ and ‘Small’ data

Intersecting data / data categories

Mobilising data

Data driven dialogue

 

 Day 3 Inclusion, Statutory Duties and ASN Legislation (31 October 3.15-4.15pm)

Date, Time and Venue: 31 October 2024 - 3.15pm - 4.15pm - 2 High Street, Council Chambers

 

Fiona Mackay, Service Manager Inclusion, Sarah Stephen, QIO Inclusion

 

The Inclusion Team and responsibilities

Statutory Duties

ASN Legislation

 

 Day 4 Self Evaluation (13 December 9.15-12.00)

Date, Time and Venue: 13 December 2024 - 9.15am - 12.00pm - 2 High Street, Council Chambers 

 

  • Anne Lemon, Quality Improvement Officer, Primary

    Self-evaluation

     

    This session will focus on planning effectively to ensure self-evaluation provides you with evidence to measure impact of improvement priorities and to evaluate against HGIOS4 quality indicators. Anne will share high quality self-evaluation tools and examples of self-evaluation in practice.

 

Day 4 Preparing for Inspection (13 December 1.00-3.00pm)

Date, Time and Venue: 13 December 2024 -  1.00pm - 3.00pm - 2 High Street, Council Chambers 

 

Gillian Doogan, Service Manager Primary

 

Preparing for Inspection

 

A session to provide targeted schools with key documentation and information to support readiness for inspection.

Day 4 Addressing Health and Wellbeing of Staff/ Managing Staff (13 December 3.15-4.15pm)

  • Date, Time and Venue: 13 December 2024 - 3.15pm - 4.15pm - 2 High Street, Council Chambers 

  • Ewan Bayne, Human Resources

  • Addressing Health and Wellbeing issues

  • Addressing concerns and managing competence

 

PKC Aspiring to Lead Programme - For Principal Teachers/Aspiring Principal Teachers

Target Audience: Suitable for primary and secondary principal teachers (including those in their first year in post or aspiring to a PT post in the next three years).

This leadership programme is specifically designed for a group of up to twentyfive principal teachers /aspiring principal teachers and will focus on building your individual capabilities and capacity as well as that of others. It will support your understanding of the middle leadership role and the skills to be an effective middle leader.

Programme Overview

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Date, Time and Venue: 

24 October 2024 - 9.00am - 3.00pm - 2 High Street, Perth - Civic Hall

6 November 2024 - 9.00am - 3.00pm - 2 High Street, Perth - Civic Hall

27 November 2024 - 9.00am - 3.00pm - venue TBC

28 January 2025 - 9.00am - 3.00pm - 2 High Street, Perth - Council Chambers

5 February 2025 - 4.00pm - 6.00pm - 2 High Street, Perth - Room 410 or online Ms Teams

3 March 2025 - 9.00am - 3.00pm - 2 High Street, Perth - Civic Hall

Programme consists of 6 sessions.

 

Presenter: Ian Fraser

 

Aims:

  • To support and motivate principal teachers/aspiring principal teachers to increase their confidence, knowledge, Understanding and skills of middle leadership
  • To provide an opportunity for principal teachers/aspiring principal teachers to widen their knowledge and critical understanding of leadership and management concepts and practices
  • To provide an opportunity for principal teachers/aspiring principal teachers to demonstrate selfawareness and critically reflect on their thinking and practice
  • To improve an aspect of the PT role by planning and carrying out a school-based improvement project which contributes to the school improvement agenda and present to colleagues on the impact of the project

Outcomes:

  • Increased confidence in leading and managing people, leading curriculum and pedagogy and leading change and improvement
  • Raised awareness of leadership and management concepts and practices through high quality professional learning

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PKC Towards Headship Programme

Target Audience: The programme is suitable for Depute Head Teachers to support the execution of their role as a DHT and to prepare for the future role of Headteacher. It is expected that participants will be aspiring headteachers and be aiming to apply for the Into Headship programme within 3 years of participation in this programme.

This programme supports the development of knowledge and critical understanding of leadership and management concepts and practices. It will support you to develop your skills as a senior leader.

Programme Overview

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Date, Time and Venue: 

22 October 2024 - 9.00am - 4.00pm - 2 High Street, Perth - Room 410

2 December 2024 - 9.00am - 4.00pm - 2 High Street, Perth - Room 346

21 January 2025 - 9.00am - 4.00pm - 2 High Street, Perth - Room 410

26 February 2025 - 9.00am - 4.00pm - 2 High Street, Perth - Room 410

17 March 2025 - 9.00am - 4.00pm - 2 High Street, Perth - Room 101

1 April 2025 - 9.00am - 4.00pm - 2 High Street, Perth - Room 410

29 April 2025 - 9.00am - 1.00pm - 2 High Street, Perth - Room 410

Programme consists of 7 sessions.

 

Presenter: Jane Mudd (The Mudd Partnership) and PKC Education and Learning central team

 

Aims:

• To understand the role of culture, values and ethics as a leader in PKC

• To further develop awareness of your strengths and area for development as a leader

• To develop knowledge, skills and practices to lead individuals and teams effectively

• To develop knowledge, skills and practices to lead and manage change and improvement effectively to improve learning and outcomes for children and young people

• To build a network of peers to offer support and challenge during and beyond the programme

Outcomes:

• To have a range of tools, techniques and resources to use when leading and managing people and change

• To have improved confidence in your ability as a leader

• To further contribute to leading improvement in your school and across Education and Learning

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SEEMiS  Webinars

 

SEEMiS provide training on our applications and key areas free of charge.  Users can join the training online on the advertised dates and times, without the requirement of advance booking.  All training is delivered by SEEMiS Trainers via webinars using Microsoft Teams.  Sessions are advertised on the SEEMiS Website, where links to join can be found within
the Training | Training Webinars menu.

 

More course info here

 

Senior Practitioner Development Programme

Target Audience: ELC and Out of School Care.  Any practitioner wishing to develop leadership skills.  ECP or SECP or equivalent.

This session is for Practitioners who wish to develop their leadership skills to take on future senior roles across Perth and Kinross.

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Date, Time and Venue: 

Session 1 - 19 September 2024, Session 2 - 7 November 2024, Session 3 - 10 December 2024, Session 4 - 4 February 2025, Session 5 - 13 March 2025, Session 6 - 22 May 2025 - 3.30pm - 5.15pm - venue TBC

The training consists of 6 sessions and attendance is required at every session to complete the Programme.

 

Presenter: Linda Reid, Pauline Linn and Sally McDougall - Perth and Kinross Council 

 

Aims and Outcomes: 

  • Develop an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a Senior Practitioner. 
  • Engage in professional reading and dialogue to develop understanding of pedagogical leadership. 
  • Develop an understanding of quality improvement and the cycle of self-evaluation.
  • Increased knowledge of roles and responsibilities of a Senior Practitioner.  
  • Increased knowledge of how to be an effective pedagogical leader of high quality Early Learning and Childcare (ELC).  
  • Increased confidence in professional judgement and decision making.

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