The Scottish Learning Festival:Twilight Programme

Curriculum for Excellence: enhancing experiences, raising standards

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The Scottish Learning FestivalCurriculum for Excellence: enhancing experiences, raising standards

The Scottish Learning Festival (SLF) is the key education event in the Scottish education calendar. Attended by educationalists from across Scotland and the world, SLF 2010 has something for

everyone involved in education.

As Curriculum for Excellence reaches full adoption, practitioners will be considering how they can develop innovative and relevant experiences for learners through planned activities which will lead to sustained, motivating learning and high levels of achievement for all.

Individual practitioners and educational establishments will have opportunities to further develop their skills, knowledge and creativity, to help identify their own priorities, capitalise on Glow and develop solutions relevant to their own circumstances.

SLF 2010 will showcase successful, innovative approaches to learning and teaching, and will bring together examples of educational practice, leadership and management strategies from across Scotland and beyond.

Come along after workThis year there will be a full programme of activities especially for you which will run until 6.30 pm on the Wednesday evening. This will include time to explore the exhibition, a keynote address by Eric Booth, leading arts and creative learning consultant, and a range of seminars focusing on Curriculum for Excellence.

This is an ideal CPD opportunity for all involved in education.

To find out more about what’s happening at SLF after work visit: www.scottishlearningfestival.org.uk

What’s on in 2010

SLF is more than just a conference and exhibition; it also offers a host of added features to enhance your time at the event:

lEducation Showcase area showcasing good and exciting practice from Scottish education.

lLearning in Practice area – home to the Local Authority, Developing Global Citizens and Cultural Villages, this essential part of SLF provides delegates with the chance to find out more about what’s happening across the country and about the resources available from a range of organisations.

lThe Scottish Education Village, home to Learning and Teaching Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Qualifications Authority and HMIE.

Welcome to the ScottiSh learning FeStival 2010

As Curriculum for Excellence reaches full adoption, practitioners will be considering how they can develop innovative and relevant experiences for learners through planned activities which will lead to sustained, motivating learning and high levels of achievement for all. To achieve this, individual practitioners and educational establishments need support to develop their skills, knowledge and creativity further, to identify their own priorities and to capitalise on the opportunities offered by Glow, as it develops.

At the Scottish Learning Festival you will be joined by over 7000 teachers, headteachers, young people and education specialists from across Scotland, the UK and the rest of the world. You will have the opportunity to share what you do, hear about creativity already taking place in classrooms and learn about global innovation in education.

I am sure that you will come away inspired, energised and ready to put some new ideas into practice and therefore I look forward to joining you at my first Scottish Learning Festival.

michael russell mSPCabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning

SLF 2010 is free for everyone to attend and gives you access to:

linspirational keynote speakers

lexpert spotlight speakers

lconference programme with over 160 sessions

lthe largest education exhibition in Scotland

l opportunities for discussion and networking with colleagues

land much, much more!

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SLF ExhibitionDiscover innovative new resources to inspire your students

A visit to SLF Exhibition gives you direct access to over 200 exhibitors of educational resources. It’s the perfect place to meet a range of suppliers face to face, and discover and interact with the very latest educational technology. See thousands of new products and get free expert advice from new and established companies.

You will be inspired by our new educational features.

Features for 2010

innovation alley – Uncover a host of new ideas, suppliers and resources that will engage and excite your students.

Scottish education village – Learn more about the very latest developments in Scottish education.

health and Wellbeing Zone – Improve the health of your pupils with advice and ideas to encourage physical activity and healthy eating.

early Years Zone – Enhance the progression of your early years children, with the very latest resources and ideas.

Visit the website for further information and to register to attend. Register for FREE at www.scottishlearningfestival.org.uk

Book your place todayTo book your place at Scotland’s key educational event, browse this conference programme and visit the Scottish Learning Festival website to register.

Booking is now easier than it’s ever been: simply go to the Scottish Learning Festival website and click the Book Now button. Even if you don’t want to book seminars just now you can book to attend the exhibition only and then add your seminars at a later date.

Find out more by exploring the website and booking online at www.scottishlearningfestival.org.uk

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Alsh 1 Seminar Code A 1 T

Learn to Learn: A Whole-school Approach to Developing Skills for Learning, Skills for Life and Skills for WorkAlan Dick, Port Glasgow High School, Inverclyde CouncilThis seminar will share Port Glasgow High School’s ‘Learn to Learn’ approach to developing skills for learning, life and work. This development includes:• buildinglearningcapacitybasedonthelanguageandskillsofthe

Learn to Learn approach• delivering skills for work through trans-disciplinary team learning sessions• theuseoftechnologiesasalearningtool• LearningWallsineveryclassroom• recognisingandsupportingstaffasleadersoflearning.

Boisdale 1 Seminar Code B 1 T

Enhancing Experiences and Raising Standards through the Experiences and Outcomes Curriculum Area – NumeracyDevelopment Officer, Learning and Teaching ScotlandIn this seminar, the speakers will consider key issues in using the experiences and outcomes to plan and deliver learning and teaching in numeracy across learning in ways that promote the principles and practices of Curriculum for Excellence and draw on the key messages contained in BtC5. Participants will learn about interesting and innovative practices that will help to provide exemplification in effective day-to-day learning and approaches to assessment.

Enhancing Experiences and Raising Standards through the Experiences and Outcomes Curriculum Area – Social StudiesDevelopment Officer, Learning and Teaching ScotlandThis session will highlight emerging practice in the delivery of the social studies curriculum area and will be presented by practitioners.

Wednesday 22 September – 17:45

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Lomond Auditorium – 16:45 Seminar Code L 1 E

Creativity as Catalyst: Manifesting the Potential of Curriculum for ExcellenceEric Booth, Leading Arts and Creative Learning ConsultantScottish education can be the envy of the world, if the challenge of ‘creativity across the curriculum’ is embraced as the catalyst. This is the moment, and this is the opportunity of a lifetime for Scottish students and educators. Eric will detail some of the research and realities of bringing creativity into the habits of mind and daily practices of students and teachers, as well as into the atmosphere of a school and the evaluation practices of a school system.

Curriculum for Excellence: Enhancing Performing Arts Experiences through GlowAlice McGrath, ImaginateThis seminar will give teachers the opportunity to learn about and try out a brand new, Glow-based, online learning resource that aims to support them and the children that they work with to evaluate and appreciate performing arts experiences. In using the new Imaginate Glow resource pupils will develop critical thinking skills and become more able to express their own thoughts, feelings and opinions with confidence.

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Eric Booth is a leading expressive arts and education consultant from the USA. Formerly the Director of the Teacher Center of the Leonard Bernstein Center, he is a frequent keynote speaker on the arts and arts education to groups of all kinds.

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Enhancing Experiences and Raising standards through the Experiences and Outcomes Curriculum Area – Religious EducationDevelopment Officer, Learning and Teaching ScotlandThis session will highlight emerging practice in the delivery of religious education and will be presented by practitioners..

Enhancing Experiences and Raising standards through the Experiences and Outcomes Curriculum Area – Expressive ArtsDevelopment Officer, Learning and Teaching ScotlandIn this seminar, the speakers will consider key issues in using the experiences and outcomes to plan and deliver learning and teaching in expressive arts in ways that promote the principles and practices of Curriculum for Excellence and draw on the key messages contained in BtC5. Participants will learn about interesting and innovative practices that will help to provide exemplification in effective day-to-day learning and approaches to assessment.

Literacy Across LearningGrant Gillies, Learning and Teaching Scotland‘Real and Relevant’ – this session will focus on critical and information literacy for second and third level learners. LTS Development Officers will share interesting practice in helping learners not only to develop skills in finding information efficiently but also in looking at it with a critical eye as outlined in the literacy Principles and Practice paper and the literacy experiences and outcomes.

Enhancing Experiences and Raising Standards through the Experiences and Outcomes Curriculum Area – TechnologyDevelopment Officer, Learning and Teaching ScotlandThe aim of this session is to support practitioners in their work developing the technologies curriculum as they consider learning and assessment in this area.

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Enhancing Experiences and Raising Standards through the Experiences and Outcomes Curriculum Area – Health and WellbeingRebecca Machin, Dornoch Academy, HighlandThe aim of this seminar is to support practitioners in their work developing health and wellbeing across learning and to look at emerging approaches to assessment of health and wellbeing within curricular areas.

Enhancing Experiences and Raising Standards through the Experiences and Outcomes Curriculum Area – ScienceDevelopment Officer, Learning and Teaching ScotlandThe aim of this session is to support practitioners in their work developing the science curriculum as they consider learning and assessment in this area.

Wednesday 22 September – 17:45

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