Leading Learning Through Practitioner Enquiry Programme

The course is intended for teachers across all sectors in schools. Fully registered teachers can engage in this course at any stage in their career to support them in developing a deeper understanding of aspects of teaching and learning approaches. This course can be standalone or provide the basis for our Professional Learning and Leadership pathway in Fife.

In Fife Council Education and Children’s Services we recognise that enquiry should be at the heart of all our self and school improvement activities and be used to inform current and future priorities. Skills in engaging effectively in the process of enquiry are key to the professional learning and ongoing development of the professional practice of teachers in a range of roles within the organisation.

This course, together with ongoing discussion with their line manager, aims to support participants in identifying professional learning priorities, concurrent with self-evaluation against the CLPL Standards, and the specific needs of the learners that they are currently engaging with. The course will support participants to plan and implement an enquiring approach to addressing these needs and professional learning priorities, and to identify the impact of their learning on professional practice and on outcomes for learners.

Our intention is that participants make connections from theory to practice in an ongoing, organic way as their engagement with current literature and policy, and ongoing discussion with colleagues and line managers, informs their enquiries into the impact of a specific pedagogical approach(es). A key objective of this course is that the findings from the enquiry enhance participants’ professional knowledge and understanding leading to professional skills and abilities being applied in a more critically informed way.

Contact

Angela Logue, Education Officer:
angela.logue@fife.gov.uk

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