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Curriculum, Learning, Teaching & Assessment

The Curriculum, Learning, Teaching & Assessment Workstream aims to grow an empowered learning system which provides the best possible curriculum for children and young people. It also aims to ensure this learning system delivers excellent approaches to learning, teaching and assessment for all.
It aims to:
  • support improvements in learning, teaching and assessment
  • support schools and ELC settings across the region to ensure they are designing and delivering a curriculum which has a range of pathways to meet the needs of all children and young people
  • improve outcomes for all children and young people
  • make equity core to all aspects of the learning system
We are working to achieve this through a wide variety of activities including:
  • ongoing professional learning activity and through the online moderation portal to ensure a consistent approach to the moderation cycle across the West Partnership.
  • the development of a West Partnership Online School to ensure quality learning videos and associated resources are available for all children and young people. In particular to mitigate ongoing public health factors as well as risks experienced by individuals.
  • hosting learning events (virtual or in person as appropriate) to support practitioners to collaborate and share effective approaches.
  • hosting and facilitating curricular networks to ensure practitioners are empowered to share evidence based and effective practice.
Planning for Effective Learning, Teaching & Assessment
Planning for Effective Learning, Teaching & Assessment

Planning for Effective Learning, Teaching & Assessment

The West Partnership is striving to develop an empowered system which supports practitioners and leaders to develop consistently accurate professional judgement.

Our aim is to support practitioners to develop high quality learning, teaching and assessment opportunities which will improve attainment and achievement for all. By developing professional learning opportunities for all and allowing opportunities for practitioners to participate in evidence based collaborative moderation activities within and beyond their setting we will achieve excellence within Scottish education. 

Assessment within BGE
Building the Curriculum 3
Building the Curriculum 5: A Framework for Assessment
How Good is Our School 4th Edition
Interim Report Feb 2020 [Updated]
Refreshed Narrative
The West Partnership Moderation Portal
Curriculum Networks
Curriculum Networks

Curriculum Networks

The West Partnership has created Curriculum Networks for a growing number of secondary school curriculum areas.

These are led by a core group of subject practitioners, supported by West Partnership, Education Scotland and local authority staff. The networks facilitate professional learning and networking opportunities.

At present initial meetings have taken place in the following subject areas and Microsoft TEAM has been created as a platform for collaboration.

  • Literacy & English
  • Science
  • Numeracy & Mathematics
  • Physical Education
  • Modern Languages
  • Religious & Moral Education
  • Expressive Arts
  • Social Subjects
  • PSE
  • Gaelic
  • Home Economics
  • Psychology, Philosophy and Sociology
  • Computing Science
  • Business Education
  • Design and Technology

The vision is to empower practitioners to collaborate in ways that will reduce work load, improve practice and build capacity – which will have a positive impact on young people.

Volunteer Lead

An opportunity for a practitioner volunteer/PT or on the ground innovator has been created to act as a link between the subject networks and West Partnership Development Officer – with a view to the self-sustainability of the networks and empowerment of practitioners. We have volunteer leads in place for the majority of curriculum areas. However, we will welcome more volunteers – having a team of leads per curriculum is providing very beneficial. Therefore, we welcome new expressions of interest.

Future Network meetings will offer opportunities for collaboration and development of practitioner knowledge over themes agreed by network participants.

West Partnership - Curriculum Area Microsoft Teams
West Partnership - Guide to Curriculum Networks
Supporting the Development of an Empowered Curriculum Across the West Partnership
Supporting the Development of an Empowered Curriculum Across the West Partnership

Supporting the Development of an Empowered Curriculum Across the West Partnership

In order to create a more empowered curriculum which extends and improves the range of curricular pathways, the Curriculum, Learning, Teaching & Assessment Workstream has:

  • Established networks of support for teachers/practitioners and leaders to consider and implement the principles and practice of effective curriculum design is a key part of the Curriculum Networks.
See the section on Curriculum Networks
Curriculum Networks
Partnership with Keep Scotland Beautiful: Upstream Battle Professional Learning Programme
Partnership with Keep Scotland Beautiful: Upstream Battle Professional Learning Programme

Partnership with Keep Scotland Beautiful: Upstream Battle Professional Learning Programme

Building on the success of our Stem the Flow’ collaboration in 2018-19, the West Partnership’s collaboration with Keep Scotland Beautiful and Education Scotland continued in session 2019-2020 with the Upstream Battle Professional Learning Programme.

This programme provides professional learning for practitioners in Early Years, Primary, Secondary and ASN establishments. Focused on the River Clyde and its tributaries, Upstream Battle aims to raise awareness, gather evidence and inspire action to prevent marine litter at source. Communities, individuals, schools and the private and public sector are all encouraged to work towards one common goal: to stop litter from getting into the Clyde.

Available for teachers across the West Partnership Collaborative, the aim of the Upstream Battle Professional Learning Programme (PLP) is to develop confidence in delivering on each pupil’s entitlement to Learning for Sustainability (LfS) and build STEM skills through the context of source to sea litter. The PLP is delivered through a blended learning model combining four face to face twilight sessions and online learning. An interdisciplinary approach supports skills in enquiry-based learning.

Reports on the progress of the programme are available below:

USB PLP Twilight 1 Feedback Report
USB PLP Twilight 2 Feedback Report
USB PLP Twilight 3 2019 Feedback Report
USB PLP Twilight 4 and Concluding Report 2020

West Partnership Early Learning Festival Celtic Park 2020

West Partnership: An Empowered Primary Curriculum — Leadership and Innovation Conference (Crowne Plaza 2020)

Workstream Minute [23.09.2019]
Workstream Minute [02.12.2019]
Workstream Minute [14.02.2020]
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Lead Officer Contact

Curriculum, Learning, Teaching & Assessment

John Stuart

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