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Leadership of Learning Groups

The West Partnership has three Improving our… programmes.

  • Improving Our Classrooms is Masters and GTCS accredited and for individual teachers in primary, secondary and ASN settings.
  • Improving Our Schools works across a whole primary school.
  • Improving Our Departments and Faculties works across departments and faculties in secondary schools.
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The West Partnership’s (WP) Improving Our… set of programmes and activity are developed by and for teachers and leaders across the eight local authorities (LAs). All the programmes and groups that drive them have the same focus on improvement through: 

  • the effective use of evidence and enquiry to drive change
  • high quality self-evaluation undertaken collectively and individually
  • improving learning and teaching
  • a relentless focus on equity and excellence for all children and young people; and
  • developing networks and working collaboratively across boundaries.

Although the programmes operate in different ways depending on the context and participants, they all use the same set of high-quality professional learning materials. Teacher groups are being established to support this. The role of these groups and the level of commitment required are set out below. 

What is the purpose of the groups?

The groups have two purposes.

  1. To share relevant and recent expertise and experience in high-quality learning and teaching with others.
  2. To offer group members the opportunity to build networks and work with colleagues from different sectors and local authorities.
Who is involved?

The groups have class teachers, principal teachers and depute heads, in any sector, who have an interest in / expertise in different aspects of pedagogy.

What the groups focus on and how they work?

There are currently groups for:

  • Questioning
  • Feedback
  • Differentiation
  • Metacognition
  • Creativity

How the groups work and what they do

  • Each group has around six members.
  • Group members, as far as possible, come from different sectors and local authorities.
  • Participation in a group is built into each member’s professional learning plan and agreed with the school’s senior leadership team.
  • Each group agrees how they will work together, using the terms of reference as a basis for this. The number of meetings and amount of time may vary between groups. It is estimated that the time required will be up to ten hours.
  • Groups identify and review relevant and new research, evidence, policy and other information in relation to their area of focus.
  • Consider if and how this might be included in the professional learning materials used across the three IO… programmes described on page one.
  • Adapt and update the professional learning materials. Materials take a variety of forms including presentations, learning journals, professional reading references and short films.
  • Work with the IO… core team members to support consistency across the different groups.

If you have any questions or would like to join a group, please contact Alison Drever, West Partnership Workstream Officer alison.drever@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

How to get involved

If you’re interested in applying please email alison.drever@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

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