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 The
Scottish Traveller Education Project
STEP has created three new case studies from
South Lanark, Highlands and Islands and Fife. These supplement
STEP's free downloadable guide 'Inclusive Educational Approaches
for Gypsies and Travellers within the Context of Interrupted
Learning: Guidance for Local Authorities and Schools'. Read
more here.
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 The
Scottish Sensory Centre
The
Centre promotes and supports new developments and effective
practices in the education of children and young people
with sensory impairments, i.e. visual impairment, deaf and
deafblind. View their Spring Newsletter here.
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Education
for All - Tackling homophobia in education
This
is a campaign developed by Stonewall, FFLAG and LGBT Youth
Scotland. The website
brings together practical resources and information for
both education professionals and young people to support
and enable them to identify and deal effectively with homophobic
bullying.
See also LGBT
Youth's website for their section on schools and education.
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Her
Majesty's Inspectorate of Education
Recent
useful publications include:
 'HMIe
Guide 'The Health Promoting School' 11/04- 'Promoting
Race Equality - Making it Happen' 3/05. Good practice
by schools and key characteristics of good practice in
action. 10 case studies.
- 'A
Climate for Learning', 3/05, takes forward the 'Better
Behaviour - Better Learning' agenda. There is an emphasis
in the paper on the importance of good leadership.
- 'Taking
a Closer Look at: Inclusion and Equality - Meeting the
Needs of Gypsies and Travellers', self-evaluation guide,
3/05
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Enquire
Enquire
aims to empower parents, carers and professionals involved
in the education of children with additional support needs
by providing impartial advice and information about education
law and good practice. Enquire also works with children
and young people to help them understand their rights so
that they can have their say in decisions affecting their
education.
Contact Helpline: 0845 123 2303
Textphone: 0131 222 2439
Office: 0131 222 2425
Website: www.enquire.org.uk
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 Eco
Schools
Eco
Schools is an international initiative designed to encourage
whole-school action for the environment. It is an environmental
management tool, learning resource and recognised award
scheme. It is run in Scotland by Keep Scotland Beautiful
and receives support from the Scottish Executive. Their
new website is here.
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Learning
and Teaching Scotland
LT
Scotland is a public body sponsored by the Scottish
Executive to help review, assess and support developments
in learning and education, including the use of information
and communications technology (ICT). Sections of their website
relating to Ethos include: Education for Citizenship, Inclusive
Education, Health Promoting Schools, Parentzone and many
more.
The
National
Priorities website has resources to take forward the
National Priorities in Education. The National Priorities
Support Team can be contacted at Learning and Teaching Scotland
on 0141 337 5151 or by email.
 A
new
website about sectarianism, funded by SEED, was launched
in March 2005. It includes animated scenarios, role play
scripts, examples of good practice, sections for teachers
and youth workers, resources, and an under-18's section.
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Scottish
Executive Education Department
Two
publications to download are:
- 'Ambitious,
Excellent Schools: our agenda for action' (late 2004)
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- 'Better
Behaviour: Promoting Positive Behaviour in Scottish Schools'
first issue, autumn 2004, includes articles about current
research, restorative practices, staged intervention and
classroom practice |Download
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Resources
from the SSEN
WATCH
OUT for a new resource in the Summer! In
July SSEN will be distributing a booklet to
SSEN members highlighting ethos-related resources,
including SSEN resources, such as Case Studies,
Newsletters, speeches at conferences etc.
New
SSEN case study 43, June 2005 features
Our Lady's High School, Cumbernauld and looks
at 'the use of restorative practices as an integral
part of supporting pupils' learning, social
inclusion and building a positive school ethos'.
SSEN
conference papers from the 'Ethos - Why
Bother?' conference in September 2004 are available
online. They include a paper from Millbank Primary
in Nairn which described a Staged Intervention
Approach, and an Outline Paper from Torry Academy
in Aberdeen describing creating a positive ethos
as a 'recipe with many ingredients'.
The
last SSEN Conference, being held in Edinburgh
on 7 June 2005, 'How Good is our Ethos?', has
guest speakers Prof. John MacBeath, Prof. Brian
Boyd, and Grace Gunnell, as well as seminars,
workshops and displays including book displays.
Price £90. Contact 0131 651 6551. Conference
papers will subsequently be available on the
SSEN website.
Ethos,
Anti-Bullying and Positive Discipline within
Initial Teacher Education - SSEN and ABN
Seminar, December 2004. A
report of this seminar is available to download
here.
Training
in Peer Mediation at Dunblane Primary School,
2005. More at www.schoolethos.net
(search with keywords local authorities, Stirling
or Dunblane Primary)
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