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Brian Cunningham

Tuesday 13 June 2006

Put on my best suit, a big smile, and headed off to Haddington this morning. No, not for a court appearance, but for an interview to become a Scottish Schools Digital Network mentor. I was interviewed by Gillian Reilly and Karen Robertson. I was quite nervous but they both made me very much at ease and I enjoyed the experience. I feel I did the best that I could so will just have to wait and see if I make the grade.

Tomorrow I am heading over to Dunfermline to attend a meeting of the Scottish Technicians Advisory Group (STAG). STAG meets four times a year and consists of representatives from each of the 32 local authorities. It’s always good to see how other councils tackle technician related issues and it’s a great forum for disseminating good practice. One of the topics we will be discussing is CPD opportunities for Technical and other support staff. The provision of CPD varies throughout the country ranging from very good to no provision at all. It is intended to pilot new courses in the very near future that will be accredited by the SQA. I am trying to arrange for one or more of the pilots to be hosted in East Lothian as CPD is almost non-existent for Technical support staff, but competition is tough. I am hopeful though.

It is also hoped that each of the representatives will be able to give an update on the progression of the single status / job evaluation exercises taking place countrywide. It should be interesting to see how it is being dealt with in all the other local authorities and we will discuss the implications it may have with regard to levels of service provided by support staff in schools.

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Alan

Wednesday 14 June 2006

Congratulations, Brian.

Thanks

Don

Wednesday 14 June 2006

Sorry I missed you this morning. I hope you have been successful in becoming and SSDN mentor.

Picking up on a point that's been made by many folk on this site - everyone has a part to play in developing teaching and learning - not just teachers - thanks for volunteering..

Just to let you know that I mentioned your blog at yesterday's citizenship conference. I was making the point that I'm learning as much from your blog as I am from any other person. I think the power of blogging comes from the variety of perspectives which a person can access.

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