Northern Alliance Professional Learning & Networking Opportunities
Click on the links below to book your place on the current professional learning sessions. This page will be updated regularly when new opportunities are added.
NA TeachMeet – Embedding Skills 3-18 – Wed 13th Sept
The hybrid Teach Meet will connect colleagues across the Northern Alliance on the theme of Embedding Skills 3-18.
Join online or in person at The Nicolson Institute to hear from practitioners from a range of contexts and settings within the Northern Alliance sharing their work around the theme Embedding Skills 3-18.
Let’s Talk ELC – Staff Wellbeing –
from Wed 30th Aug
From Wednesday 30th August, 4-week series of sessions focusing one of the key themes of Realising the Ambition – the importance of staff wellbeing.
University Showcase –
Tues 5th Sept
This event on 5th Sept, organised by Dunoon Grammar School in Argyll & Bute Council will be opened up to all Secondary Schools in the Northern Alliance. Join learners from across the Northern Alliance to find out more about the University experience.
Social Enterprise Schools –
Tues 5th Sept
Social Enterprise Schools is fully funded and offers young people the chance to launch a trading social enterprise to tackle an issue they care about, enabling them to make a positive difference in their schools and wider communities as well as becoming more employable.
French Phonics – Getting to Grips with Pronunciation – Tues 19th Sept
Suitable for teachers of Primary who are delivering French as an L2 or L3 and would like to improve their own pronunciation and confidence in speaking, reading and writing French.
WES CPD Series – Power Up Your Pedagogy – Wed 20th Sept
Join in with our WES CPD Series to engage in your own professional learning from World Education Summit sessions, alongside colleagues.
Share your own learning and reflections from the session and consider and discuss ways in which the session may lead to improvement activity within your setting.
Curriculum Design – Embedding Skills Throughout the Learner Journey –
from Wed 20th Sept
This professional learning opportunity is for lead practitioners who are interested in taking forward the systematic progression and recording of skills that learners develop throughout their educational journey.
Spanish Phonics – Getting to Grips with Pronunciation – Thurs 21st Sept
Suitable for teachers of Primary who are delivering Spanish as an L2 or L3 and would like to improve their own pronunciation and confidence in speaking, reading and writing Spanish.
WES CPD Series – Leading Schools in Times of Change – Wed 27th Sept
Join in with our WES CPD Series to engage in your own professional learning from World Education Summit sessions, alongside colleagues.
Share your own learning and reflections from the session and consider and discuss ways in which the session may lead to improvement activity within your setting.
HT Leadership of Change Network- from Wed 4th Oct
Join your fellow Northern Alliance HTs as we explore and create our shared understanding of how we lead and build capacity for better improvement for our learners. This is a dedicated supportive network for HTs to have the opportunity for collaborative activities and build valuable connections with each other across our region.
Improvement Methodology and Effective Use of Data
from Thurs 28th Sept
Join us for this unique opportunity to collaborate with colleagues across the Northern Alliance to explore the principles of effective improvement, get to grips with data and how to use it effectively, support each other to plan your project and evidence the impact on your learners.
WES CPD Series – What Great Leaders Do Differently – Wed 1st Nov
Join in with our WES CPD Series to engage in your own professional learning from World Education Summit sessions, alongside colleagues.
Share your own learning and reflections from the session and consider and discuss ways in which the session may lead to improvement activity within your setting.
Gaelic L3 Live Lessons –
from Fri 3rd Nov
This 6-week programme of live lessons is suitable for schools just starting to deliver Gaelic as an L3 (P5-7), or schools that would like to deliver Gaelic as a short term standalone language.
Change Makers Network
from Thurs 2nd Nov
If you are in a position of leading change and improvement and want a better experience and outcomes for your colleagues and learners, this network and programme is for you.
This programme will support you to bring about change that focuses on connecting and collaborating with people to grow and a more human centred and collaborative system so you have better improvement and outcomes for your learners.
Teaching Languages through Songs and Games – Mon 6th Nov
This is an interactive session which exemplifies the methodology of using songs and games for teaching languages in the classroom. The activities will demonstrate how versatile a song or a game can be. There will be a particular focus on simple, easily accessible songs and games which require minimal preparation but provide maximum learning potential.
Using storytelling to Enhance your Language Teaching – Mon 20th Nov
This session will provide an interactive introduction to storytelling where practitioners will learn how to use stories to deliver all 4 language skills, explore how to develop wider literacy and how to use storytelling as an inclusive practice.
WWES CPD Series – The Global Shift from EdTech to PedTech – Wed 29th Nov
Join in with our WES CPD Series to engage in your own professional learning from World Education Summit sessions, alongside colleagues.
Share your own learning and reflections from the session and consider and discuss ways in which the session may lead to improvement activity within your setting.
WES CPD Series – Enabling Young People to be the Voice of Tomorrow, Today -Wed 31st Jan 2024
Join in with our WES CPD Series to engage in your own professional learning from World Education Summit sessions, alongside colleagues.
Share your own learning and reflections from the session and consider and discuss ways in which the session may lead to improvement activity within your setting.
WES CPD Series – Deep Learning : Pathways to Precision – Wed 28th Feb
Join in with our WES CPD Series to engage in your own professional learning from World Education Summit sessions, alongside colleagues.
Share your own learning and reflections from the session and consider and discuss ways in which the session may lead to improvement activity within your setting.
More coming soon…
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Northern Alliance TeachMeet Resources
Catch up on presentation recordings and access resources from our Wellbeing and Learning TeachMeet series.
Click on the image below.
Secondary Subject Support Groups
The Northern Alliance Secondary Subject Support Groups are here for all Teachers and Principal Teachers across our collaborative. Find out more about the groups, links to join and dates for all of the meetings and events taking place this term in our handy ThingLink.