2. Education Scotland Education Scotland is the Scottish Government’s national development and improvement agency for education. It is charged with providing support and challenge to the education system, from the early years to adult learning, in furtherance of the government’s policy objectives. It came into existence on 1 July 2011 as an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government. It was created by bringing together the resources and the functions of Learning and Teaching Scotland, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education (HMIE), the National CPD Team and the Scottish Government’s Positive Behaviour Team.

3. Our Core remit and Purpose Education Scotland is a key national body supporting quality and improvement in Scottish Education by: leading and supporting the implementation of Curriculum for Excellence increasing the capacity for self-evaluation and self- improvement amongst education providers and practitioners promoting high quality professional learning and leadership identifying and stimulating innovation, sharing successful approaches widely with others providing independent external evaluations of the quality of educational provision at individual provider, local authority and partners, and national levels supporting the development and implementation of policy at National Level

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9. How to get involved e-newsletter subscription page on the Education Scotland website www.educationscotland.gov.uk www.educationscotland.gov.uk CLD section on the Education Scotland website www.ltscotland.org.uk/communitylearninganddevelopmentitylearninganddevelopment Connect COP www.cpconnecConnect COP www.cpconnect.org.uk Adult Literacies Online Practitioner Networks – SpLD, Numeracy, Health, ESOL, Youth Literacies, Family Learning, Workplace LearningNumeracy, Health, ES CPD, seminars etc. CLD Area Link: Fife, Perth and Kinross - Fiona.MacDonald@educationscotland.gov.uk Angus and Dundee – Mhairi.Gilfillan@educationscotland.gov.ukk