1. The Enquiring Professional November 2014 Jacqueline Morley Education Adviser #gtcsPL

2. ‘The most successful systems invest in developing their teachers as reflective, accomplished and enquiring professionals who are able not simply to teach successfully in relation to current external expectations, but who have the capacity to engage fully with the complexities of education and to be key players in shaping and leading change.’ (TSF 2012)

3. The ‘Big 4’ Professional Update Professional Standards Professional Learning Practitioner Enquiry PRD

4. Some important starting points about Professional Learning... A model of Professional Learning:

5. Planning professional learning

6. Background NIB Task The learning diagram (s) Making it meaningful and connected 1.How useful is the Enquiring Professional visual? 2.What needs adding/changing? 3.How would you see this used? 4.How useful is the Mapping the landscape visual? 5.What needs adding/changing? 6.How would you see this used? Please feel free to write on the sheets

7. National drivers & influencing factors: SG Education Scotland National bodies inc Professional bodies CfE GIRFEC Children & Young People’s Bill SG Priorities Learning for Sustainability International: PISA, OECD etc eportfolio FE sector Wood Workforce Planning Professional Update The Professional Standards ITE TIS FR Entry Memorandum & Guidelines Teaching Qualifications Qualified Outside Scotland Registration Dual Registration Provisional Registration Full Registration (General) The Enquiring Professional Professional Qualifications & Professional Registration Professional Recognition SFR SPR SCLPL SLM translated & mediated through local contexts local context PRD

8. National communications & networks: TeachMeets Pedagoo Twitter (#gtcsPL; #SLTchat; @edScot) Education Scotland newsletter Engage for Education Blog Teaching Scotland Magazine & online Mapping the landscape of the connected elements of professional learning PL guidance and planning wheel (GTCS website) Guidance Scottish Masters Framework Framework for Educational Leadership Professional Recognition STEC Inclusion Framework Resources: PL Find Key bodies/organisations CLPL microsite (ES website) ES curriculum support Practitioner Enquiry guidance (GTCS website) EBSCO & research (GTCS website) Early Phase: www.in2teaching.com www.in2teaching.com SCEL (inc SCEL fellows; SLDP) Professional Associations Universities (PL & PG prov) PL providers (e.g. tapestry; red Cross) Local PL provision SQA HGIOS Standards Toolkit (GTCS website) Reflective questions (Education Scotland & GTCS websites) National PRD Guidance Coaching & Mentoring GTCS advice ES case studies ES website Professional Update Guidance GTCS website Local policies Model of professional learning (ES website) MyGTCS ES case studies GTCS case studies of teacher learning journeys Resources HMI Raising Attainment &Inclusive Education

9. The Enquiring Professional

10. Inquiry as stance is perspectival and conceptual - it is a worldview, a critical habit of mind, a dynamic and fluid way of knowing and being in the world of educational practice, that carries across professional careers and educational settings. (Cochran-Smith & Lytle, 2009:120)

11. Thinking about the impact of your Professional Learning & enquiry Impact on: – you, your thinking & practice – your colleagues, your learners, the system, etc Evidence should be: – drawn from range of sources – relevant & meaningful – analysed and reflected on – key messages shared as part of professional dialogue Evidence helps to make explicit the processes of thinking and learning about practice

12. Keeping a reflective record of Professional Learning Reflect on PL and consider its impact Dialogue – critical, focused, reflective Reflective journal throughout the process