Education Scotland podcast

Empowerment: Support Staff

An empowered system expects, and creates, the conditions for all staff to work within a culture of collaboration and collegiality with learners, parents, colleagues and multi-agency partners. All share a vision for education based on the values and needs of the community. 
 
Empowered support staff make a positive difference to the ethos of a school. They link positively with parents and carers and encourage them to play a positive role in the life of the school and to support their child’s learning.
 
In this podcast, support staff from across Scotland share their thoughts on empowerment and how they contribute to the life and ethos of their schools

Sound Primary and Education Scotland - Numeracy focus

National Numeracy Day is an annual campaign that celebrates numbers and how they are used in everyday life.  In this podcast we celebrate numbers with Sound Primary in Sheltand. The school shares their story of the impact improving numeracy outcomes for P7 learners has had on the whole school. 

The Learning Conversations: Katriona O'Sullivan

Join us for 'The Learning Conversations' podcast with Education Scotland Chief Executive Gillian Hamilton, where she talks to best-selling author Katriona O'Sullivan. Katriona shares her story of the remarkable journey from unimaginable poverty and trauma to academic success and how it serves as a powerful testament to resilience and determination.
Katriona and Gillian talk about trauma and how it might present itself in a young person in the classroom. 

Episode 11 - The Pedagogy Podcast - Bex Ewart in Conversation with Rob Houben

Episode 11 – Bex Ewart in conversation with Rob Houben
In this uplifting episode Bex discusses achieving education that meets individual needs with the inspirational Rob Houben. We hear Rob’s poignant story of his struggles within the system as a child and how this informed his pedagogical thinking as an educator and esteemed international advisor.
Episode links: https://robhouben.com/
The Pedagogy Podcast Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3OlQjzxsYdhXkYg8W7F7d1?si=dc4fd84d97d649e4
The Pedagogy Podcast – Core Pedagogical Considerations Graphic: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SY5Z4lXiluxNXhNkgk0UCukrKXNzw3iX?usp=sharing 

Episode 5 Using data as a principal teacher

Episode 4 Using data for effective transitions to secondary

Episode 3 Using data to support pastoral care

Episode 2 Creating a data culture from a curricular science leader

Episode 1 Using data as a class teacher to drive improvement

The Learning Conversations: Graeme Armstrong

Best-selling author, Graeme Armstrong joins us for this podcast to talk about his decision to step away from gang culture and substance abuse as a young person and pursue a career in English.
 
In this week’s episode, Chief Executive Gillian Hamilton delves into conversation with Graeme where he shares his experiences of his school life growing up and the support he received from a teacher to help him realise his dream of becoming an author.