#KeepThePromise Pupil Support Staff training day

Join us in Edinburgh for a unique, free-to-access learning opportunity aimed at Pupil Support Staff. This event is part of our #KeepThePromise: Pupil Support Staff learning programme.

This event takes place on Tuesday 6 May which is an in-service day for Edinburgh, West Lothian, Scottish Borders and North Lanarkshire Councils. Registration will open at 9am. The event will begin at 9.30am and run until 3.30pm. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

This training is free to attend, however there are costs to delivering the event and a limited number of spaces. We reserve the right to charge an administrative fee of £10 to anyone who has registered but does not turn up on the day. To avoid this, please let us know in advance if you are no longer able to attend.

Photography and filming may be taking place at the events. Please let a member of our staff know when you arrive at the event if you do not want to be filmed.

Context

Funded by the Keep The Promise Fund, since March 2023 we’ve been planning and codesigning #KeepThePromise Pupil Support Staff learning programme. Over the past year, we’ve worked with care-experienced children and young people and a group of Pupil Support Staff to gather their views on what should be in the programme. The programme has been shaped by what they’ve told us about support for care-experienced pupils in schools and what they think needs to improve further. It includes a range of in-person training events, online practice-sharing sessions, eLearning modules and online resources. All the learning opportunities are free for Pupil Support Staff.

The Promise tells us about the importance of supportive schools for care-experienced pupils, and we know that Pupil Support Staff don’t always get consistent professional development opportunities. The #KeepThe Promise Learning Programme will provide a platform to improve awareness and understanding of care experience and bring Pupil Support Staff together to network and share best practice about supporting care-experienced learners.

This event is for:

The event is open to anyone working in a role with a specific Pupil Support remit nationally. This could include roles such as: support for learning worker, pupil support assistant, classroom assistant, ASN assistant, home-school link worker, behaviour support staff and others. The event is also open to teaching staff who line-manage pupil support workers.

Children in Scotland is the largest national membership organisation for the children’s sector in the country. To access discounted trainings and many other membership benefits including exclusive content and resources, and discounted commissioned training, please visit here.

Please note that all local authority staff working from both headquarter and regional offices including senior management are included in membership and can register as members for discounted training with Children in Scotland. Membership does not extend to schools and nurseries within individual local authorities. If you are interested in your school or nursery becoming a member, please visit here.

This training will be delivered using Zoom. You can attend from anywhere using a compatible computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone connected to the internet.

Please note, some organisations have additional security settings that may prevent you from accessing Zoom on a work device.

Please check that your organisation permits access to Zoom. If they don’t provide access, we encourage you to use a personal device with Google Chrome instead. Otherwise, please speak to your IT team to gain access or ask them to change the security settings on your work device to access Zoom.

Zoom enables Close Captioning and Live Transcription. Once you have joined the Zoom, you can access this by:

1. Click the “CC Live Transcript” button
2. Click one of the following:

• Show Subtitles – Displays captioning on the bottom of the video. You can also select Hide Subtitle once subtitles are selected to hide them.
• View Full Transcript – Opens a panel/pop-up and displays captions in real-time with both the speaker’s name and time stamp.

The Children in Scotland Learning & Events team are committed to doing all we can to ensure our learning opportunities are accessible to everyone. If you require any adjustments to assist your learning, whether they be in relation to course materials or delivery format, please do contact us at [email protected] to discuss.

As a charity, Children in Scotland must cover the running costs of delivering events. We are therefore not in a position to offer refunds except under extenuating circumstances, in which case an administration fee would be applied.

Recording and/or distributing the training in any form is prohibited. This training may be recorded for internal review and use.

Please note that your personal details may be shared with the trainer for training purposes. These details will be deleted once the training has taken place.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email [email protected].

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