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Agency in action

Author: Lynne Jones, SCILT

In October 2019, SCILT and Education Scotland were delighted to award ‘Professional Recognition: Leading learning in languages’ to another group of teachers from the 1+2 Languages Leadership Programme (LLP) 2019-20, smashing the half-century barrier for the total number of delegates in receipt of the GTCS award.

One programme participant enthused: “The programme has given me confidence to take on new roles and apply for further leadership opportunities. It has been a great experience and I would highly recommend it to anyone who, like myself, has a passion for languages and a desire to develop and strengthen their skillset.”

Impressively, since beginning their LLP journeys, members of this latest group have gone on to:

  • join the committee of the Scottish Association for Language Teaching (SALT)
  • be seconded to the SCILT Professional Development Team
  • collaborate with a short life working group at the Confucius Institute for Scotland’s Schools to develop a progression framework for L3 Mandarin
  • embark on the Teacher Leadership Programme run by the Education Scotland’s Professional Learning and Leadership Team

Now that is agency in action!

There is more on the horizon. Members of the most recent cohort have already registered for Recall Day in February, their next step towards Professional Recognition.

Come spring, registration for the 1+2 Languages Leadership Programme 2020-21 will open to all post-probationer teachers and teacher educators. Free to colleagues working in state education, encourage anybody you know who might be interested in this sector-leading professional learning opportunity to talk to their line-manager and pave the way for a successful application. Ensure they are signed up to the SCILT weekly e-bulletin to be the first to know when applications open.

Please direct questions you have about the 1+2 Languages Leadership Programme to SCILT.

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