Email update May 2007

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Website updates

The Excellence for All - English as an Additional Language (EAL) Conference

The Excellence for All - English as an Additional Language (EAL) Conference took place in the Radisson Hotel, Glasgow, in February. Find out about the issues raised, and the responses from discussions. Speakers' presentations and a full report of collated responses are also included.

NEET conferences - Glasgow and Dundee in November 2006

NEET (not in education, employment or training) conferences were held in Glasgow and Dundee in November 2006. Local authorities and organisations outlined their approaches to reducing the numbers of young people in the NEET group.

Frank Crawford - 100 A DVD is available with edited extracts from speeches given at the NEET conference in Dundee on 29 November 2006. It features Sir Robert Smith of The Smith Group, Frank Crawford, HM Chief Inspector of Schools (pictured), and Graham Short, Executive Director of Educational and Social Services in East Ayrshire.

To find out more, visit the conferences and events section.

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Sharing practice across sectors, across Scotland

The Scottish Executive document Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004: Sharing practice across sectors, across Scotland supports the implementation of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 by sharing information about practice as widely as possible.

It features practice examples that were chosen by the 700 delegates from education, social services, health, the voluntary sector and parents' groups who attended 10 Additional Support for Learning - 'Sharing Practice' seminars across Scotland in October and November 2006.

Presentations to support ASL professionals

PowerPoint presentations from the Sharing Practice seminars comprise a quiz on the Additional Support for Learning (ASL) Act and a document which places the policy in context. (Answers to the quiz can be seen when viewed with the 'notes' facility in PowerPoint.)

How you can contribute

Practice is continually evolving, with new and innovative ideas introduced to improve practice. This is therefore a live document and readers are invited to update existing practice examples and add new practice examples by emailing the ASL Act programme at ASLAct@scotland.gsi.go.uk.

Further details, along with the PowerPoint presentations mentioned above, can be found on the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act page.

Implementation newsletter 9

Image of Moving Forward: Additional Support for Learning Act newsletter This latest newsletter includes details of the new working groups set up to scrutinise implementation of the ASL act, updates to the IEP Scotwrite software by LTS and the draft Children’s Services (Scotland) Bill.