Scottish Learning Festival

Learning in Scotland’s Communities

Code	N1H
Seminar Date	Thursday 22 September
Start Time	12:00
Duration	45 minutes
Seminar Description	This seminar will explore the implications of the publication Learning in Scotland's Communities. Here we will provide a definition of a learning community that builds on evidence from inspections of 91 learning communities across Scotland. The key messages in the report concern the contribution of community providers to the outcomes of Curriculum for Excellence and the contribution of schools and early years centres to building community capacity and parent and family learning. We will provide an overview of the report's findings and partners will be invited to provide illustrative examples of practice that build on some of the case studies within the report. Participants will be invited to consider the implications of the report's messages for partnership working in their local contexts. They will be asked to share examples of practice that help each other to think in creative ways about how they might further improve outcomes for children, young people and adults in local communities.
Speakers	Maureen Mallon, HM Inspector, Education Scotland
Speaker biography	Maureen Mallon has worked as an HM Inspector for six years. She undertakes a range of roles focused on capacity building across education, working as a district inspector and link inspector for a number of authorities. Previously she worked for YouthLink Scotland for more than ten years and in various roles within adult learning and social enterprise. Maureen completed an MBA at Edinburgh University in 2003 and has a strong interest in the areas of organisational development and achievement.
Further information	Additional speaker: Sheila Brown, HM Inspector, Education Scotland
Venue	Ness

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