Contributors
Organised by:
Learning and Teaching Scotland
Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) provides advice, support, resources and staff development to the education community, creating a culture of innovation, ambition and excellence throughout Scottish education.
Funded by:
Scottish Government
The Scottish Government fully supports and participates in the Scottish Learning Festival. We are committed to expanding opportunities to ensure that everybody has access to learning opportunities that can help them achieve their full potential.
We believe it is vital that young people are successful learners, confidant individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens.
Exhibition organised by:
EMAP
Emap organises the BETT Show in London and the Education Show in Birmingham, the UK's largest and most prestigious education events serving the ICT and school resource markets.
Official supporters:
AHDS
AHDS is the union dedicated to Headteachers, Deputes and Principal Teachers in Scotland’s nursery, primary and special schools. We have changed a great deal in recent years–first opening our doors to Deputes and then to Principal Teachers as a recognition of the significant management roles undertaken by these staff.
As all-encompassing teaching unions are dominated by classroom teachers and their interests, AHDS was established (in 1975) to provide promoted post holders with a separate channel for support and advice as well as a distinct voice in local and national policy debates.
EIS
The Educational Institute of Scotland is Scotland's largest teaching union, with over 60,000 members in nursery, primary, secondary, special, further and higher education. The EIS promotes the cause of education and has played a leading role in the development of CPD opportunities for Scotland's teachers, supported by our network of accredited Union Learning Representatives.
GTCS
The General Teaching Council for Scotland is the independent professional regulatory body for teachers which maintains the national register of teachers and is committed to raising the professional standards of teachers and education in Scotland.
HMIE
HM Inspectorate of Education is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Ministers under the terms of the Scotland Act 1998. We operate independently and impartially whilst remaining directly accountable to Scottish Ministers for the standards of our work. Agency status safeguards the independence of our inspection, review and reporting within the overall context of Scottish Ministers’ strategic objectives for the Scottish education system.
Our core objective is to promote and contribute to sustainable improvements in standards, quality and achievements for all learners in the Scottish education system and children’s services in Scotland.
Scottish Qualifications Authority
The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) is the national body for the development, accreditation, assessment and certification of qualifications other than degrees and some professional qualifications.
The character of Scottish qualifications has transformed in recent years – this is no accident. SQA has been working in partnership with schools, colleges, universities and industry to raise standards and develop new and exciting qualifications.
Visit SQA in the exhibition to find out about all our latest developments.
School Leaders Scotland
School Leaders Scotland (formerly HAS) is the only professional association which exclusively represents senior leaders in secondaries having over 80% of Head Teachers and an increasing number of DHTs, Business Managers and Principal Teachers. The service provided includes excellent CPD, outstanding professional/legal support, and an influential impact on Scottish education.
Sponsored by
Promethean
Grounded firmly in education, Promethean is exclusively focused on developing technologies to meet the specific needs of teachers and learners, which is exemplified by the significant proportion of employees coming from a teaching background. Understanding the challenges of the time-pressured teacher, Promethean has developed solutions that are intuitively developed for real-time classroom use.
The ActivClassroom is Promethean’s holistic suite of interactive and interoperable teaching solutions. The flexibility of the ActivClassroom enables teachers to create an environment that engages, stimulates and enriches learners.
Promethean supports teachers in the effective use of interactive technologies through its online teaching community, Promethean Planet.
Come along to stand C10 to see the latest ActivClassroom technologies in action.
Scholastic Education
We are delighted to sponsor The Scottish Learning Festival 2009.
For 25 years, Scholastic Education has been publishing inspirational, affordable, time-saving resources to help you teach.
Scholastic magazines are available in print and online. Visit the magazines webpages for more information.
See our full range of resources on our new and improved website.
Latest releases:
Connectors - Connectors is a new non-fiction reciprocal reading scheme that encourages children to develop their skills working independently in teams.
Out of this World – a reading and writing programme for reluctant readers, with manga-style graphic and illustrated novels.
Shockwave – a series of non-fiction books with guided reading notes and quizzes. Perfect for guided and independent reading
Visit us on stand H15 for more information.
Media Partner
TES Scotland
The Times Educational Supplement Scotland, media partner for the Scottish Learning Festival, is the pre-eminent publication for teachers, education managers and all involved with schools and FE colleges throughout Scotland.
It is essential reading for Education and Children’s Services professionals and the No.1 choice for advertising jobs. Every week, it is packed with news, views and analysis of teaching methods, CPD, case studies, good practice, curriculum and other developments.
The TES Scotland website updates and enhances the main paper as well as giving an unparalleled selection of jobs.