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    Posted by: young pretender 01/09/2011 at 12:25
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    Can you help?

     I have an interview soon for an SLT role and as I've not taught in Scotland for a few years now, I need to brush up on my acronyms ASAP.

     I would be really grateful for a list starting with the absolute basics. I would be even more grateful if someone could translate these into the similar acronym counterpart used in England

     

    BTW: Hope I don't appear like a typical English sports commentator, always needing to use some sort of English comparator.   

     

     
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    Posted by: Imsdal 01/09/2011 at 15:53
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    I can give you a start with the basics: CfE aka ACE = A Curriculum for Excellence -the new curriculum 5-14 -the old curriculum AifL -Assessment is for Learning (you might have that in England too?) Also you'll need to know the 4 capacities (and other such things) or CfE: Responsible Citizens Effective Contributors Successful Learners Confident Individuals
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    Posted by: piglet171 01/09/2011 at 18:29
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    Is it primary or secondary? PPA is called McCrone (after the bod who recommended it!).

    They will be interested in active learning and cross-curricular learning which was all the rage in England a few years ago - not sure if it's still the case!

    AifL is what AfL was in England - peer/self-assessment etc.

    LTS = Learning and Teaching Scotland (might be worth looking at their website - google LTScotland) publish a lot of curriculum guidance/design stuff.

    GLOW is a national educational intranet-type arrangement, to which staff and pupils can contribute. HTs always think it's great if their kids can contribute a video, photo etc to GLOW.

    In Secondary, if you are asked to cover another class it's known as a "please take".

    PT=Principal teacher

    HMIE: Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education = OFSTED

    Will add more as they come to mind!

     
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    Posted by: Imsdal 02/09/2011 at 18:45
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    I forgot GLOW! Don't know how I managed that. Before an interview have a quick read of the Building the Curriculum series (just the overviews will do) available on LTScotland.
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    Posted by: sunshinebutterfly 05/09/2011 at 16:15
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    Hello,

    I found this a long time ago:

    http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/ess/education/Jargon%20Buster.pdf

    It's aimed at parents but it has everything listed and what it stands for.
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    Posted by: kibosh 06/09/2011 at 18:05
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    And I hope the OP is going to come back on here to say thank you to all the helpful posters?
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    Posted by: young pretender 06/09/2011 at 20:28
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    Thanks for your prompt kibosh.

     

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    Posted by: kibosh 08/09/2011 at 14:10
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    young pretender:

    Thanks for your prompt kibosh.

    Sorry Embarrassed. I was being a bit premature and unfair. I am glad to see that you're not one of the newish posters who come on here, bleed everyone dry for info, advice, feedback etc and then *** off without so much as a follow-up post, bye or thank you.

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    Posted by: Imsdal 09/09/2011 at 21:09
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    Always makes me wonder if they've even read the replies.
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    Posted by: young pretender 11/09/2011 at 13:55
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    Thanks everyone. I had my interview the other day and despite not getting the job, it went well. I mentioned CLD, CLAN and HGIOS with confidence.

     

    Think I may have got PLP wrong though. Personal Learning Profile? Pupil Learning Plan? Have no idea what I said.

    Thanks for your prompt replies as ever. The booklet is especially useful

     

    Cheers
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