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Tim Simons Head of International Team Scottish Executive Education Department

Tim Simons Head of International Team Scottish Executive Education Department. SEED International Team -. 2 main objectives international education - developing young Scots as global citizens

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Tim Simons Head of International Team Scottish Executive Education Department

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  1. Tim Simons Head of International Team Scottish Executive Education Department

  2. SEED International Team - 2 main objectives • international education - developing young Scots as global citizens • international benchmarking - showcasing Scottish education abroad and learning from world class experience

  3. our vision for international education • want to ensure all young people have access to international opportunities at school that provide them with a knowledge of the world and Scotland's place in it • want Scotland to be viewed as an outward looking and 'thinking' nation: our education system needs to embody these attributes at every level

  4. international education – national picture / update Significant developments since last November include:- • IE Conference – 21 November - joint with BCS • Announcement that LTS to run new SCIPD scheme – 12 December • Partnership in International Education – 29 January • Online community / IE survey – February 2007 • OECD visit to Scotland – 12 to 22 March

  5. national picture / update - 1 IE Conference - key outcomes (a):- • Embed IE into work underway to recognise wider achievement e.g. British Council International School Award - or Scottish Education Awards (now International category) • Encouraging use of IE as a context for learning across whole school - to challenge and enthuse pupils - esp. the disengaged

  6. national picture / update - 1 IE Conference - key outcomes (b):- • Encourage schools to give space to IE - especially secondary - overcome fears that it will detract from exam scores • Must have better Communications - using good practice examples is one way

  7. national picture / update – 2 SCIPD • LTS to run scheme • But more than visits – role of promoting IE throughout Scotland • Embedding IE into the curriculum – NOT an add-on • Head of International Education recruitment • Scottish Executive committed to taking this forward LTS to say more

  8. national picture / update – 3 Partnership in International Education • Communication – need to improve • Partnership working – SEED / LTS / BCS working together. Also – GTCS, HMIE, SQA, and DfID, • Aim to streamline communications to ICs and teachers • Flyer highlighting opportunities / information on IE

  9. national picture / update – 4 Online forum / survey • Online community – some useful ideas – e.g. flyer • Seems to be used by a small number of people • Survey – Kirsty to update

  10. national picture / update – 5 OECD Visit • benchmarking Scotland through OECD - “as basis for bringing about further improvement in performance” (AES – November 2004) • OECD experts here now • looking at quality and equity of education outcome • report in early 2008

  11. Kirsty McKenna Scottish Executive Education Department

  12. international education audit • Launched 31 January – deadline 23 February • Sent to all Head Teachers (Heads Together site too) – on-line link on Citizenship pages of LTS website • Directors, International Coordinators and Masterclassers notified

  13. aims • Understand extent of international activity per authority/school • Find out what schools want to do in the future • Inform policy and practice at local and national level • Fill gaps in activity • Promote all young people developing ‘a knowledge and understanding of the world and Scotland’s place in it’

  14. results • 129 responses (92 primaries) • Main Countries – Africa, Europe, US and China • Subject where IE prevalent are MFL, Social Subjects and all secondary subjects • Main activities are school linking, partnership and exchanges – majority using email • Main sources of funding - BCS, LA, DfID and DtS • Main CPD providers LA, Masterclass, BCS, DEC and charities • HGIOS most useful resource

  15. communication – next steps • Extended deadline until 16 April • International Education section of LTS site • Better involvement of International Coordinators and Masterclassers • Better use of online community • Partnership approach to communications with LTS, BCS and DfID – meeting in June

  16. SEED monitoring – BCS programmes • Looked at participation across range of programmes • Participation patchy across Scotland – mostly from urban areas and central belt (Glasgow and Edinburgh - where there are full time ICs) • Participation does not correlate with number of pupils/teachers in each authority so some pupils/schools are missing out

  17. SEED monitoring – other information • Data collected on former International CPD schemes (now SCIPD) • Around 140 participants a year (not including Malawi) • Participation from central belt and urban areas again – disparity between participation and teacher roll for some areas (same areas as BCS info)

  18. Kirsty McKenna kirsty.mckenna@scotland.gsi.gov.uk 0131 244 4930

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