Dr Charlaine
@charlainesi.bsky.social
Senior lecturer, SFHEA, HoD PGT-PL, University of Aberdeen, formerly GTC Scotland, always a teacher. My own thoughts and interesting stuff.
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Interesting new attendance report published by Department for Education.
Unsurprisingly, year on year patterns are persistent: poor school attendees maintain negative trends, but it seems more amendable to change in primary than secondary school.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681db6...
Unsurprisingly, year on year patterns are persistent: poor school attendees maintain negative trends, but it seems more amendable to change in primary than secondary school.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681db6...
May 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Interesting new attendance report published by Department for Education.
Unsurprisingly, year on year patterns are persistent: poor school attendees maintain negative trends, but it seems more amendable to change in primary than secondary school.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681db6...
Unsurprisingly, year on year patterns are persistent: poor school attendees maintain negative trends, but it seems more amendable to change in primary than secondary school.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681db6...
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We are delighted to have signed a contract with @elgarpublishing.bsky.social for an edited book: “Understanding Educational Leadership” (Eds. @julie67.bsky.social @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social #ChristineForde @margery25.bsky.social) with fabulous chapter authors lined up.
a yellow sign says exciting book news on it
ALT: a yellow sign says exciting book news on it
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May 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We are delighted to have signed a contract with @elgarpublishing.bsky.social for an edited book: “Understanding Educational Leadership” (Eds. @julie67.bsky.social @alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social #ChristineForde @margery25.bsky.social) with fabulous chapter authors lined up.
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Very much looking forward to this -if you're new to pedagoo...give it a go!! Guaranteed to get a great welcome, tasty cakes and a blether ... you might learn something new too.
🤩 @senoract.bsky.social @mrsdipasquale.bsky.social @womenedscotland.bsky.social @audreyfarley.bsky.social @drewburrett.bsky.social @jminelly27.bsky.social @nuthmani.bsky.social @ciaracreative.bsky.social @paulinemurray08.bsky.social & pals
Last minute🆓🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-gh...
Last minute🆓🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-gh...
It’s here at last. It’s #PedagooGhlaschu Eve!
Creative & curious educators sharing practice abt antiracist education, micro:bit, Gàidhlig, staff HWB, leadership, systematic synthetic phonics & sharing helpful resources #ByTeachersForTeachers
Creative & curious educators sharing practice abt antiracist education, micro:bit, Gàidhlig, staff HWB, leadership, systematic synthetic phonics & sharing helpful resources #ByTeachersForTeachers
May 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Very much looking forward to this -if you're new to pedagoo...give it a go!! Guaranteed to get a great welcome, tasty cakes and a blether ... you might learn something new too.
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#InformedScotland 130: Crises & solutions in learning & skills
informedscotland.co.uk/2025/05/09/i...
#learning #skills #education #edusky
informedscotland.co.uk/2025/05/09/i...
#learning #skills #education #edusky
May 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#InformedScotland 130: Crises & solutions in learning & skills
informedscotland.co.uk/2025/05/09/i...
#learning #skills #education #edusky
informedscotland.co.uk/2025/05/09/i...
#learning #skills #education #edusky
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Why do newer university buildings tend to be more autism-accessible? Key issues: poor signage, overwhelming sensory environments, & few navigation aids. Simple adaptations could dramatically improve university experiences for autistic individuals.
What would make YOUR campus experience better? 🤔
What would make YOUR campus experience better? 🤔
May 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Why do newer university buildings tend to be more autism-accessible? Key issues: poor signage, overwhelming sensory environments, & few navigation aids. Simple adaptations could dramatically improve university experiences for autistic individuals.
What would make YOUR campus experience better? 🤔
What would make YOUR campus experience better? 🤔
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The Power Up Your Questioning webinar is taking place this Thursday, 4:15 - 5:15pm, on MS Teams: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/power-up-y...
Hope to see you there 😊
Hope to see you there 😊
Power Up Your Questioning webinar
A 60-minute webinar focusing on questioning, delivered by Bruce Robertson, author of Power Up Your Pedagogy and Power Up Your Questioning.
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May 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The Power Up Your Questioning webinar is taking place this Thursday, 4:15 - 5:15pm, on MS Teams: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/power-up-y...
Hope to see you there 😊
Hope to see you there 😊
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The new National Framework for Learning for Sustainability in Initial Teacher Education has been launched! Created with partners across Scotland, it helps teacher educators embed sustainability in line with the Scottish Government’s LfS Action Plan 2023–2030.
Find out more: edin.ac/3GCrwBC
Find out more: edin.ac/3GCrwBC
Learning for Sustainability in ITE | SCDE
edin.ac
May 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The new National Framework for Learning for Sustainability in Initial Teacher Education has been launched! Created with partners across Scotland, it helps teacher educators embed sustainability in line with the Scottish Government’s LfS Action Plan 2023–2030.
Find out more: edin.ac/3GCrwBC
Find out more: edin.ac/3GCrwBC
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🤩Join @senoract.bsky.social @womenedscotland.bsky.social @audreyfarley.bsky.social @mrsdipasquale.bsky.social @ajobpickard.bsky.social @drewburrett.bsky.social @paulinemurray08.bsky.social @nuthmani.bsky.social @ciaracreative.bsky.social @jminelly27.bsky.social @aiwithaileen.bsky.social & others🤩
Woohoo! More workshops volunteered overnight so we've an even more varied programme of professional learning #ByTeachersForTeachers at #PedagooGhlaschu on 10/05 👋 🫖 🍰 🎶 🗣️ 👂 🧠
Spread the word, tell your friends, get your 🆓 🎫 bit.ly/PedagooEvents
Spread the word, tell your friends, get your 🆓 🎫 bit.ly/PedagooEvents
April 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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We are delighted to invite you to our next hybrid #SERAEthics event on Thurs. 5th June 2025 at 4.30pm: “Human Flourishing through Expressive Arts in Education”. Sign up via the QR code attached.
@alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @angelajaap.bsky.social @seralisen.bsky.social
@alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @angelajaap.bsky.social @seralisen.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We are delighted to invite you to our next hybrid #SERAEthics event on Thurs. 5th June 2025 at 4.30pm: “Human Flourishing through Expressive Arts in Education”. Sign up via the QR code attached.
@alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @angelajaap.bsky.social @seralisen.bsky.social
@alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @profaileenk.bsky.social @angelajaap.bsky.social @seralisen.bsky.social
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We are delighted to invite you to our next hybrid #SERAEthics event on Thursday 5th June 2025, 4.30pm – 6.30pm:
“The Place of Expressive Arts for Human Flourishing”
Please see further details here:
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@alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @angelajaap.bsky.social
“The Place of Expressive Arts for Human Flourishing”
Please see further details here:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
@alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @angelajaap.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We are delighted to invite you to our next hybrid #SERAEthics event on Thursday 5th June 2025, 4.30pm – 6.30pm:
“The Place of Expressive Arts for Human Flourishing”
Please see further details here:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
@alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @angelajaap.bsky.social
“The Place of Expressive Arts for Human Flourishing”
Please see further details here:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
@alisonmitchelluofg.bsky.social @angelajaap.bsky.social
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So pleased to be able to share this National Framework for #LfSInITE today & continue the conversations, learning & actions together. 🏴💚
Much to do, learn & reflect on but also important to celebrate moments when communities come together to create, encourage & act.🎈🙌🌍 www.scde.ac.uk/_files/ugd/4...
Much to do, learn & reflect on but also important to celebrate moments when communities come together to create, encourage & act.🎈🙌🌍 www.scde.ac.uk/_files/ugd/4...
www.scde.ac.uk
April 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
So pleased to be able to share this National Framework for #LfSInITE today & continue the conversations, learning & actions together. 🏴💚
Much to do, learn & reflect on but also important to celebrate moments when communities come together to create, encourage & act.🎈🙌🌍 www.scde.ac.uk/_files/ugd/4...
Much to do, learn & reflect on but also important to celebrate moments when communities come together to create, encourage & act.🎈🙌🌍 www.scde.ac.uk/_files/ugd/4...
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This is a *key* new paper in the world of school mental health interventions
A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y)
No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia)
(🧵)
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y)
No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia)
(🧵)
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
April 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is a *key* new paper in the world of school mental health interventions
A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y)
No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia)
(🧵)
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y)
No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia)
(🧵)
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
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📢 Upcoming Seminar: Ethnographic Research in Education – Beyond “What Works”. Join us for a thought-provoking seminar with Prof. Jonathan Tummons (Durham University), as he explores the meaning and possibilities of ethnographic research in education. Don’t miss out, Sign up now - edin.ac/4jPPMP7
April 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📢 Upcoming Seminar: Ethnographic Research in Education – Beyond “What Works”. Join us for a thought-provoking seminar with Prof. Jonathan Tummons (Durham University), as he explores the meaning and possibilities of ethnographic research in education. Don’t miss out, Sign up now - edin.ac/4jPPMP7
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What if educational leadership needs fewer managers—and more troublemakers?
Check out "Making Trouble in/for Educational Leadership" by Duncan Waite & Marina Garcia-Carmona. A bold call to rethink, disrupt, and reimagine the ed. leadership.
Link 👇🏿
dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/real/...
Check out "Making Trouble in/for Educational Leadership" by Duncan Waite & Marina Garcia-Carmona. A bold call to rethink, disrupt, and reimagine the ed. leadership.
Link 👇🏿
dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/real/...
Making Trouble in/for Educational Leadership
Research in Educational Administration and Leadership | Early View
dergipark.org.tr
April 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
What if educational leadership needs fewer managers—and more troublemakers?
Check out "Making Trouble in/for Educational Leadership" by Duncan Waite & Marina Garcia-Carmona. A bold call to rethink, disrupt, and reimagine the ed. leadership.
Link 👇🏿
dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/real/...
Check out "Making Trouble in/for Educational Leadership" by Duncan Waite & Marina Garcia-Carmona. A bold call to rethink, disrupt, and reimagine the ed. leadership.
Link 👇🏿
dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/real/...
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Would you like to lead Scotland's national organisation for play?
Apply to be our new Chief Executive Officer to champion children's right to play across Scotland.
Starting salary £60,000
Closing Date: Fri 2 May 4pm
Interviews: W/B Mon 19 May
Apply:
Apply to be our new Chief Executive Officer to champion children's right to play across Scotland.
Starting salary £60,000
Closing Date: Fri 2 May 4pm
Interviews: W/B Mon 19 May
Apply:
Vacancy: Play Scotland CEO - Play Scotland
We are recruiting for a new Chief Executive Officer. Play Scotland: Chief Executive...
www.playscotland.org
April 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Would you like to lead Scotland's national organisation for play?
Apply to be our new Chief Executive Officer to champion children's right to play across Scotland.
Starting salary £60,000
Closing Date: Fri 2 May 4pm
Interviews: W/B Mon 19 May
Apply:
Apply to be our new Chief Executive Officer to champion children's right to play across Scotland.
Starting salary £60,000
Closing Date: Fri 2 May 4pm
Interviews: W/B Mon 19 May
Apply:
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🎯 Digital Resource of the Week:
It Takes All Kinds Of Minds (ITAKOM) Conference, March 2023.
The free, ITAKOM legacy website—an open archive of talks and resources from the 2023 neurodiversity conference.
salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/resources/20...
#neurodiversity
It Takes All Kinds Of Minds (ITAKOM) Conference, March 2023.
The free, ITAKOM legacy website—an open archive of talks and resources from the 2023 neurodiversity conference.
salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/resources/20...
#neurodiversity
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
🎯 Digital Resource of the Week:
It Takes All Kinds Of Minds (ITAKOM) Conference, March 2023.
The free, ITAKOM legacy website—an open archive of talks and resources from the 2023 neurodiversity conference.
salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/resources/20...
#neurodiversity
It Takes All Kinds Of Minds (ITAKOM) Conference, March 2023.
The free, ITAKOM legacy website—an open archive of talks and resources from the 2023 neurodiversity conference.
salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/resources/20...
#neurodiversity
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Easter STEM Fun! Instead of just eating chocolate eggs, how about walking on eggs, engineering with eggs, and even launching eggs?
Book now! www.junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com
#junioreinsteins #eastercamp #kidscamp #sciencecamp #funforkids #kidsactivities #easterschoolholidays #easter
Book now! www.junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com
#junioreinsteins #eastercamp #kidscamp #sciencecamp #funforkids #kidsactivities #easterschoolholidays #easter
April 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Easter STEM Fun! Instead of just eating chocolate eggs, how about walking on eggs, engineering with eggs, and even launching eggs?
Book now! www.junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com
#junioreinsteins #eastercamp #kidscamp #sciencecamp #funforkids #kidsactivities #easterschoolholidays #easter
Book now! www.junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com
#junioreinsteins #eastercamp #kidscamp #sciencecamp #funforkids #kidsactivities #easterschoolholidays #easter
Delighted to have our paper published in BERA where we use a democratic network governance model to explore participative policymaking in Scotland and the power of the ‘traditional policy community’ and the vulnerability of teacher voice. lnkd.in/gp4KVyei @annadbeck.bsky.social Dr Louise Campbell
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April 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Delighted to have our paper published in BERA where we use a democratic network governance model to explore participative policymaking in Scotland and the power of the ‘traditional policy community’ and the vulnerability of teacher voice. lnkd.in/gp4KVyei @annadbeck.bsky.social Dr Louise Campbell
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Teacher education is at a turning point. As expertise is lost and pressures rise, Rachel Lofthouse calls for a more compassionate, connected future—where conversation sparks change.
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/ready-f...
#TeacherEd
#EducationPolicy
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/ready-f...
#TeacherEd
#EducationPolicy
Ready for a new turn in teacher education?
This year I retired from my role in teacher education and research, seven years after becoming a professor, and 30 years after mentoring my first student teacher. In the English context I was not...
www.bera.ac.uk
April 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Teacher education is at a turning point. As expertise is lost and pressures rise, Rachel Lofthouse calls for a more compassionate, connected future—where conversation sparks change.
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/ready-f...
#TeacherEd
#EducationPolicy
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/ready-f...
#TeacherEd
#EducationPolicy
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Excellent day. Successful Viva for my PhD student + new publication released:
doi.org/10.1177/2752...
doi.org/10.1177/2752...
‘I didn’t think I would ever recover from failing’: Tutoring to reduce the poverty-related student attainment gap - Alan Bainbridge, Catriona Oates, Catriona Rennie, Lisa Vettese-Cruden, 2025
This article adds to the developing contemporary research base on the provision of one-to-one, or small group tutoring, to overcome the academic attainment gap ...
doi.org
April 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Excellent day. Successful Viva for my PhD student + new publication released:
doi.org/10.1177/2752...
doi.org/10.1177/2752...
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Thanks to Growth Coaching International for featuring my podcast with Richard Reid in this month’s edition of CoachED. You’ll find the link below, along with free resources and a recent webinar on managing challenging conversations.
www.growthcoaching.com.au/documents/24...
www.growthcoaching.com.au/documents/24...
April 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Thanks to Growth Coaching International for featuring my podcast with Richard Reid in this month’s edition of CoachED. You’ll find the link below, along with free resources and a recent webinar on managing challenging conversations.
www.growthcoaching.com.au/documents/24...
www.growthcoaching.com.au/documents/24...
April 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Really enjoyable first day at #esai25 Great papers @esai-irl.bsky.social, a chance to catch up with friends & sunshine on the terrace @sheratonhotels.bsky.social ☀️
April 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Really enjoyable first day at #esai25 Great papers @esai-irl.bsky.social, a chance to catch up with friends & sunshine on the terrace @sheratonhotels.bsky.social ☀️