Curriculum for Excellence

The following links give further information about A Curriculum for Excellence, Teachers for Excellence and the GTC Professional Recognition scheme, all of which could be developed through the Literature in Learning approach.

Curriculum for Excellence

The Curriculum for Excellence web site allows you to find out about the latest curriculum developments in Scotland. It provides an overview of the purposes of the curriculum, gives more detail on developments in each area of the curriculum, and has a range of helpful resources and documents to download.

The Literacy and English Outcomes for Curriculum for Excellence have now been published.  Also of interest are the outcomes for Expressive Arts. 

Teachers for Excellence

Margaret Alcorn, national CPD co-ordinator for Scotland, has spoken of five areas which are present in all good teaching: a positive attitude to all pupil learning; an ability to communicate value to pupils; good content knowledge and understanding; a teaching repertoire of many ways to impart content; and knowledge and understanding of relationships and connections across curricular areas. She describes a 4-phase model of continuing professional development which would support teachers in developing confidence and competence in each of these areas. Teachers planning projects for Literature in Learing may well find they have much to offer in terms of Phase 2 -Becoming Interested, Phase 3 - Integrating into Practice, and Phase 4 -Innovating and Creating.