Glow

How we can reverse hierarchy in East Lothian for mutual benefit

Don Ledingham, Head of Education in East Lothian, outlines how Glow Mentors and other teaching staff can have a direct effect on how education is shaped within the authority. Using social media, such as a personal blog (or posting here) or simply leaving a comment on a manager's blog, anyone in the authority can have an significant impact on decision-making.

You can view a nice chaptered version of the 20 minute talk over on veotag, or you can watch the whole thing on the GoogleVideo below. And, of course, feel free to comment and add your tuppence worth ;-)

       

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East Lothian Glow Mentors? ;-)

East Lothian's policy to help teachers make changes

Don Ledingham continues his vodcast on how East Lothian's policy will only help Glow mentors in their work of facilitating change. Key to this are the concepts in the "5Cs": consistency, continuity, collegiality, creativity, collective responsibility. Find out how these ideas will help you effect change for the better in your school in this hi-quality chaptered video, or by clicking play on the rough and ready GoogleVideo below. Next time around, Don goes through the issues in detail and suggests how he and the Glow Mentors might make a difference in East Lothian schools.

       

The vision for East Lothian's learning

Don Ledingham, Head of Education in East Lothian Council, met the Authority's "Glow Mentors" for the first time this September. Glow is the national intranet for Scotland, being rolled out from November 2006. It will provide some cool collaborative tools all under one roof for Scottish teachers, parents and pupils. But to help these groups get the most out of it a small group of mentors will be there to support.

In this vodcast, Don outlines what he sees as the main steps for change. He uses a metaphor model to help stage the major changes in teaching and learning over the next few years.

This is available as a chaptered hi-quality video or via GoogleVideo (below):