Scott Lavery\’s Enterprise Blog

I have now completed my pilot project at Musselburgh Burgh Primary School with a variety of staff ranging from the Support for Learning teacher to the probationer in Primary 1.  It was refreshing to work with such an open and receptive staff who were willing to look at new ideas and improve the quality of teaching and learning. 

As this was a pilot, I gave staff the opportunity to choose from a menu of tasks which I would work on in their classes.

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The school itself has a very enterprising outlook with a vision statement saying ‘Everything is Possible’.  This was reflected in the outlook of the children I was working with together with the staff themselves. For some staff the input was reassurance that their practice was already enterprising and they were giving the children the experience of taking ownership of their learning.  For others, it was an opportunity for them to develop their teaching and learning styles and give them additional strategies which complemented what they were already doing.

I feel I have made some impact on both the practice of the staff and the learning experience of the children involved.  The work has given the school a package which allows them to meet the needs of a number of key themes.  One issue I was aware of was the time implications and feel for this to be successful,  I would need to work over a prolonged period to measure proper impact.  Some of the techniques also need to be adopted across the school so there is a greater level of consistency.  This is something the school can build on next session.  I have asked the staff to evaluate how effective this has been and will post the findings on the blog in due course.