Scott Lavery\’s Enterprise Blog

Over the past two weeks, I have been involved in delivering a number of CPD opportunities for staff. This ranged from working with a number of nursery teachers from across the authority looking at how enterprise fits into their settings to delivering training to all probationers in East Lothian. What has impressed me [...]

I had a very interesting session with the staff at Whitecraig Primary yesterday.  The head teacher had asked me to work alongside staff in school to identify ways of developing teaching and learning in consulation with the children.  This work will mirror what I am carrying out at Wallyford. 
Yesterday was about the staff refecting on [...]

Following on from the successful pilot project last session at Musselburgh Burgh last session, I am now leading the Joining the Agendas workshop with the whole staff at Wallyford Primary School.  The idea behind this is to allow staff the opportunity to reflect on their practice and give support to them in relation to learning [...]

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 [...]

I was recently involved in delivering a session to all staff at Dunbar Primary School focusing on what enterprising teaching and learning is and how this can impact on their practice.  A copy of the presentation is attached.
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My task was to dispell the myth that enterprise is only about making and selling and how it involves [...]

The pilot at Musselburgh Burgh continues to be very successful.  I have been in the school delivering 2 CAT sessions with all staff which has allowed them to reflect on their practice.  At the same time I asked the staff to take a risk and find out from the children what their opinion was on what is happening [...]

I have been working on a new staff development opportunity designed to tie all the agendas together (AiFL, ACfE, DtS) in the context of the East Lothian Teaching and Learning Policy.   A great deal of my time since returning from the Easter break has been devoted to setting up these pilot projects in two of our schools.  [...]

I ran a CAT Session at Levenhall Nursery on Friday afternoon with the staff to look at how enterprise fits with the nursery curriculum and also looking at links with A Curriculum for Excellence.  I initially asked the staff what they thought enterprise was and immediately was told it was about making and selling.  I was [...]

I ran the second day of this course on Thursday of last week and again enjoyed delivering this.  This was due to the fact of spending time with a small group of like minded people who believed in the same principles in relation to enterprising teaching and learning. 
The day focused the staff on the idea [...]

As part of the probationers programme,  I ran two sessions aimed at raising awareness of what Enterprise in Education and Determined to Succeed is.  The sessions were great fun to deliver with a good deal of interaction taking place with those on the course.  As with a number of sessions I have been running, I felt it [...]