Glow and Curriculum for Excellence

As Glow rolls out to more local authorities in Scotland, the importance of its role in driving forward the aspirations of Curriculum for Excellence is becoming clear.

Schools and educators throughout Scotland are being given unique access through Glow to resources which actively promote creative learning and teaching, one of the core goals of Curriculum for Excellence.

Indeed, Curriculum for Excellence is progressing rapidly through the second phase of engagement and all draft experiences and outcomes have now been released. The process of gathering feedback via online questionnaires and formal trialling is well under way and the appetite for involvement in this process is really encouraging.

Increasing numbers of practitioners in education authorities and establishments are taking the opportunity to provide feedback through the General Feedback Questionnaires and Trialling Feedback Questionnaires. Practitioners are really valuing the opportunity to respond, particularly as reflection, informal trialling, discussion and exchanges of views grow.

All staff are encouraged to select one or two outcomes from any curriculum areas that best fit their existing plans, to use them in their teaching practice and then feed back using the General Feedback Questionnaires. It would be very interesting to hear how schools are using Glow in any aspect of this informal trialling.

However, it is not just the pupils who are benefiting. An exemplar Curriculum for Excellence Glow Group has been set up in Dundee to enable teachers to exchange views and receive updates across the authority, allowing them to discuss issues when it suits them.

Each project shows Glow is not a separate development from Curriculum for Excellence but a core element of support.