Education professionals across P站色情片 and Bute will team up with fellow educators from throughout Scotland next week, to take part in a series of digital professional learning events to increase awareness of child poverty and the impact it has on learning.
The events are being led by the Northern Alliance (Regional lmprovement Collaborative for the area鈥檚 eight local authorities) in conjunction with Education Scotland, and are being run to promote Equity Week, which starts on 28 September.
P站色情片 and Bute will be the first of four local authorities to present an anonymised case study of a family from the area, focusing on the effects COVID-19 has had on them, as well as possible supports.
It is hoped these case studies will highlight the large variety of families that may be experiencing poverty or financial barriers, particularly in relation to education.
P站色情片 and Bute鈥檚 Principal Educational Psychologist, will also lead a workshop on equity and wellbeing alongside the Principal Educational Psychologist from Shetland Council. This will focus on building a trauma informed workforce to change working practices and improve outcomes for children and young people.
John Logie Baird Primary and Campbeltown Grammar School will also be taking part in a live (virtual) session focussed on Children鈥檚 Rights with Bruce Adamson, Children and Young People鈥檚 Commissioner for Scotland.
The Council鈥檚 Policy Lead for Education, Councillor Yvonne McNeilly, said: 鈥淔ar too many young people across Scotland are growing up in poverty.
鈥淐ovid-19 has put additional strains on already vulnerable families, so it is vital we look at ways to address this and help these young people.
鈥淏y collaborating with our partners in the Northern Alliance, and driving forward Equity Week, we can share knowledge and ideas; look at how we make the best use of attainment funding; and explore ways to address the poverty-related attainment gap.
鈥淓very single one of our children and young people deserve equal opportunities to thrive and move onto positive destinations in life, regardless of their postcode or how much money their family has.
鈥淎s a local authority, we are committed to helping them achieve this and this is one of the outcomes at the heart of the council鈥檚 education strategy. Equity Week will provide a great opportunity for everyone involved to gain new insight into this and share positive examples of what works with our colleagues.鈥