Q1 - Response
- Opportunities for awareness raising opportunities. Headteachers to have a greater understanding of the roles of CLD Practitioners - social practice approach, professional qualifications held, CLD values and principles, CLD do not work to a set curriculum
- CLD practices to be embedded within CfE - not as an 'add-on'
- Inclusion of CLD within Teacher Training and 'Professional Update'
Q2 - Response
- More proactive and collaborative approach with Parent Councils and the wider school community - clarification needed of who the ' school community' is and who has input in defining that?
- Expertise to engage with parents - training. i.e.: Community Work approach
- Designated teacher within school to support parent council
- Engage with CLD staff
- Recognition of values and principles of CLD
- Q3 - Response
- Advantages
- CLD needs to be recognised as a professional, equal body which schools want to engage with.
- If the Charter includes collaborate work with other professional bodies, parents, wider community etc, the headteacher should be held accountable
- Jargon free communication
- Open and transparent
- Disadvantages
- Concern not enough time allocated to this - just paid lip service
- Who holds the Headteacher accountable?
- Ensure the plan is actually implemented - not just completed and then never sees the light of day.
- Response 4
- This question is a bit confusing - does this question just mean the recruitment of teachers within their school or will they also have a responsibility for recruiting CLD staff within school?
- Greater autonomy to headteachers - it will only benefit CLD staff if the headteacher has an understanding of CLD approach and ethos.
- How much autonomy will headteachers 'actually' have under these changes?
- Response 5
- Actual collaboration with parents and wider community - proper explanation and overview of school funding, options available and proper consultation and input.