A series of recorded videos and webinars that may be useful for:

• practitioners
• leaders
• support staff

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The pedagogy for equity series (YouTube) contains a series of videos introducing pedagogical approaches that can support practitioners in closing the poverty-related attainment gap.

The leadership for equity series (YouTube) is focused on planning, implementation, and evaluation through an equity lens. It provides key messages, provokes thought, and acts as a starting point for further exploration, discussion, or development.

The Scottish Attainment Challenge professional learning activities series (YouTube) is designed for support staff working with learners affected by the poverty related attainment gap.

Videos for practitioners

Pedagogy: uncovering values and beliefs (YouTube)

This session explores the ways that practitioners can develop their practice by recognising influences, reflecting on approaches, and considering how their personal and professional beliefs and values contribute to chosen approaches.

Metacognition (YouTube)

This session discusses how metacognition can support the closing of the poverty-related attainment gap, the value of EEF insights, and the implementation of ideas.

Feedback (YouTube)

This session explores what we mean by feedback, and how we can use feedback to close the attainment gap. It also covers Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) insights into feedback, written versus oral feedback, and steps to implementation.

Oral interventions (YouTube)

This session explores why oracy is important and some pedagogical interventions that may help you close the poverty related attainment gap. 

Relationships: the foundation for all pedagogical practice (YouTube)

The session discusses how relationships can impact on learning, particularly for children and young people experiencing poverty. It also considers how positive relationships can help improve outcomes for learners, and help to address poverty related gaps and approaches to providing support.

Pedagogy for equity: reading comprehension (YouTube)

This session explores how the explicit teaching of reading strategies can support the closing of the poverty related attainment gap, the need to teach both word reading and language comprehension and the three domains of learning within a reading context.

Pedagogy for equity: writing (YouTube)

This session explores the ways in which expressive language and reading impacts on writing, the need for a language rich environment and the writing process.

Webinars for practitioners

Pupil Equity Funding: effective use of data (YouTube)

This webinar explores the poverty related attainment gap and why we need to close it. It includes a discussion of:

• how we measure the poverty related attainment gap
• the role of data in closing the gap
• the types of data that can be used
• how and why data should be intersected
• practical classroom examples
• the importance of creating a positive data culture

The Scottish Attainment Challenge and early years: Being aware (YouTube)

A recorded version of a live webinar delivered to ELC practitioners. It provides an overview of the refreshed Scottish Attainment Challenge mission and what this means within the Early Years. This webinar is the first of three and will be followed by 'Being informed' and then 'Being prepared'.

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Videos for leaders

Planning (YouTube)

The presentation looks at planning through an equity lens and considers a model to support planning the key elements essential for effective planning and further sources of support. The series has been developed by Education Scotland's Attainment Advisor team and is intended to provide key messages, provoke thought and act as a starting point for further exploration, discussion or development within this area.

Implementation (YouTube)

This presentation looks at implementation through an equity lens and considers the meaning of implementation, the importance of implementation in delivering interventions that successfully close attainment gaps and key factors that support successful implementation

Evaluation (YouTube)

The focus of this video is evaluation through an equity lens and considers the purpose of evaluation, the importance of evaluating interventions and approaches in closing the poverty related attainment gap and developing a culture of evaluation and learning and approaches to evaluation.

Webinars for leaders

Pupil Equity Funding: effective use of data (YouTube)

This webinar explores the poverty related attainment gap and why we need to close it. It includes a discussion of:

• how we measure the poverty related attainment gap
• the role of data in closing the gap
• the types of data that can be used
• how and why data should be intersected
• practical classroom examples
• the importance of creating a positive data culture

Equity and care experienced children and young people (YouTube)

The session explores why care experience is an equity issue and shares examples of promising supportive practice. It also examines a systems approach, highlights links to support care experienced children and young people and provides an overview of the care experienced children and young people fund.

Evidenced based interventions (YouTube)

The session explores the importance of contextual analysis in choosing approaches and interventions, existing evidence on ‘what works’ to close poverty-related attainment gaps and the role of effective implementation for interventions to be successful and have impact.

Outcomes and measures (YouTube)

This video looks at what is meant by outcomes and measures, why outcomes and measures are important and how to create well-defined outcomes. It also looks at identifying appropriate measures and how to engage with measures to ensure impact.

Effective Multi Agency Practice: Considering Community Approaches (YouTube)

This is a pre-recorded audio version of a live webinar delivered by Education Scotland Attainment Advisors on the 28th April 2021. The presentation considers: the definition and benefits of multi-agency partnerships for schools, learners and the community and recent reports that highlight why multi-agency practice is critical in closing the poverty related attainment gap and accelerating educational recovery. The Attainment Advisors are also joined by practitioners leading on projects across Scotland who have developed innovative service models that evidence multi-agency practice to address the needs of local families. 

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Videos for support staff

Pupil support staff and the Scottish Attainment Challenge (YouTube) 

This video considers the ways in which pupil support staff can support learners who experience poverty and provides information on The Scottish Attainment Challenge.

Relational approaches (YouTube)

This video explores the following areas through an equity lens for support staff and the history of behaviour management to relational approaches in Scotland. It discusses why relational approaches are important, different relational approaches and what you can do to improve relational approaches.

Approaches and interventions (YouTube)

This short video has been designed for pupil support staff working with learners affected by poverty. It considers the types of interventions and approaches, enabling conditions to maximise positive outcomes and the impact of interventions delivered by pupil support staff, in closing the poverty related attainment gap.

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