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Showing posts with label Director of Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Director of Education. Show all posts
02/09/2015

Head Teacher Selection Short Leeting and Interviews

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Earlier today (Wednesday 2 September 2015), I was involved in a selection panel short listing applicants for a Head Teacher post in the ci...
27/11/2014

Commenting on Proposed Closure of Menzieshill High School at Education Committee 24 November 2014

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Commenting at the Education Committee on Monday 24 November 2014 about the proposed closure of Menzieshill High School as part of the Scho...
21/04/2014

Need for Additional Report Before Approving Nearly £0.5m on Nursery Places for Under 3s

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Click on image to enlarge On Monday night at the City Development Committee, on the basis of a flimsy report, Councillors are being as...
08/01/2014

Free School Meals for Primary 1-3 Pupils in Dundee

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On Tuesday 7 January, the Scottish Government announced that, with effect from January 2015, it will introduce free school meals for all p...
17/11/2013

Dundee Cycling Report Card - Some Good Progress But We Must Try Harder

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Click on image to enlarge A recent national report on Cycling in Scotland assessed the polices of each of the 32 local councils in Scotl...
19/07/2013

Concern About Maintaining Numbers of Crossing Patrollers for School Children

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Lollipop Sign for School Crossing Patrollers Yesterday, I received two email letters from constituents who were concerned that the City...
25/04/2013

Proposals for School and Family Development Workers At Unacceptable Cost to Support for Learning Teachers

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On Monday evening 22 April, the Education Committee was asked to approve a plan to appoint 17 School and Family Development Workers acro...
15/02/2013

Education Department Got Their Maths Wrong Counting up 30 Consultation Days

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Earlier this week the Director of Education advised Councillors that the official date for the end of the formal consultation on the propo...
28/03/2012

Convener and Director of Education Plough on Regardless

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I was disappointed that the Education Convener and the SNP group of Councillors together with the Director of Education should have b...
26/03/2012

Curriculum for Excellence in Dundee Must Provide Best Options for Our Secondary School Pupils

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At the Education Committee tonight, I will be arguing that there is an alternative to the Director’s one size fits all flow charts and ti...
05/03/2012

Phoebe Caldwell - Remarkable Saturday Night Lecturer

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Over the weekend, I attended the Saturday night lecture at Dundee University given by the extraordinary Phoebe Caldwell.   Phoebe Caldwe...