Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership (SCQF Partnership)

✨ Merry Christmas from all of us at the SCQF Partnership! As we celebrate the festive season, we're taking a moment to reflect on an incredible year. Thank you for being part of our journey! 🎄🎁 #MerryChristmas #SCQF

“In times of turbulence, the greatest danger is not the turbulence itself - it’s acting with yesterday’s logic.” – Peter Drucker Our CEO, Pauline R., explores the risks of systemic inertia in education in her article, 'Inertia in the face of change,' featured in the latest edition of School Leaders Scotland's Leader magazine. She highlights the urgent need for bold, innovative approaches to address pressing challenges like non-attendance, mental health struggles and attainment gaps. At the SCQF Partnership, we’re committed to fostering flexibility, parity of esteem, and lifelong learning through agile pathways. With initiatives like the School Ambassador Programme and collaborative efforts across sectors, we’re working to ensure learners can achieve their full potential in an ever-changing world. Compassion and innovation must go hand in hand to support young people and educators navigating these changes. 🔗Read more: https://lnkd.in/eEXgdWV8 #SCQF #EducationReform #LifelongLearning

Early work has recently begun on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle – a systematic review of the Scottish curriculum to ensure it remains up to date and relevant for children and young people. We've today published the second of three discussion papers which have emerged from the findings, key messages and learning from a series of pilot curriculum reviews over session 2023/24. ‘Towards an Evolved Technical Framework’ aims to build on the findings identified in the first discussion paper by focusing on how we can evolve the technical framework to help clarify the role and position of knowledge and skills in the curriculum. Ollie Bray, Strategic Director at Education Scotland, said: “We are still at an early stage of the planning process for the Curriculum Improvement Cycle. However, the key issues identified by practitioners during the pilot curriculum reviews over session 2023-24 have provided us with a set of useful criteria for the evolution of the technical framework for Curriculum for Excellence. “This discussion paper suggests how the technical framework for Scotland’s Curriculum could evolve. While we feel comfortable with the general sense of direction and we have received positive feedback from early testing, one of the purposes of ‘Towards an Evolved Technical Framework’ is to support dialogue and gauge how others in the system feel about the proposed direction. “We have published this discussion paper as part of our commitment to keeping the system updated on the process and progress being made, and we plan to publish a third discussion paper, 'Working Together to Make Change Happen', in March 2025." 👉https://ow.ly/ubyk50Uu0r2

📢 Calling all teachers! Explore #SCQF School Ambassador resources, designed to support your school’s journey toward a broader curriculum. 💡 Find inspiration by browsing other schools' bronze, silver and gold Recognition Programme applications. Take a look and start planning today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ev9wmUqD #SCQFschools #SCQFAmbassadors #Qualifications

A great opportunity to learn new skills while earning a qualification at #SCQF level 3 👇

Inspire your Students with Future Stewards: The Net Zero World! 🌱 Looking for an engaging way to bring sustainability to life in your classroom? Future Stewards: The Net Zero World is a flexible, SCQF Level 4 accredited course for learners aged 14-25. Designed to align with Learning for Sustainability outcomes and Curriculum for Excellence, this course empowers young people to take practical action for a better future. Through interactive eLearning and real-world projects, learners will explore: 🌿 Biodiversity 💧 Water conservation 🍎 Food systems 🚲 Sustainable travel 💡 Green technology and more! Students will build portfolios, complete meaningful projects, and gain the necessary skills to make a real difference in their communities. For educators, we offer: • Flexible delivery to suit your learners • Guest speaker sessions and expert insights • A Train the Trainer model to support independent teaching Let’s equip Scotland’s young people to be sustainability leaders of tomorrow while supporting your Learning for Sustainability commitments. 📩 Get in touch with us at The Verdancy Group to find out more, or book a demo today - [email protected] #SustainabilityEducation #LearningForSustainability #NetZeroScotland

🚀Cyber Explorers, a free interactive platform for 11 to 14-year-olds, now offers qualifications at #SCQF levels 4 & 5! 🛡️ Students can earn Cyber Squad Member & Cyber Champion certificates while exploring learning pathways in #cybersecurity. 🌐 👉 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e_PWBQj9

Did you miss last week’s School College Ambassador Event? 🎓✨ You can catch up on all the insights, discussions and highlights by watching the full recording here: https://lnkd.in/e9FSd84y 🎥 Whether you're a teacher, college staff member, or just curious about how the SCQF supports collaboration between schools and colleges, this is a must-watch! #SCQF #Education #Collaboration Fiona Garry Donnie Wood

📅 Teachers! Follow Kamila Aitzhanova over on X/Twitter @Kamila_SCQF to stay updated on the latest #SCQF School Ambassador resources and Recognition Programme updates. ✨ Kamila offers individual support to help your school progress to bronze, silver and gold awards 🥉🥈🥇 Find out more about our School Ambassador Programme at 🔗 https://lnkd.in/etVrKYVr   #SCQFAmbassadors #SCQFRecognition

When 2 key partners get together to talk about their respective priorities,it can often be a difficult conversation to find alignment and common goals How brilliant it was, today, for Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership (SCQF Partnership) to spend time with our Education Scotland colleagues discussing shared passion for children and young people's future learning and achievement and exploring shared solutions enabled through our curriculum improvement and our #scqf qualifications framework. Thanks to Ollie Bray Joan Mackay Elizabeth McGuire Leigh Watson for a great day!