Learning and Teaching Scotland
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Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS or LT Scotland) is a non-departmental public body with headquarters based in Glasgow, Scotland along with an office in Dundee. It is the prime national education agency in Scotland, taking a leading role in developing educational thinking and disseminating effective practice. LTS also provides a wide range of services to education across the country.
LTS provides support for people working in the Scottish state education system - including ministers, local authorities, school managers, teachers and support staff - and is accountable to the Scottish Executive Education Department.
LTS operates the LT Scotland Online Service, the successor to the National Grid for Learning in Scotland. It also runs a unique professional development programme known as Masterclass, and a range of supported online communities of practice including Heads Together.
LTS manages the Scottish Schools Digital Network (SSDN), recently renamed Glow in anticipation of its imminent roll out to every school in Scotland, and described as "the most ambitious education ICT project in the world." SSDN will create a national intranet offering a range of teaching, learning and collaborative tools across the Web, in a secure and fully-authenticated way - bringing together more than 700,000 students, 50,000 teachers, all lecturers and students in initial teacher education and many others across the country.
LTS has been charged with leading the development of Scotland's 'Curriculum for Excellence', an ambitious programme of development that will deliver curricular flexibility for Scottish schools.
LTS also leads the innovative Assessment is for Learning programme in Scotland.
The current Chief Executive of LTS is Bernard McLeary, former director of education at Inverclyde Council.
The Corporate Management Team ("CMT') of LTS:
Stuart Ritchie, Director of Curriculum, former school inspector.
Laurie O'Donnell, Director of Learning and Technology, former local authority education adviser.
Alan Armstrong, Director of Education Improvement, former school inspector.
Stewart Carruth, Director of Corporate Services, former senior consultant with PWC.
[edit] External links
- LT Scotland Online Service
- SSDN/Glow website
- Curriculum for Excellence website
- Assessment is for Learning website
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