Families in Action Programme
The family learning resource provides a framework for school leaders that reflects current
government policy. It is presented as a published and digital resource with practical ready-made
learning sessions for families and family learning activities with children at home.
These resource sessions will enable schools to measure and evaluate current practice in parental
involvement and engagement and provide an accurate reflection of their partnership working.
Ice Pack Knowing You - Knowing Me
Playback Learning Academy aims to reposition wellbeing to maximise children’s learning, increase family engagement and build capacity within early years. Playback understands that early intervention investment in early years is crucial to achieve a healthy and inclusive society.
To effect change and influence people’s lives we need to offer flexible learning environments and curricula that meet the needs of all children and their families to enable them to lead full and productive lives.
SCQF Professional Development Awards
Playback Learning Academy offers SQA Professional Development Awards (PDA) in Leadership and Management to future aspiring leaders including senior managers, principal and classroom teachers and support for learning staff.
The innovative PDAs will support staff to demonstrate their management and leadership capabilities and provide them with a recognised SQA qualification linked to the school improvement plan as part of a rigorous implementation cycle. These PDAs are competency based delivered onsite which allow candidates to choose the units that match their requirements within the school context whilst reflecting an aspect of the school improvement plan.
HWB Digital Surveys
The ICE APP
• enables learner’s participation in self-evaluation and school improvement
• generates data to benchmark learner’s well-being
• enables pupil voice through a right based approach
• includes ready-made digital surveys that generate rich, robust data directly from learners
• produces individual and amalgamated reports
• generates data to enable schools to measure individual well-being, learners support, targeted interventions, classroom practice and school priorities
SQA Awards
Playback’s Essential Skills for Employment SCQF Units provide personalised learning opportunities with appropriate SCQF recognition credit rated by the Scottish Qualification
Authority at Levels 3 and 4.
The award supports practitioners’ by offering fully prepared ready-made guidance notes including unit assessments. Learners will receive a personal portfolio to evidence their
learning. This will save time on planning and preparation, for practitioners. It will support learners in many different learning communities including, schools, training provider, residential care and college settings.
