Empowering Educators: Respond by 31st March 2022

Steps to make your response

The deadline for responses is the 31^st March 2022

Download your individual response

Here are some things that may help you prepare your response, they are as follows:

Step 1

Have a look at the form and the questions asked

Step 2

Go to the News Stand

Watch Jenny Des Fountain’s presentation to the Mull Community Council on 1^st December 2022 ( it starts approx 43 minutes into the Facebook recording) and or
Read Jenny Des Fountain’s report on the News Page/ Stand. Jenny is WISE4ALL’s Education Advisor

Step 3

Watch the short presentation prepared by Chairs from the Argyll & Bute Parent Council Network

Have a look at the speech bubble of words designed by Chairs to describe this process

WISE4ALL would like to thank the Network (a) for finding our co-founder Tracy Mayo asking to link with WISE4ALL, it took some time to track her down and (b) to the outstanding work they are doing to ensure their school community have a voice and in educating their communities about this consultation. They go above and beyond to do this giving up precious family time, thanks for all your continued hard work!

Step 4

Read the open letters/press reports

This is Tiree's submission based on the results of the consultation below.

Step 5 Draft your response

All views in a consultation should be recorded and respected

Some people are submitting responses in their own format and copying Councillors and other interested parties.
Other respondents are skipping straight to the reservations section of the form, and are NOT entering anything in the other parts of the form. This is because they believe there is NOT enough information to complete these sections/meaningfully assess the proposal.
WISE4ALL and others believe that there is NO case to answer, none has been established, the risk assessments, cost analysis etc. have not been provided, and there is NO balance of information.
The WISE4ALL position statement will be uploaded soon we agree our Community Council’s position, and the others listed. In addition, in light of the report commissioned by Scottish Government on Education, written by Professor Ken Muir, it is time for national consultation and this process should be halted to allow for that.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/putting-learners-at-the-centre-response-to-the-independent-advisor-on-education-reforms-report/pages/overview/
https://www.gov.scot/publications/putting-learners-at-the-centre-response-to-the-independent-advisor-on-education-reforms-report/pages/overview/?fbclid=IwAR0fWo0sEpJot55F21VY3HLq7xjiSijkUaFPzWKinzb2SwcZiX_rnJ4mHyw
The Scottish National Standards for Community Engagement
https://www.scdc.org.uk/what/national-standards

Step 6

Remember to hit submit, you can copy your response to interested parties including Councillors.

These are the results of Tiree's consultation which informed their response.