Date: 13/10/2021

Time: 09.00 – 13.00

Venue: Google Meet

Designed for: Nursery Managers and Senior Early Years Practitioners (HTs, DHTs and PTs with responsibility for ELC are welcome to join this event).

Hosted By: Gill Whitford

Development Day Outline

This on-line bi-annual event is designed to support Nursery Managers and Senior Early Years Practitioners developing their leadership and management role.

This first Development Day will look at how developing a Quality Assurance calendar to support the expectations of the Care Inspectorate.

It will outline how the East Lothian Council quality assurance process will be rolled out this session. There will also be a session on the expectations, challenges and support around the expansion of hours of ELC in both 38 and 48 week models of delivery.

Outcomes

• Delivering ELC during extended hours & school holidays – expectations, challenges and support.

• Developing a Quality Assurance Calendar – building on our learning from recent CI inspections.

• Understanding the East Lothian ELC Quality Assurance Process – using the self-evaluation tool in your work with your ELC Support Teacher and preparing for an evaluation visit.