
This page includes information and resources to support your continuous professional development, including effective practice examples and case studies.
Our CPD resources are separated by our three Quality Standards, as defined in the Quality Assurance and Improvement Framework: Service Delivery, Leadership & Quality Culture, and Outcomes & Impact.
Resources produced from Education Scotland Effective Practice Events can also be found here, including materials illustrating delivery of Modern Apprenticeships in a variety of sectors and feedback from providers who attended the events.
New resources are added throughout the year so please continue to review this page for new content.
Service Delivery
Resources to support you to make improvements in not only how you deliver but how effective your delivery is.
- Core Skills: Event November 2018 - Actions
- Core Skills: Effective Practice Video – Catherine Gill, Athena Learning Ltd
- Core Skills: Effective Practice Video – David Hannah, QA Ltd
- Core Skills: Social Services and Healthcare – August 2019
- Learning and Assessment Planning: ‘Assessment for learning in SDS work-based learning provision’ e-learning
- Progress Reviews: ‘Apprentice Progress Review’ e-learning
- Remote Learning: Recommendations and advice for delivering work-based learning in the current Covid-19 pandemic
- Remote Learning: Helpful tips from our partners for providers delivering online in the current Covid-19 pandemic
- Remote Learning: ‘Assessing work-based learning in the current Covid-19 pandemic’ e-learning
- Transferable Skills: Career Management Skills Information
Leadership and Quality Culture
Resources to support reflection in how leadership and management is applied to SDS funded work-based learning provision.
Outcomes and Impact
Resources to support you in gathering and using results and feedback in work based learning provision.
Education Scotland Effective Practice Events
Information and resources following SDS & Education Scotland effective practice events
- Automotive Effective Practice Event November 2018
- ICT Effective Practice Event November 2018
- Hospitality Effective Practice May 2019
- Hospitality Workshop Slides May 2019
- Hospitality Workshop Summary May 2019
- Social Services Children and Young People Summary Nov 2019
- Social Services Children and Young People event slides Nov 2019