Scots Language Teacher CPD – Course Guide

Reflective Task Requirements

Successful engagement with the professional recognition tasks of Units 2 to 7 will contribute to the award of professional recognition.

You must successfully meet the criteria of Professional Recognition tasks for at least five of these tasks. One of these must be the Professional Recognition task for Unit 7.

The reflective blog posts you write for this will be informed by your learning during the unit. Flexibility and choice in how you address the three Masters level criteria is built into the task. You may critically consider:

• the theme of the unit in general

• a particular experience/incident arising either in the course community or your workplace

• a specific piece of reading associated with the unit, especially the academic publication you’ll study as part of the unit

Tasks Units 2 to 6

Note that the wording for the Professional Recognition task for Units 2 to 6 is the same, however the word limit changes to allow for greater depth as you progress through the programme. Variety in your responses to the tasks will come from the different experience you bring and the different learning you take from each unit.

The word limits for the Units 2 to 6 are the following:

• Units 2, 3 and 4 = 300 - 500 words

• Units 5 and 6 = 500 - 750 words

You are free to make your rresponse slightly longer if you so wish.

The task itself is worded as follows:

Write a post in your reflective blog here. Your post should:

• be X words in length (depending on which unit).

• address the programme’s three Masters level criteria:

  • Knowledge and understanding

  • Critical analysis

  • Structure, communication and presentation

In writing your post, you may choose to:

• use one or more prompt from the bank of reflective prompts provided to frame your writing,

• make connections between readings related to the theme of the unit and your practice,

• explore the extent to which you agree/disagree with or were surprised/impressed by an aspect of the peer discussion on the unit's application task in the course forum.

Task for Unit 7

This task captures your learning across the whole course rather than just a single unit, and is therefore worded differently. Your reflective blog post should be informed by your learning across Units 1 to 7.

You should write critically and in some depth about your development across the programme as a whole. You are encouraged to:

• revisit and review the coaching wheel you completed during Induction.

• consider the extent of the interconnections between the Scots language use and the pedagogy of your teaching

• outline the next steps for you as a teacher.

Your post should:

• be 750 - 1000 words in length.

• address the programme’s three Masters level criteria:

  • Knowledge and understanding

  • Critical analysis

  • Structure, communication and presentation

In writing your post, you may choose to:

• use one or more prompt from the bank of reflective prompts provided to frame your writing,

• make connections between readings and your practice,

• explore the extent to which you feel surprised/impressed/disappointed or something else by an aspect of your coaching wheel.

Post your reflection in your reflective blog here.