Plans for new centre of teaching excellence welcomed by Aberdeenshire MSP
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Aberdeenshire East MSP Gillian Martin has welcomed plans for a new national centre to ensure excellence in teaching across Scotland.
The plans, which have been announced by Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth, will support research and innovation in teaching practice for all children and young people.
The centre will be developed in partnership with teachers and professional associations as part of ongoing work to reform Scotland’s education system.
Ms Martin said: “A new Centre of Teaching Excellence has been established as part of the education reform agenda and will help make Scotland a world-leader in new approaches to learning and teaching.
“I welcome this important step by the Scottish Government which has been co-designed with teachers and professional associations.
“Importantly, the centre will work together with local authorities in a shared, national mission to close the attainment gap and deliver excellent learning and teaching to all children.”
Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth said: “Excellent learning and teaching must be the foundation of all that we do in Scottish education.
“I want to ensure that all of our hard-working teachers are supported and empowered in our classrooms.
“That is why, as part of the education reform agenda, we will establish a new Centre of Teaching Excellence, making Scotland a world-leader in new approaches to learning and teaching.
“Co-designed with our teachers and professional associations, the Centre of Teaching Excellence will put Scotland at the forefront of innovative research in teaching practice.
“We will use the centre to work together with local authorities in our shared, national mission to close the attainment gap and deliver truly excellent learning and teaching to all of our children.”
The next steps for the creation of the Centre of Teaching Excellence will be announced in due course, after engagement with teachers and professional associations.
