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Select subject Select subject SQA seeks experienced head teacher for new senior role SQA is looking for experienced secondary head teacher to join it in a new senior advisory role. exam-hall-chairs.jpg SQA seeks experienced head teacher for new senior role 15 January 2025 None Wednesday 15 January 2025 The Scottish Qualifications Authority has started the recruitment process for an experienced secondary head teacher to join Scotland’s national awarding body in a senior advisory role. The new role will see the successful candidate join SQA on an 18-month secondment as it prepares for the launch of Qualifications Scotland. Subject to the passage of the Education (Scotland) Bill, Qualifications Scotland will be established with a new governance structure that places involvement from and accountability towards children, young people, adult learners, and the teaching professions at the heart of what it does. In our Prospectus for Change, launched in November last year, we set out three key pledges: resetting relationships, harnessing technology, and evolving qualifications. A practising head teacher’s insight will help us ensure we are meeting those pledges, as well as addressing the needs of schools across Scotland, and help ensure that SQA’s qualifications, policies and services reflect the real-life experience of teachers and learners. The successful candidate will help learners and teachers across Scotland feel the difference from day one of the new awarding organisation. Fiona Robertson, Chief Executive of the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), said: “We are pleased to have launched the recruitment for a secondary head teacher, who will help shape Scotland’s new national qualifications body and ensure we deliver on our Prospectus for Change. “We are seeking a secondary head teacher who brings fresh, first-hand leadership experience of Scotland’s classrooms. By strengthening our links between schools, school leaders, teachers and learners, , we can ensure the work we do meets their needs now and as we look to the future, in shaping Qualifications Scotland. This exciting new role is crucial to achieving our ambitions. “The successful candidate will ensure that the decisions which shape Qualifications Scotland reflect the experiences of teachers, pupils and schools across Scotland. This new role delivers on our commitment to ensure teachers’ and pupils’ voices are at the heart of how we develop and improve our qualifications now and in the future.” Donna Stewart, Interim Director of Qualifications at SQA, who is leading the recruitment process, said: “We are looking for a practising secondary head teacher or someone with recent experience of a senior secondary leadership role who can bring credible, up-to-the-minute experience of running a school, working with staff teams, and supporting pupils. We’re looking for someone enthusiastic about practical solutions, who welcomes innovation and who is passionate about shaping the future of qualifications. “The successful applicant will be pivotal in making sure that innovations in SQA’s – and in turn, Qualifications Scotland’s – qualifications and processes truly serve pupils in schools across Scotland, by keeping the day-to-day needs of learners and schools front and centre of our decision making.” This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a significant transformation within the Scottish education system. SQA welcomes applications from all interested head teachers. Applications for the new position are being accepted until 26 January. 112567 447 16-JAN-2025 Thu, 16 Jan 2025 09:47:07 +0000 UPDATED SQA announces more resources and support for History teachers SQA confirm more Higher History support and resources will be made available for teachers in 2025. sqa-logo-news-blue.webp SQA announces more resources and support for History teachers 17 December 2024 Qualifications 17 December 2024 The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) confirmed today (Tuesday 17 December 2024) that more support and resources will be made available in the new year for teachers preparing candidates for Higher History in 2025. Following feedback from History teachers, SQA has agreed to provide an additional package of support for schools and colleges after prelims are completed in January. In the new year, an additional Understanding Standards webinar covering the question paper 2: Scottish History will be scheduled, giving teachers and lecturers the opportunity to hear from the Higher History team. SQA will advise a date for this webinar in the new year. SQA will provide more examples of responses to question paper 2 for teachers and lecturers to use in support of learners. SQA will also open up a dedicated Higher History enquiry point, giving teachers, lecturers, and school leaders the opportunity to directly raise any queries or questions they may have. Donna Stewart, Interim Director of Qualifications Development at SQA, said: ‘These measures follow the discussions we have had with the Scottish Government and the Scottish Association of Teachers of History regarding feedback from practising History teachers about what support would help them and their learners. ‘We recognise there is work to do to support teachers and lecturers delivering SQA’s Higher History course. We have heard their feedback, and we are working to provide schools and colleges with support and resources they need to help them prepare their learners for their assessments in 2025. ‘We are committed to resetting and building stronger relationships with teachers, lecturers, pupils and students, a promise that is at the heart of our new Prospectus for Change.’ In November, SQA published its review of Higher History in 2024, which was independently scrutinised and challenged by the Executive Director of Qualifications and Assessment at WJEC (Welsh Joint Education Committee), an expert in standard setting in the context of national examinations. The Chief Examiner and the Scottish Government have accepted the findings of the review. More information on the support for Higher History teachers, lecturers, and candidates will be issued to schools and colleges in the new year. 112447 447 17-DEC-2024 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:27:11 +0000 NEW
