Comment posted Major success for Argyll and Bute Council education staff and for Kilmodan school by neil macintyre.
It is certainly very interesting to hear what has been happening in Kilmodan.Has this been successful in the other schools across Argyll?
I would love to hear from the teachers and support staff on the closure story now that they are allowed a voice without
the threat of disciplne.Or have all the bosses seen the light.Still a lot of money being paid to the QIO,s or is this new title a change or additional staff?
I would hope that the education department and Carol Walker,s so called leadership will be examined very quickly by the new council along with giving us the answers to spygate and Jo Smith.Is she still sitting at home being paid to get a sun tan.
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- Surely after the chaos of the rural schools proposed closures the points made by Integrity and Crazy in response to this story would be a great place to start for our new councillors The investigation into duplication of responsibility across the whole spectrum of council departments will surely follow.Jobs can be created and services improved if someone has the sense and guts to do it.
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- White smoke rises from Councillor Duncan MacIntyre’s chimney as two-man College of Cardinals settle a deal
Well Phil Duncan will have to use all of his legendary skills if he is to make anything of this mess. If we are to go with this latest move where does that leave the SNP?
Roddy,Mary Jean and Louise will surely be in an awkward situation and Duncan is certainly not popular with the local SNP membership so the game is far from over.
But as has been said already funny old way to run a council when the SNP,s Michael Russell wants Duncan MacIntyre of the NO to Independence campaign to lead the council.
Its a funny old world.
Cheers Neil. - White smoke rises from Councillor Duncan MacIntyre’s chimney as two-man College of Cardinals settle a deal
If Duncan is to be our new leader it will be interesting to hear what he says at the public meeting on Elderly care in Oban on the 26th of June in the Corran Halls.
He has accepted OCC invitation along with some of his fellow councillors although not all so far.Eader Glynn and the its future will obviously be one of the main topics along with the other plans the councillors have for Elderly care in general.But on the plus side with Russell and Duncan joining together and the SNP pledge not to close any care homes its looking good for the money to be provided to take Eader Glynn up to the Care Inspectorate standard after waiting all these years.If you are interested in joining the debate and asking our councillors and heads of service plenty of questions please come along it is very important we as a community help them to deliver and not waste the money.
Cheers Neil.
Meeting starts at 7pm. - First Minister’s call for ‘grown up politics’ countered by order – from the top
If it wasn,t so sad it would be funny but to get an endorsement from short and sweet will obviously help my election chances and to be mentioned on this post alongside Michael Russell well the sky,s the limit.
Just away for a wee nap the excitement is just to much to take.
PS. It,s amazing how sometimes statements you put into the public domain can come back to haunt you.
I don,t think you will be on his Christmas card list Lynda.
Cheers Neil. - First Minister’s call for ‘grown up politics’ countered by order – from the top
Fair comment on the sorry state we have in Argyll at the moment and a fair amount of SNP supporters would surely agree as they will be bewildered at the almost daily nonsense that seems to surface.
Sadly in my view the holy grail of the Referendum has been the catalyst for the mayhem and the stupid and unworkable idea not to take any unpopular decisions before the vote next year has put the SNP at each others throats.
Nobody can suspend services or delay decisions which are vitally important and expect Argyll to roll over, these days are gone. The school closures should of been a wake up call for all of our politicians that you have to challenge the officers and their competence as a united force to save our communities and build and sustain Argyll for the future so our kids right through to our elderly have the best we can provide.
Once the Referendum is out of the way we might have a chance of sanity returning and all sides will hopefully get round the table and work for everybody in Argyll especially without Big Brother watching us.
Cheers Neil. - Council stalemate: attitude shifts and external leverage
Campbell will need to shave his legs better if he wants to keep wearing these short dresses.
He certainly kept that secret well but best of luck to him but I am not sure how Coll will react when he sees him.
Cheers Neil.
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Yet another success for a school the previous administration, and in particular Cllr Marshall’s criteria, would have us believe is failing.
A little encouragement and a little support and our rural schools can, and do, demonstrate quite how effective they are and quite how well they deliver education.
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Well done Kilmodan! Great school, great kids and great community.
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So, is this Aileen Goodall one of these much maligned immprovement officers we keep hearing newsie and FA rubbishing??
Mmm??
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We could do chapter and verse on QIOs in general and in particular but it seems thrawn to do that right at the moment because our hope is that things will improve under new political guidance.
ARSN was always aware that QIOs follow instructions from their employer and indeed it was obvious that some were uncomfortable with the roles they had during the closure consultations, not least the dreadful scripts they had to read from (Vygotsky indeed!).
Now that there’s a new administration, we hope to see more of the kind of work Aileen Goodall is doing. Given all the negative tensions involved in the closure debacle, I’m sure it’s what our QIOs would rather be doing.
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Didn’t you read the Update at the foot of the article Simon?
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A bit unfair, B2. Simon’s reply was posted before newsy posted the update.
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Just checked our time logs. We posted the update at 08.23 and Simon’s comment to which Barmore 2 refers was posted at 09.09.
Apologies.
I had done this time log check myself and had not noticed the days, only the hours.
Simon posted his comment on 3rd June at 9.09pm.
Our update to the article was on 4th June at 08.23am.
Lynda
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It is certainly very interesting to hear what has been happening in Kilmodan.Has this been successful in the other schools across Argyll?
I would love to hear from the teachers and support staff on the closure story now that they are allowed a voice without
the threat of disciplne.Or have all the bosses seen the light.Still a lot of money being paid to the QIO,s or is this new title a change or additional staff?
I would hope that the education department and Carol Walker,s so called leadership will be examined very quickly by the new council along with giving us the answers to spygate and Jo Smith.Is she still sitting at home being paid to get a sun tan.
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Well done Kilmodan…!
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Well said Barmore 2. Kilmodan deserve our congratulations, as do all the wee schools who keep clocking up one prize or another for doing really special and wonderful work.
I reckon Argyll & Bute always had the best chance of implementing the Curriculum for Excellence because the wee schools already had to operate that way to an extent and the teachers really know how to make it work. Let’s hope they’re allowed to flourish now so the kids, and their communities, can move forward with security and confidence.
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Yes – well done to EDOs, so why shouldnt all the QIOs become EDOs?
And I hope that Neil McIntyre gets the answers to his questions quickly – I cant think of a good reason why he shouldnt.
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Regarding the update which reads ‘Auileen Goodall is an Educational Development Officer – not a Quality Improvement Officer. This keeps the pressure on the question of just what the very many QIOs at Argyll and Bute council actually do and whether that is worth what it costs us’
This is an important point of discussion. It would be interesting to know what are the remits of both roles and how much overlap is there. Based purely on title (which can obviously be misleading) they certainly appear to be roles which must have a lot of similar responsibilities. Are we getitng value for money from these two roles?
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I think the best people to enquire this with would be Head Teachers across Argyll & Bute and perhaps ask them to list the areas they have received help or have found QIOs and QIMs to actually have been a benefit to them.
I already know the thoughts of one area – so I would expect much silence to follow such a request.
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Thank you for the subtle prompt on the latest typo.
Aileen Goodallhas now been reunited with her proper name.
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Surely after the chaos of the rural schools proposed closures the points made by Integrity and Crazy in response to this story would be a great place to start for our new councillors The investigation into duplication of responsibility across the whole spectrum of council departments will surely follow.Jobs can be created and services improved if someone has the sense and guts to do it.
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I expect the new Lead Councillor on Education, who knows his area of reponsibilty , possibly better than his appointed staff, to lay down the law to his staff as to policies and guidance. The days of paid staff laying down policy, and failing to give correct information to the elected members and the Council as a whole, are over. One such occurrence such as we have seen in the last few years will lead, I hope, not to resignations and “settlements” but to termination with no recompence. The first real test will probably come in the next 2 weeks with the report on Spygate and the dealing with the culprits in that affair.
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