Comment posted Major success for Argyll and Bute Council education staff and for Kilmodan school by neil macintyre.
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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- 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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- Argyll and Bute Council: Councillor McCuish leads again
Sorry Phil but will give you the story when the dust settles. Worth waiting for I promise.
Cheers Neil. - Argyll and Bute Council: Councillor McCuish leads again
This is beginning to sound like a script for a James Bond movie.
Lets have some suggestions for the main characters from our councillors. I am sure Roddy would enjoy playing Bond and Marion would certainly make a great Miss Moneypenny.
Think about the publicity for Argyll if it was filmed here and all the spin offs for the tourist industry.
Now that Salmond has given the SNP councillors the nod to work with the bedroom tax tories the skys the limit.
So in this new coalition we must embrace the coming together of a new dawn and banish forever the thoughts of Independence in Argyll.
I just got carried away a wee bit I blame it on the cider.
Cheers Neil. - Argyll and Bute Council: Councillor McCuish leads again
Lets have a close look at the councillors under the banner “Argyll and Bute for change” these are most of the dinosaurs that have done nothing but follow Dick Walsh blindly for years. I certainly agree we need to change them but sadly they are here for a few more years yet.
Cheers Neil.
PS.
Poor councillor Duncan MacIntyre will be shattered he must of thought he was going to receive the holy grail. - Radically new council group changes all the dynamics: party politics dead in Argyll
Well this will certainly bring a rapid response from the SNP membership and the constituency leaders as they have obviously agreed with these moves.
But which one?
We need to be put out of our misery quickly as there is obviously a masterplan somewhere behind this.
Divide and conquer takes on a whole new meaning.
I no longer aspire to be a councillor as it certainly would not be good for your health and all this political ship jumping would make you dizzy. Although I am pretty dizzy already before anyone says anything.
Cheers Neil. - Radically new council group changes all the dynamics: party politics dead in Argyll
Newsroom this will keep you busy for years without any other stories.
Looking forward to see if the different SNP groups will have to toss a coin to see who wears the home strip in the chambers.
As for Roddy I can only think he had to much coffee before the meetng he will need to go back on the drink.
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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