Support for out of School Learning
Introduction
This page will collate the SLA resources that are of particular use when working from home.
These are in addition to our usual provision of Online Courses, Publications, the CPD Library and the support resources and advice line.
The SLA office is still open, and we are on hand to maintain services.
You can find a list of resources and platforms which have been made freely available below, as well as information about upcoming events and plans in reaction to the closure of schools.
We will update this page as needed. Best wishes for you all at this time.
Books and working resources
Corona Virus - Learning and Working From Home
Resources added today 3.4.20
Institute of Education - List of over 50 free online learning resources to help children continue their learning at home, organised by primary / secondary / subject
I'm in school, but there's few pupils...
I'm sure there's no shortage of things on your to-do list that you never usually get time to do, but here's some suggestions:
- Weed - have a sort through; get rid of any old, tatty, out of date resources. Make space for displays. Put yourself in the shoes of a 13 year old - what would they find attractive and engaging?
- Do a stocktake - check what's in your system is accurate; it saves a lot of time in the long run!
- Write your annual report - there's still time to show what you have accomplished this year. You don't have to send it yet, but you can start pulling the data together.
- Change displays
Webinars
We are running a series of webinars over the next few months, on topics from social media to library events, to hearing from international education and leadership speaker Richard Gerver. You can find out more about the webinars here: https://www.sla.org.uk/events
Weekend Course
Many people have understandably been asking about the weekend course, and whether it's going ahead. At the moment, the plan is to continue as usual, but we are monitoring the situation closely. We realise this uncertainity may hamper people's ability to book, so we have created an 'Expression of Interest' form which allows you to benefit from the Early Bird discount (if signed up before 31st March) even if you don't book until closer to the date.