10 May 2025: IPDA Scotland Symposium: Professional Learning in a renewing learning community
February 28, 2025
IPDA Scotland is delighted to invite you to our summer Professional Learning Symposium at Queen Margaret University. IPDA is an international professional development association that promotes educators’ professional learning in practice, across disciplines.
In the current context of renewing and reforming of Curriculum for Excellence, we invite you to a symposium on Saturday 10th of May, which will take place both indoors and at the Outdoor Learning Hub at Queen Margaret University on the theme of sustaining professional learning in renewing learning communities.
Date: 10 May 2025
Time: 10:00-15:00 followed by drinks reception
Venue: Queen Margaret University
Registration: Please complete this form. The form should redirect you to Eventbrite where you can pay for your ticket.
Cost: £10
Would you like to lead a collaborative professional learning activity?
We will invite you in advance to contribute a collaborative professional learning activity that you’d like to share on the broad themes of:
- Managing, supporting, sustaining or celebrating aspects of your professional learning in times of curriculum change
- challenges and opportunities for professional learning at a time of reform and renewal
- bespoke and innovative approaches to professional learning.
The following formats are invited:
- Leading/facilitating a walking discussion in the beautiful outdoor learning hub at QMU
- Leading/facilitating a table-top themed discussion on a relevant aspect of practice
- Presenting recent work or an emergent idea relevant to the themes in a more formal setting
- We also invite you to simply attend and actively participate. Leading discussions or presenting is entirely optional.
When registering you can give propose your activity. Participants will sign up to join you. It is hoped that these conversations will provide a starting-point for future shared work – collaborations in practice or research; new initiatives; publications in our IPDA journals.
We will finish with a gathering, talk and drinks reception at 3pm.
