Local Authorities and members

The Moray House School of Education and its local authority partners aim to work productively together to provide a rich and innovative professional learning experience for teachers.

The School has long-standing partnerships with a wide range of local authorities and has established closer collaborative partnership working with their representatives:

• City of Edinburgh Council

  • Mhari-Louise Teden (Mhari-Louise.Teden@edinburgh.gov.uk) - MLPG and Steering Group
  • Irene Whitford (Irene.Whitford@edinburgh.gov.uk) - Early Phase

• East Lothian Council

  • Louise Graham (lgraham3@eastlothian.gov.uk) - MLPG and Steering Group
  • Nicola McDowell (nmcdowell1@eastlothian.gov.uk) - Steering Group
  • Amy Perryman (aperryman@eastlothian.gov.uk) - Early Phase

• Fife Council

  • Lesley Henderson (Lesley.Henderson-edu@fife.gov.uk) - MLPG and Steering Group
  • Alison Dakers (Alison.Dakers@fife.gov.uk) - Early Phase

• Midlothian Council

  • Fiona Robertson - Co-Chair (Fiona.Robertson@midlothian.gov.uk) - Steering Group
  • Eilidh McKay  (e.mckay@midlothian.education) - MLPG
  • Jack Knott (Jack.Knott@midlothian.gov.uk) - Early Phase

• Scottish Borders Council

  • Caroline Howieson (CHowieson@scotborders.gov.uk) - Early Phase and MLPG
  • Susanne Liddle (SLiddle@scotborders.gov.uk)- Early Phase and MLPG

• West Lothian Council

  • Mairi Green (wlpl@westlothian.org.uk)- Early Phase, MLPG and Steering Group
  • Emma Ballantyne (wlpl@westlothian.org.uk) - Early Phase, MLPG and Steering Group

Other key members

Other key members of the Teacher Education Partnership Steering Group include:

• The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) (Alison Murphy - edinburghla@eis.org.uk)
• Education Scotland (TBC)

Additional members of the Steering Group from the University of Edinburgh include:

• Rosa Murray (Rosa.murray@ed.ac.uk) - Deputy Director Teacher Education (Early Phase Partnership)
• Dr Zoè Robertson (Zoe.Robertson@ed.ac.uk) - Director of Teacher Education and Partnerships
• Rosemary Grady (rosemary.grady@ed.ac.uk) - University lead for MLPG 
• Steph Donneadieu (TEpartnerships@ed.ac.uk) - Partnership coordination and administrative support

Key principles

In order to enhance and assure the quality of professional learning experiences within Teacher Education Partnerships across the continuum of teacher professional learning, a set of key principles was agreed and signed by Senior Executives with responsibility for Education in each of the partner authorities and by the Head of the School of Education. The key principles are outlined in the following document.