National organisations - Key actions and responsibilities

National organisations include, but are not limited to, Education Scotland, HMIE, LearningLink Scotland, Scottish Community Development Centre and YouthLink Scotland.

Information on how national organisations can grow a learning culture

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Workforce

  • Support practitioners to reflect on and develop practice through the provision of information, resources, events and professional learning opportunities
  • Promote the value and importance of registration for practitioners and employers
  • Support practitioners and employers to use Growing the Learning Culture for Workforce Development

Partnership

  • Support providers and practitioners to participate in a partnership working for professional development.
  • Work together to gather improved workforce data and use it to shape practitioner learning opportunities to meet needs
  • Promote shared professional development between practitioners across the CLD profession

Quality

  • Promote the Standards Council Standards Mark and its relevance to practitioners and employers
  • Promote the learning culture by providing access to professional learning opportunists and promoting reflective practice
  • Promote improvement in professional learning through scrutiny and support for self-evaluation

Case Study - Timeline for MVP in the Community Training from Education Scotland

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Timeline stages -

  1. MVP and CLD Steering Group devised, have first meeting and look at changes to the existing training. June 2026
  2. MVP Development Officers and Steering Group presented at the CLD Standards Council Members Meet Up to seek feedback and recommendations from across the sector on proposed changes. July 2026
  3. MVP Development Officers develop the initial draft, working with Education Scotland's CLD team to refine the training and ensure alignment with sector professional learning. August 2026
  4. Second CLD/MVP Steering Group meeting held to review the draft training and sign off the final version prior to the pilot. September 2026
  5. MVP Development Officers deliver pilot training programme across 3 local authorities and 1 third sector organisation.September/October2026
  6. Pilot evaluation findings were used by MVP Development Officers to refine the training before wider implementation. November/December 2026
  7. Wider implementation begins, with training offered to community-based organisations across Scotland. January/February 2027