Issue 18.4

Mentoring and coaching – powerful professional development

Sara Bubb and Peter Earley provide a comprehensive guide to the use of mentoring and coaching as a potent vehicle for professional development.

12 Sep 2016
24mins

Professional Development

Changing practice – the power of Research Learning Communities

Chris Brown explores the Research Learning Communities model he has pioneered and its potential to be an effective way of fostering and embedding evidence informed practice among teachers.

12 Sep 2016
24mins

Professional Development

How to … bring about effective improvement

Graham Handscomb explores different approaches to change and how their features can contribute to school improvement.

12 Sep 2016
24mins

Professional Development

How to … use change models

Why do so many attempts to bring about change and improvement fail? Graham Handscomb explores how change models can shed new light on the challenge.

12 Sep 2016
24mins

Professional Development

How to … embrace complexity and chaos

Schools are chaotic, complex places! Graham Handscomb explores the implications for leaders and how they can be effective in hosting collaborative approaches to improvement.

12 Sep 2016
24mins

Professional Development

How to … perceive change leadership as a journey

Graham Handscomb considers the merits of leaders tapping into improvement trajectories and taking the long view.

12 Sep 2016
24mins

Professional Development

Aspiration, common sense, and improving practice

How can all those who work in early year settings ensure an inclusive approach where all children thrive, including those with special educational needs? Sonia Blandford and Catherine Knowles provide some practitioner guidance to ensure everyone is well equipped.

12 Sep 2016
24mins

Professional Development

Skilling up for health and well-being – the professional development challenge

What skills do school practitioners need to help ensure the health and well-being of children? Lorna Hughes, Judy Durrant and Gayle Le Moine report on a pilot professional development initiative involving collaborative multi-agency working.

12 Sep 2016
24mins

Professional Development

Improvement through Lesson Study

Sarah Seleznyov explores the Lesson Study approach to professional development. She explains how much can be gained from schools engaging with the authentic Japanese model when shaping their own programmes.

12 Sep 2016
24mins

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Issue 18.4

Mentoring and coaching – powerful professional development

Changing practice – the power of Research Learning Communities

How to … bring about effective improvement

How to … use change models

How to … embrace complexity and chaos

How to … perceive change leadership as a journey

Aspiration, common sense, and improving practice

Skilling up for health and well-being – the professional development challenge

Improvement through Lesson Study

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