professional learning

Sector swap: a smooth transition

Changing jobs can be an anxious time for any employee, and this is amplified further in today’s unsettled employment market. Here, Mike Baxter, explores TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment), a current concern for many school staff who are faced with transferring to the private sector.

School improvement & professional development

Martin Beedle describes how he used the General Teaching Council’s Teacher Learning Academy programme to nurture a professional learning community and fuel whole school improvement.

Coaching to manage performance

Vivienne Porritt questions the whole basis of the current approach to performance management and shows how this can be transformed through developing a coaching culture which focuses on ultimate learning games for children.

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How to make every lesson outstanding

How can teachers make their teaching more creative and inspiring? Marcella McCarthy gives practical guidance on how they can overcome doubt and reticence to make every lesson special.

Ensuring effective feedback for focussed CPD

Peter Taylor provides practical guidance on giving feedback to staff on classroom practice and shows how this can form an integral part of teacher professional development.

Active Enquiring Minds: empowering young researchers

The research of children and young people is not only vital to learning but also makes a fundamental contribution to school self-evaluation. Graham Handscomb and Ros Frost describe the research and development processs through which “Active Enquiring Minds”, a resource to equip young researchers and the adults who support them, was developed.

Imagination in Education: the work of Kieran Egan

Sue Lyle introduces the ideas of Kieran Egan, one of the world’s foremost thinkers on imaginative education, and considers the implications of his ideas for professional development.

essential reading

Coaching for Schools

Coaching for Schools is a practical, hands-on guide and should be essential reading for teaching professionals at every level, wanting an accessible and engaging introduction to the concept of coaching and the tools needed to put it into practice.

Classrooms as Learning Communities

This book demonstrates a new way of seeing and managing classrooms.

Assessment for Learning

This book offers valuable insights into assessment for learning as teachers describe in their own words how they turned the ideas into practical action in their schools.

Classroom Instruction That Works

Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement

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How to make every lesson outstanding; Ensuring effective feedback for focussed CPD; Active Enquiring Minds: empowering young researchers; Using a Development and Research Approach to tackle bullying; Improving Teaching and Learning; Engagement in School-based Collaborative Enquiry; Imagination in Education: the work of Kieran Egan; How to engage teachers in action learning sets; How to grow classroom-based practitioner enquiry & research

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