Resources

• Next Practice
• Next Practice in System Leadership
• Next Practice in Resourcing Personalisation
• Next Practice in Communities for Learning
• Next Practice in Parents and Carers

Next Practice

Resources

These publications have stimulated our thinking about public sector innovation and Next Practice.

• Charles Leadbeater, Design your own revolution (2005)
• Charles Leadbeater, Innovation Forum: Beyond Excellence (2006)
• David Hargreaves, Education Epidemic: Transforming secondary schools through innovation networks
• Geoff Mulgan and David Albury, Innovation in the Public Sector (2003)

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Next Practice in System Leadership

Resources

Useful publications on the subject of new and emerging leadership models.

• Michael Fullan, System Thinkers in Action (2004)
• Paul D Houston, Advancing System Leadership (2004)
• Institute for Research and Reform in Education, System Leadership project
• NCSL's research project, System Leadership in Action (2006)

Download publications produced by The Innovation Unit.

• How do you measure impact?
• Next Practice in System Leadership - Field Trial Summaries 

Helpful links

A gateway to sites focused on educational leadership. The links lead to a range of useful resources such as papers, reports, case-studies and presentations from events.

• National College for School Leadership

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Next Practice in Resourcing Personalisation

Resources

Useful publications on the subject of personalisation and the innovative use of resources.

• Charles Leadbeater, Learning About Personalisation: How can we put the learner at the heart of the education system? (2004)
• Charles Leadbeater, The Shape of Things to Come: Personalised learning through collaboration (2005)
• Demos and Nesta FutureLab, Personalisation and Digital Technologies (2005)
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• The Innovation Unit, A National Conversation about Personalised Learning (2004)
• OECD's Personalising Education (2006)

Helpful links

A gateway to sites focussed on personalising learning. You can find a range of useful resources such as papers, reports, case-studies and presentations from events.

• DCSF Personalised Learning website
• iNET's Personalising Learning website
• DCSF Buildings Schools for the Future

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Next Practice in Communities for Learning

Resources

The following are useful publications on the subjects of workforce reform and teaching strategies.

• David Hargreaves, Personalising Learning 5: Mentoring & Coaching, and Workforce Development (2005)
• National Foundation for Education Research, National Remodelling Team: Evaluation Study (Year 2): Final Report (2005)
• National Foundation for Education Research, National Remodelling Team: Evaluation and Impact Study (Year 1): Final Report (2005)
• Brian Caldwell, The New Enterprise Logic of Schools (2005)
• Ofsted, Remodelling the school workforce - Phase One (2004)
• Ofsted, Remodelling the School Workforce: A Report from Ofsted (2005)
• DfES, Transforming the School Workforce Pathfinder Evaluation Project (2004)
• Ofsted, Advanced Skills Teachers: A Survey 2002/2003
• Ofsted, Advanced Skills Teachers: Appointment, Deployment and Impact (2001)
• OECD, Teachers Matter: Attracting, Developing and Maintaining Effective Teachers (2005)
• Royal Society for the Arts, Opening Minds

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Next Practice in Parents and Carers  

The following are useful publications on the engagement of parents.

• The Impact of Parental Involvement, Parental Support and Family Education on Pupil Achievements and Adjustment: A Literature Review - Professor Charles Desforges with Alberto Abouchaar (DCSF)
• Engaging Parents in Raising Achievement: Do Parents Know They Matter? Professor Alma Harris and Dr Janet Goodall (University of Warwick 2007)
• The Manchester Transition Project: Implications for the Development of Parental Involvement in Primary Schools - Alan Dyson (Centre for Equity in Education, University of Manchester)
• Parent power (QCA)
• DfES Parents and Public survey: 2005/06 findings

Helpful links

This is a gateway to sites focused on workforce reform and teaching strategies. You can find here a range of useful resources such as papers, reports, case-studies and presentations from events.

• The National Remodelling Team
• DCSF Advanced Skills Teachers website
• DCSF Teaching Assistants' website
• DCSF Excellent Teacher Scheme
• Training and Development Agency's Professional Standards for Classroom Teachers
• General Teaching Council's The Teacher Learning Academy
• The Economic and Social Research Council's Teaching and Learning Research Programme

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