[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Leadership

Research into Teacher Effectiveness: A Model of Teacher Effectiveness

In June 1999, management consultants Hay McBer were commissioned by the DfEE (now the Department for Education) to analyse what effective teachers do in practice. Evidence was drawn from interviews, questionnaires, observation and focus-group discussions with teachers at three levels of professional development (main professional grade, through the threshold and outstanding teachers). The full...

02.06.10

Achievement and Inclusion in Schools and Classrooms: Participation and Pedagogy BERA 2008

This paper discusses the relationship between educational achievement and inclusion and considers what conceptual approaches might support an examination of this relationship.

19.05.10

Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs

CPD for the Wider Workforce - Heywood Community High School

This Teachers TV resource, available online and on television, is a video of how a secondary school in Rochdale has encouraged its entire workforce to participate in ongoing staff training and development, and shows how the policy appears to have benefited both staff and students.

06.04.10

Safeguarding and Protecting Children in Wales

This resource is the review of Local Authority Social Services and Local Safeguarding Children Boards of the arrangements to safeguard and protect children in Wales. The report summarises the main messages and findings from CSSIW’s (Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales) programme to verify the self assessments completed by every local authority and local safeguarding board in Wales.

05.04.10

Managing Change in Small Primary Schools

This is the summary of a fuller research report on change management in small primary schools throughout Scotland. The research was funded by the Scottish Office Education and Industry Department (SOEID) and conducted in 1996/97 for the Scottish Council for Research in Education (SCRE). Evidence is drawn from two phases: a postal survey sent to all headteachers of small Scottish primary schools...

30.03.10

The DCSF Research Conference 2010

The DCSF Research Conference 2010, The Use of Evidence in Policy Development and Delivery, took place at the QEII Conference Centre in London on 9 February. The day consisted of a series of addresses, followed by two workshop sessions, and a panel discussion in the afternoon. Carole Willis, Director of Research and Analysis at the DCSF, welcomed delegates, and spoke of the need to make decisions...

04.03.10

Change Engagement Comparative Study: Final Report

This resource is a research study into how schools engage with change. The study explores the nature of change management and factors which promote or hinder effective change management within the school sector from the perspective of teachers, teaching assistants and school leadership teams. It also compares the school sector with the health, local government and police sector with regards to...

03.03.10

Teachers TV Stress Relief Week

Teachers TV has week of programmes (w/c 22 February) offering advice and insights about coping with some of the major factors contributing to staff stress, including excessive workload, difficult pupil behaviour and workplace bullying.

22.02.10

Targeting support: Choosing and implementing interventions for children with significant literacy difficulties

This publication is about choosing and implementing effective interventions for children who have difficulty in learning how to read, write and spell.

01.02.10

Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs

Professional Knowledge - Maths

A Teachers TV video of approximately 14 minutes in which five educationalists discuss how to encourage the continuing development of secondary teachers’ subject knowledge, motivation and interest.

26.01.10

Lessons From The Front 2009

Lessons From The Front is a policy-focused report based on the views and recommendations of 500 Teach First teachers reflecting on their experiences in urban complex schools in the UK in a national survey, focus groups and discussions. The principle findings of the report are addressed in two chapters: the first focuses on developing teachers and teaching though improved CPD, promoting both...

15.01.10

Improving primary teachers' subject knowledge across the curriculum

This report summarises the evidence from inspectors of Ofsted’s subject survey programme during 2007/8 on the quality of teaching across the primary curriculum in all subjects. It excludes English and mathematics, but includes religious education, PSHE and citizenship. It focuses on aspects of good practice in teaching these non-core subjects and identifies good subject knowledge as a key factor...

10.12.09

Personalised Learning – A Practical Guide

This was launched by the DCSF in October 2008 to provide school leaders, School Improvement Partners and teachers with a guide showing how to implement key aspects of personalised learning. The guide makes substantial links to The Children’s Plan (DCSF, 2007) where the vision is of 21st century schools delivering excellent, personalised learning.

24.11.09

Every Child Matters - Newdale Campus

This is a 15 minute Teachers TV film showing how Newdale school has affiliated with a children’s centre and engaged the community in learning and development. The film is set in the school campus, and profiles a range of extended services from the perspectives of the service leaders and parents of children at the school.

19.11.09

Harnessing Technology Review 2007: Progress and impact of technology in education

This Becta review examines what research and evidence indicate about the current state of technology in schools and FE colleges. It identifies some positive evidence for the impact of ICT, but also demonstrates the increasing complexity and sophistication of ways in which technology use now needs to be considered. It draws heavily on its companion research summary (Kitchen et al.), but also on a...

10.11.09

Do teachers matter? Measuring the variation in teacher effectiveness in England

The resource, a Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO) working paper, uses a primary dataset that links over 7000 UK pupils to the individual teachers who taught them for their compulsory subjects in their exams at age sixteen. The study then attempts to estimate the effect of individual teachers on student outcomes and so the variability in teacher quality.

26.10.09

Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century school system

This is a government white paper which outlines new policies and proposed changes to legislation relating to many aspects of the English education system. It is a report aimed at all stakeholders involved in the school system, and seems to be particularly directed towards parents.

16.10.09

Teachers TV: Improving Schools Week

Teachers TV has a week of programmes (w/c 12 October) focusing on school improvement with new programmes exploring how two schools have managed to succeed against the odds; how one head is attempting to turn round an “under-performing” school; how schools can save money; and introducing “Heads Greatest Hour” where head teachers select Teachers TV programmes that have had a real impact on them and...

12.10.09

Developing young people’s economic and business understanding. Business education in secondary schools, colleges and initial teacher training 2004/07

This is a 31 page report, by Ofsted, that evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of business education for 14 – 19 year olds from a range of different, and geographically spread, schools and colleges during the period April 2004 - December 2007.

07.10.09

BELMAS (British Educational Leadership, Management & Administration Society)

BELMAS seeks to advance the practice, teaching and study of educational management, administration and leadership in the United Kingdom, and to contribute to international development in these areas.

03.10.09