This facilitation guide is for those that plan, facilitate and evaluate the professional learning of colleagues. For example, those who have a formal or informal remit for leading staff development in their setting. It can also support those who are seeking professional development on how to improve their approach to supporting the learning of others.

This facilitation guide will cover topics such as:

• the principles and practices of the national model of professional learning

• transformative learning theory and fostering a productive learning culture

• accessibility and inclusivity

• effective facilitation tools

This is a new resource and it will develop over time to include the latest theory and strategies. If you have any questions or feedback on this guide, please contact us.

How to use this guide

This guide is a mixture of theoretical explanation and practical tools. It has three overarching sections:

• planning professional learning

• facilitating professional learning

• evaluating professional learning

We encourage you to read these sections in order at least once. This will help you to understand the full professional learning cycle. There is also the executive summary. This summarises the important messages from each section.

Each section can be consulted independently depending on your needs at the time. For example, section two is a collection of resources that you may wish to reference repeatedly.