Introduction
CCDU publishes books to support skill development which can be purchased by emailing us directly. These are intended to provide practical helpful information during your learning and a useful point of reference for the future.
Articles on our current thinking about emerging issues in the world of education and related children’s services are free to download.
Case studies take a look at how some of our projects have worked to produce benefits for organisations and professionals working in education and children’s services.
Publications to purchase
Facilitation – Getting the Most Out of Working with Groups
£11.99
Facilitation starts from the standpoint that ‘learning is a purely voluntary activity’ and therefore it focuses on approaches that help people to learn and stimulate them to continue learning for themselves. Unlike traditional ‘teaching’ and ‘instructing’, facilitating has a key role in group activity and learning. Facilitators act as enablers, making sure that learning is achieved. They select the most effective development activity and support processes, thus empowering individuals to broaden their horizons and reach their goals.
This practical guide to the fundamentals of facilitating groupwork, will provide you with a selection of ideas, activities and opportunities that you can use in the future. It covers topics such as:
- group dynamics and group maintenance
- designing group structures, processes and activities
- how to warm a group up and get started
- how to deliver effective groupwork
- reviewing learning and evaluating success
Designed to appeal to anyone who works regularly with groups, from experienced trainers looking to re-fresh their skills, to line managers and supervisors who act as occasional trainers, this book focuses on those key approaches and details which ensure effective groupwork.
Order Facilitation - info (at) ccdu [dot] co [dot] uk
Successful Presentations - and how to make them
£11.99
‘Being able to make a good presentation is not optional - increasingly for most people, it is a core skill’
For many of us, making a presentation is a daunting if not terrifying experience. Our new publication is designed to remove some of the terror and give a step-by-step approach to making successful presentations. It will help those who are faced with making a presentation for the first time as well more experienced presenters who want to refresh and benchmark their existing skills.
This comprehensive guide focuses on the whole process of designing and planning a presentation through to controlling yourself, your material and not least your audience. It includes advice on key aspects such as language and handling nerves as well as the more technical skills such as managing your equipment and targeting your message!
The information, exercises and checklists contained in this guide have been successfully used as the basis of a number of programmes for professionals who are eager to share their experiences with colleagues.
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Mentoring in Medicine
£11.99
“Mentoring is probably the most powerful development process people can experience. When it works it develops two for the price of one.”Dr David Clutterbuck, Co-founder, The European Mentoring Centre
Effective Mentoring is dependent on the quality of the relationship the mentor develops with the mentee; in medicine this is often a junior colleague. Helping someone to realise their potential requires a high degree of mutual regard and trust, as well as experience together with well honed personal skills. CCDU has been working with doctors in mentoring for over 5 years, providing in-service training, and helping mentors to find a way of working that offers a supportive and developmental process to a junior colleague (mentee), whilst at the same time enriching their own professional expertise and personal development.
This practical handbook will give you a realistic framework for exploring the mentoring process and increase your understanding of:
- What mentoring is
- The mentor’s role
- The mentoring relationship
The book includes:
- information and guidance on the skills needed to be an effective mentor
- checklists, review sheets and guidance to help mentors prepare for their role, reflect on their practice, record discussions and evaluate the process.
Photocopiable support materials specifically written for the junior colleague (mentee) to encourage them to reflect on their approach to the mentoring relationship and process.
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Case Studies and Articles to download
- Development Centres – stimulating change in teams and organisations
- Culture and Climate – effective organisational change
- Consultancy for Initial Teacher Training
- HLTA Pilot Programme
- LftM programme development
- Managing Diversity
- Case Study - Building an inclusive organisation
- Case Study - Management development for Hull Youth Service
- Case study - Skills for Middle Leaders in a Leeds family of schools
- Consultancies for School Improvement
