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The following papers provide further information about Quality Learning.

Enough about WHAT school excellence looks like! Now, what about the 'HOW TO'? by Jane Kovacs and Michael King

This paper was prepared by QLA for the ACEL ASCD International Conference in Sydney in October 2007 - New Imagery for Schools and Schooling: Challenging, Creating and Connecting.

The paper provides a brief summary of ten years experience supporting schools with their improvement efforts. The Quality Learning philosphy is introduced briefly and 'how to' examples of school implementation are provided. (pdf 1.6M)

Building Highly Effective Relationships by Ron Crosling

We are delighted to make this update paper by Ron Crosling available. The paper provides a robust framework for thinking about human relationships and how to improve them. Ron discusses the various levels of relationships from dependent through independent to inter-dependent. He then introduces Trust as a defining feature of inter-depenent relationships. The paper concludes with a personal trustworthiness profile and questions to aid reflection.

While this paper has not been written specifically with schools in mind, the implications for relationships within a school communities can be clearly identified.

(Please note: A new version was uploaded 17 March 2008. pdf 458k)

Quality Learning and Improvement in Schools and Preschools: Studying the Impact of the Quality in Schools and Quality in Schools and Preschools Initiatives - 1997 - 2003 by QLA

This summary report, released in 2005, provides details of a study comissioned by QLA to gauge the impact of schools who participated in these two Quality Improvement initiatives. (pdf 286k)

This page updated 07-Jul-2008