Harnessing Technology Schools Survey 2009: data report - part 2, data analysis

This document sets out the details of the sampling processes and the methodology of the 2009 Schools Survey and the choices made in organising the analysis

Harnessing Technology Schools Survey 2009: analysis report

The Harnessing Technology schools survey (HTSS) report presents the key survey findings from the academic year 2008-09 set out according to the five system outcomes against which impact of the strategy was measured. The HTSS was an annual national survey of ICT in primary, secondary and special schools. (The data report that accompanied this analysis provides further details of the sample and the characteristics of respondents and is listed separately.

Harnessing Technology Schools Survey 2009: data report – part 1, descriptive analysis

This document, the data report, is a reference document which presents the data in tabular form for anyone who wants to examine the findings of the Harnessing Technology Schools Survey (HTSS) in depth, for example in relation to specific areas of technology or policy, or by school sector. The findings for each question are also set out by school sector by primary, secondary and special school sub-samples

Wildcat wellness coaching feasibility trial: protocol for home-based health behavior mentoring in girls

Citation: Cull, B. J., Rosenkranz, S. K., Dzewaltowski, D. A., Teeman, C. S., Knutson, C. K., & Rosenkranz, R. R. (2016). Wildcat wellness coaching feasibility trial: protocol for home-based health behavior mentoring in girls. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2(1), 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-016-0066-yChildhood obesity is a major public health problem, with one third of America’s children classified as either overweight or obese. Obesity prevention and health promotion programs using components such as wellness coaching and home-based interventions have shown promise, but there is a lack of published research evaluating the impact of a combined home-based and wellness coaching intervention for obesity prevention and health promotion in young girls. The main objective of this study is to test the feasibility of such an intervention on metrics related to recruitment, intervention delivery, and health-related outcome assessments. The secondary outcome is to evaluate the possibility of change in health-related psychosocial, behavioral, and biomedical outcomes in our sample of participants

Harnessing Technology Schools Survey 2009 : Analysis

The Harnessing Technology schools survey (HTSS) report presents the key survey findings from the academic year 2008-09 set out according to the five system outcomes against which impact of the strategy was measured. The HTSS was an annual national survey of ICT in primary, secondary and special schools. (The data report that accompanied this analysis provides further details of the sample and the characteristics of respondents and is listed separately.

Change Engagement Comparative Study : Final Report

The education sector has experienced significant changes in recent years, for example, workforce remodelling, the move towards academies and the development of extended services through the Every Child Matters agenda. In this context the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) commissioned a research study into how schools engage with change and how the schools sector compares with the health, local government and police sectors with regard to managing change. The research was carried out by a team at the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), in collaboration with the Office for Public Management (OPM). The central aim of the research was to inform the TDA¿s programme of strategic performance assessment in the key area of supporting modernisation. It included two main objectives which were to investigate how schools engaged with change, including detail on the full spectrum of engagement with change management across schools in England, and how this differed between different subsets of schools, and to analyse change management in other sectors to provide an understanding of how the schools sector compares to other sectors in managing change. The main research methods used were: A concise literature review which focused on change management in each of the four sectors: a small number of strategic level interviews in each sector; a large scale school survey of schools leaders, teachers and support staff; fifty qualitative telephone interviews with school leaders; and telephone interviews with 129 senior managers in the health, local government and police sectors. Key messages from the research 1. School staff generally have positive attitudes towards change and are confident about their (and their school¿s) capacity for change, suggesting a high degree of receptivity to change. 2. Staff involvement is a critical success factor in implementing and sustaining change. Involving staff, beyond the school leadership team (SLT), is also a way of releasing additional capacity to manage change effectively. 3. Monitoring and review of change initiatives and celebrating success are also critical aspects of the change process. There is evidence of some positive practice in these areas, but these remain priorities for improvement in future. Executive summary vii 4. School leaders (and managers in other sectors) were aware of a variety of change models and tools, though regular use of these does not seem to be common. Awareness of the TDA¿s change management tools and models was generally low, though this might be partly explained by the way in which these were delivered to schools via local authorities. 5. School (and other public sector) leaders seem to have an increasingly sophisticated understanding of change and thought now needs to be given as to how to develop the next level of change support. 6. This study suggests awareness that „change is everybody¿s job now¿ and highlights a need for greater levels of understanding of change at all levels within organisations. 7. Different types of schools face different challenges. It appears that many schools would benefit from a more „bespoke¿, differentiated, and mainly face-to-face, approach to change management. 8. Networking between schools (and other organisations) in similar contexts, facing similar challenges, remains a critically important mechanism for reflecting on practice and learning about change. 9. School leaders have more of a perception of „control¿ over change than leaders in other sectors, and this presents opportunities for schools, especially those that have a strong sense of purpose and direction and are already high performing. 10. There is a considerable degree of similarity in change challenges and priorities across the different sectors, despite clear differences in terms of function, degree of autonomy of local organisations, and roles. 11. Despite the similarities, managers in comparative sectors report having made more progress in some areas, particularly in working with partners to achieve major change. Although partnership working clearly takes place between schools, working with other services may be a growing change driver for schools, and an area in which schools could learn from other sectors. 12. Managers in comparative sectors are experiencing considerable pressure to deliver efficiencies; this may be another area where schools could face further challenges in the future and could learn from other sectors

Harnessing Technology Schools Survey 2009 : Data

This document, the data report, is a reference document which presents the data in tabular form for anyone who wants to examine the findings of the Harnessing Technology Schools Survey (HTSS) in depth, for example in relation to specific areas of technology or policy, or by school sector. The findings for each question are also set out by school sector by primary, secondary and special school sub-samples

Additional file 1: Table S1. of Wildcat wellness coaching feasibility trial: protocol for home-based health behavior mentoring in girls

Weekly coaching schedule. Breakdown of weekly coaching schedule and activities by condition