Stages of development
Progress through these three categories of practice - emerging, established and advanced - can be described as a journey consisting of three stages. Each stage contains a number of themes.
Stage 1 - Getting started
What needs to be considered and put into place when first developing provision or when re-evaluating the effectiveness of practice.
This stage is subdivided into:
1. Having a purpose2. Finding out what’s needed
3. Getting the ethos right
4. Getting the best from resources
5. Involving young people
6. Letting people know
7. Selecting tutors.
Stage 2 - Keeping it going
How study support needs to keep its purposes, principles and practices under review and seek ways of getting the most from partnerships.
This stage is subdivided into:
8. Developing a programme
9. Learning together
10. Getting the best from tutors and staff
11. Getting the best from partnerships.
Stage 3 - Aiming for quality
What needs to be done to evaluate the quality of provision and to know whether there is a return on the time, energy and resources which have been invested.
This stage is subdivided into:
12. Measuring the difference13. Getting results
14. Managing improvement
15. Getting a return on investment.