Staff development

This resource has been created to help you consider ways in which to develop staff knowledge around reading for pleasure.

Watch this short video to find out more about key area 1.2.4 Staff development. This is part of our series of webinar shorts, 5 to 10 minute training videos focusing on each key area of the Reading Schools framework.

We have taken some good practice examples to share with you some of the ways Reading Schools have committed to ensuring their staff are offered opportunities to develop professionally. Having a good knowledge of reading for pleasure practices and why it is so important for our learners, is crucial in the building of sustainable reading cultures in our classrooms and wider school communities.

Related resources

There are other resources that you may also find of interest for this key area:

• (this will open in a new window)Webinar: Research-informed practice on reading for pleasure recording
• (this will open in a new window)Webinar: Leadership of learning CLPL recording
• (this will open in a new window)Attitude surveys
• (this will open in a new window)Self-evaluation template