1 Quality Management in Education 2, HM Inspectorate of Education 2006.
2 How Good is Our Community Learning and Development? 2, HM Inspectorate of Education, 2006.
3 A guide to evaluating services for children and young people using quality indicators, HM Inspectorate of Education, 2006.
5 Leadership Development: How Government Works, Audit Scotland, 2005.
6 Improving Scottish Education, HM Inspectorate of Education, 2006.
7 Harvard International Summer School — Change through large scale reform: Session on Leading Change, Changing as a Leader, R Crew, July 2006.
8 The term ‘looked after’ in this report includes all children looked after and accommodated by a Council.
9 Fast Track Leadership (p.8), Spiro Press, I Lawson, 2003.
10 A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century, Scottish Executive, 2001.
11 Ambitious, Excellent Schools: The Standard for Headship, Scottish Executive, 2005.
12 Continuing Professional Development for Educational Leaders, Scottish Executive, 2003.
13 Assessment is for Learning (AifL) is a Scottish Executive Education Department development programme which outlines key principles which connect assessment with learning and teaching.
14 The Standard for Headship in Scotland, Scottish Executive, 2002.
15 Engaging children and young people in community planning, Scottish Executive, 2006.
16 The Moral Imperative of School Leadership, M Fullan, Corwin Press, 2003.
17 Standard for Headship in Scotland, Scottish Executive, 2002.
18 Standard for Headship in Scotland, Scottish Executive, 2002.
19 BLP www.buildinglearningpower.co.uk.
20 Curriculum for Excellence: Promoting Active Learning, Scottish Executive
21 Standard for Headship in Scotland, Scottish Executive, 2002.
22 The Columba Ambassador Academy (info@columba1400.com)
23 Centre for Excellence in Leadership (www.centreforexcellence.org.uk)
24 National College for School Leadership (www.ncsl.org.uk)
25 Networked learning through collaborative enquiry, J McGregor, 2004.
26 The Fifth Discipline — the art and practice of the learning organisation, P Senge Doubleday, New York, 1990.
27 The Fifth Discipline — the art and practice of the learning organisation, P Senge Doubleday, New York, 1990.
28 The Journey to Excellence, HM Inspectorate of Education, 2006.
29 Standard for Headship in Scotland, Scottish Executive, 2002.
30 Leadership as the practice of improvement, R Elmore, 2006.
31 How good is our community learning 6 development 2? HM Inspectorate of Education, 2006.
32 How good is our school? (Second and Third editions), HM Inspectorate of Education, 2002 and 2007.
33 Teaching Scotland’s Children: A report on progress in implementing ‘A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century’, HM Inspectorate of Education, 2007