Summary

This section provides access to research documents produced by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) on the subject of partnership facilitation. The content is applicable to those looking to form a partnership and to others who are already collaborating as well. It provides some interesting insights into how a number Networked Learning Partneships have approached it and the lessons they have learned from their experience.          

Partnership facilitation is an area which is regularly stated by practitioners as a key ingredient in successful partnership working. It attracts a huge amount of interest and so, with thanks to the National College for School Leadership (NCSL) we provide below, a series of reports they have produced on how their Networked Learning Communities have approached faciliation. They may help spark some useful thoughts and ideas on how this might be successfully taken forward in other partnerships.

Building capacity for networked facilitation

The art of network facilitation   

Developing a central network facilitation team

Facilitation in action

Facilitation within school networks 

Facilitating learning networks

Network facilitation: the power of protocols 

Facilitating the transfer of practice in networks