Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
John Wooden 1910-, American Basketball Coach

A successful person is a dreamer whom someone believed in.
Source Unknown

Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting -- in the trying, not the triumph, Success is a personal standard -- reaching for the highest that is in us -- becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Zig Ziglar American Sales Trainer, Author, Motivational Speaker

If a man has talent and cannot use it, he has failed. If he has talent and uses only half of it, he has half failed. If he has a talent and learns somehow to use the whole of it, he has gloriously succeeded, and won a satisfaction and a triumph few men ever know.
Thomas Wolfe 1931-, American Author, Journalist

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.
Carl Rogers 1902-1987, American Psychotherapist

Forever Learning Booklets

The Forever Learning work booklets provide you with training that is:

Flexible – train when it suits you, and for as long as you like;
Differentiated – work at your level and at your pace;
Accessible – you do not need to be at a certain place at a certain time to meet your CPD needs. The booklets are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The training of the SSCo/PLT workforce currently and in the past has been a logistical challenge because:

The workforce has different training needs and priorities;
The workforce has different levels of experience and understanding of the work of School Sport Partnerships;
Each partnership has different specific priorities;
The workforce has different release days.

Overcoming these barriers has been difficult. To overcome these barriers, Continuing Peoples Development has co-authored a series of e-learning work booklets which are related to the key concepts and areas of learning necessary for the SSCO's and PLT's.

This series of Forever Learning booklets are designed to provide flexible, differentiated and accessible training courses. All the SSCo/PLT needs to complete the booklets is access to the internet and a determination and commitment to learn.

Click here for an example Forever Learning booklet - 'High Quality OSHL'.

They are flexible because each individual can work on them when they choose, when it is most convenient to them. E-learning recognises the individual is best placed to decide when they are ready and have the time to work on their professional development. They can spend an hour on a booklet, save their work and return to it one, two or three weeks later.

The booklets are differentiated because they allow the individual through guided discovery to “connect the learning” from the SSCo/PLTs starting point not a set of course objectives. The individual can work at a pace that suits their ability and experience. The booklets have a series of tasks to complete. The depth to which the tasks are completed will depend on the individual’s knowledge, understanding and experience. Whatever the starting point, all who engage in the process will increase their knowledge and understanding of Physical Education and Sport and its place on the whole school and national sporting agenda.

Every SSCO/PLT has different work commitments and time restraints not all of them can attend a course on a set date and time. The booklets are accessible 24 hours a day 365 days of the year. The e-learning booklets can be accessed when it suits the SSCO/PLT.

The booklets should take between 6-8 hours to complete. We would advise that the SSCo/PLTs complete one of these booklets per term but some may choose to do less or some may want to work at a quicker pace. It is all down to the individual.

Financially the booklets work out far cheaper than other methods of training. The booklets are not designed to replace training courses. However they will provide excellent pre-course preparation or a substitute should the course they need not be accessible. One of the greatest advantages of the booklets is they provide a solid foundation of learning irrespective of attending a set course or not.

The booklets have many useful tools to help the SSCO/PLT audit, develop and manage their work within the School Sports Partnership.

No one has to miss out on the opportunity to progress their knowledge and understanding of the key concepts and issues surrounding the work of the School Sports Partnership.

See below for the list of Forever Learning booklets that are available and the key concepts and areas of learning they relate to. If you want to register and buy one, log in at the top of the page or register. You can pay online.

Key concepts and areas of learning	Recommended Forever Learning booklets (Click the title to view learning outcomes)
Planning for Learning	HIGH QUALITY LEARNING (click for details) Learning outcomes: Assess the schemes of work currently used in their own schools and identify strategies to improve them; Define how planning for assessment is an integral part of all teaching and learning; Describe the key components of Assessment for Learning; Identify essential components of long term curriculum planning; Identify essential components of medium term curriculum planning; Identify essential components of short term curriculum planning; Identify strategies to improve Assessment for Learning; Design a system that can record assessment efficiently and effectively.
Monitoring and Evaluation	ENHANCING MONITORING AND EVALUATION (click for details) Learning outcomes: Recognise what monitoring and evaluation is; Recognise the importance of monitoring and evaluation; Consider how monitoring and evaluation contributes towards the national agenda; Define how to monitor and evaluate the outcomes of your work; Identify who can help you to monitor and evaluate the work; Identify who to involve in the evaluation of the work; Describe how to share your evaluation findings.
Out of School Hours Learning in PE and Sport	HIGH QUALITY OSHL (click for details) Learning outcomes: Recognise how Out of School Hours Learning contributes to the wider educational agenda; Be aware of how Out of School Hours Learning contributes towards the overall development of all young people; Know how to design an Out of School Hours Learning programme that meets the needs of ALL young people; Identify how to engage others in the Out of School Hours Learning programme; Know how to get a sustainable broad and balanced Out of School Hours Learning programme started; Know how to evaluate that your Out of School Hours Learning programme is catering for ALL young people; Recognise how your Out of School Hours Learning programme can lead to lifelong involvement; Recognise how to evaluate the impact your Out of School Hours Learning is having on the lives of young people.
Are You Being Effective?	IMPROVING YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS (click for details) Learning outcomes: Describe how to make your communications more effective; Explain the range of communication skills available to support you in your role; Explain how effective communication is essential to the success of your work; Be aware of who to involve in your work to have a greater impact; Identify how to develop your own communication skills; Know where to find resources to help you develop your own communication skills.
Schools and the Community Working Effectively (working towards the 5 hour offer)	ENHANCING LINKS BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY (click for details) Learning outcomes: Recognise why it is worth investing time in developing links with the local community; Recognise that liaising effectively with the community will increase the impact of your work across the educational agenda; Identify who to contact and work with in the community to maximise the impact on the lives of young people; Recognise some of the issues of and potential barriers to working with the local community; Explain how to overcome some of the issues and barriers faced when working with the local community; Explain how to create effective links with those in the community; Identify how to create sustainable effective links with the community.
School-Club Links (working towards the 5 hour offer)	ENHANCING SCHOOL-CLUB LINKS (click for details) Learning outcomes: Describe what a school-club link is; Explain how school/club links help to achieve the outcomes of Physical Education and Sport Strategy for Young People; Recognise why school-club links are important to the work of the School Sports Partnership; Recognise how school-club links contribute to high quality outcomes for PESS; Explain how to find out what clubs are available in their area; Explain how to develop their knowledge of local clubs; Recognise who else is working locally to develop school-club links; Describe the key features of Club Mark.
Curriculum and OSHL: Planning the Pathway	PLANNING WITH HIGH QUALITY (click for details) Learning outcomes: Describe the principles that Physical Education and school sport programme should be planned around; Know how to assess the quality of their current Physical Education curriculum; Know how to assess the quality of their current Out of School Hours (OSHL) learning programme; Explain how to have a broad and balanced Physical Education programme based on sound educational rationale; Explain how to have a broad and balanced Out of School Hours (OSHL) learning programme based on sound educational rationale; Recognise the distinct contribution each area of activity brings to the Physical Education curriculum; Recognise a range of strategies to improve the Physical Education and Out of School Hours learning structure; Describe how to evaluate their own school's policies and improve them to develop the quality of your Physical Education and OSHL provision; Recognise what you want young people at your school to learn in Physical Education and OSHL programme.
Working with ASLs in PESS (working towards the 5 hour offer)	ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AOTTS / ASLS (click for details) Learning outcomes: Describe why you need to invest time recruiting AOTTs/ASLs; Define what adult other than a teacher and an adult supporting learning means (AOTT/ASL); Recognise the role of AOTTs and ASLs; Explain how to find out the current practice regarding the recruitment and deployment of AOTTs and ASLs involved in your educational environment; Identify the current policies and adopted in my educational environment in relation to AOTTs/ASLs; Explain how AOTTs and ASLs can support the work of the School Sports Partnership; Identify what role an AOTT/ASL can fulfil; Identify how AOTTs/ASLs can support the work of the School Sports Partnership; Identify who is responsible for the deployment of AOTTs/ASLs; Describe how to assess the effectiveness of current work with AOTTs/ASLs.
Whole School Impact of High Quality PE and Sport	ENHANCING THE HEART OF THE SCHOOL (click for details) Learning outcomes: Describe how Physical Education and School Sport can contribute to the wider educational agenda; Recognise how Physical Education and School Sport can contribute to the overall development of all young people; Describe how high quality Physical Education and School Sport can contribute to whole school improvement; Explain how to raise the profile of the work of the School Sports Partnership in school; Explain why you need to get others involved in the work of the School Sports Partnership; Recognise how you can get others involved in the work of the School Sports Partnership; Recognise and demonstrate the impact of your work on whole school development and improvement.
SSCO Induction	STARTING ON THE HIGH QUALITY JOURNEY (click for details) Learning outcomes: Recognise the future direction Physical Education and School Sport is moving in; Recognise how the Physical Education and School-Club Links Strategy (PESSCL) and now the Physical Education and Sport Strategy for Young People (PESSYP) complements the wider educational agenda; Describe the structure and infrastructure of a school sports partnership; Describe what the 7 national outcomes of the school sports partnership are; Recognise what high quality Physical Education and School Sport looks like; Understand the necessity to audit current Physical Education and School Sport provision and impact; Know who can help achieve the aims of the School Sports Partnership.
The Role of a Subject Leader (PLT) and High Quality PESS	LEADING TO HIGH QUALITY (click for details) Learning outcomes: Describe what High Quality Physical Education and School Sport looks like; Recognise how to help other teachers achieve High Quality Physical Education and School Sport; Explain how to help young people get the most out of High Quality Physical Education and School Sport; Identify why good school-club links are important; Recognise the strengths and areas for development are for their own school or family of schools; Recognise how to link High Quality Physical Education and Sport into the whole school's development plan; Identify how to carry out an evaluation on the quality of your Physical Education and School Sport programme; Describe strategies to improve the provision of High Quality Physical Education and School Sport in your school or family of schools; Recognise the outcomes for the work of the School Sports Partnership.
Communication Skills	IMPROVING YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS (click for details) Learning outcomes: Describe how to make your communications more effective; Explain the range of communication skills available to support you in your role; Explain how effective communication is essential to the success of your work; Be aware of who to involve in your work to have a greater impact; Identify how to develop your own communication skills; Know where to find resources to help you develop your own communication skills.
High Quality Teaching, Coaching and Learning	HIGH QUALITY TEACHING, COACHING AND LEARNING (click for details) Learning outcomes: Identify the characteristics of high quality teaching coaching and learning within and beyond the curriculum; Recognise a number strategies for evaluating and improving teaching, coaching and learning; Explain how to give effective feedback to raise the standards of teaching coaching and learning in your school, family of schools or partnership; Identify a range of teaching styles; Explain how to accommodate different learning styles; Recognise and be able to select methods to support the self-review process in schools; Evaluate current policy documents and analyse where they need improving to support teaching coaching and learning.
High Quality Competition (working towards the 5 hour offer)	ENHANCING COMPETITION (click for details) Learning outcomes: Describe the national schools' competition framework; Explain why we need to change the way we organise competition; Describe what high quality competition looks like for young people; Describe what a Multi Skill Club and Multi Skill Academy are; Describe how to identify Gifted and Talented young people; Recognise the importance of catering for your G&T young people; Evaluate your own provision for Gifted and Talented young people; Identify people in school and the community who can help you; Describe the role of competition managers.
Introduction to SSPs and the Role of a PLT	STARTING ON THE HIGH QUALITY JOURNEY (click for details) Learning outcomes: Recognise the future direction Physical Education and School Sport is moving in; Recognise how the Physical Education and School-Club Links Strategy (PESSCL) and now the Physical Education and Sport Strategy for Young People (PESSYP) complements the wider educational agenda; Describe the structure and infrastructure of a school sports partnership; Describe what the 7 national outcomes of the school sports partnership are; Recognise what high quality Physical Education and School Sport looks like; Understand the necessity to audit current Physical Education and School Sport provision and impact; Know who can help achieve the aims of the School Sports Partnership.
Making Effective Links Between Primary Special and Secondary Schools	ENHANCING LINKS BETWEEN ALL SCHOOLS (click for details) Learning outcomes: Recognise why links to other educational establishments are important to the success of the School Sports Partnership; Describe how other educational establishments are organised and work; Identify who are the key people to work with; Describe how to communicate with key stakeholders; Recognise how to improve the effectiveness of their links with key stakeholders; Describe how to get started when working with other schools and people.
Including All Young People in PE and Sport	HIGH QUALITY OSHL (click for details) Learning outcomes: Recognise how Out of School Hours Learning contributes to the wider educational agenda; Be aware of how Out of School Hours Learning contributes towards the overall development of all young people; Know how to design an Out of School Hours Learning programme that meets the needs of ALL young people; Identify how to engage others in the Out of School Hours Learning programme; Know how to get a sustainable broad and balanced Out of School Hours Learning programme started; Know how to evaluate that your Out of School Hours Learning programme is catering for ALL young people; Recognise how your Out of School Hours Learning programme can lead to lifelong involvement; Recognise how to evaluate the impact your Out of School Hours Learning is having on the lives of young people.

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