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Implementation Conversation Cards
Think deeper. Implement better.
Purpose:
The aim and purpose of these Implementation Conversation Cards is to facilitate useful conversations about implementation. These conversations could be within setting’s implementation teams, wider staff, Senior Leadership teams, or delegates as part of structured PD on implementation. The conversations should aim to deepen understanding of the cross-cutting behaviours that drive effective implementation, the contextual factors that influence implementation (by enabling or constraining), and the variety of implementation strategies that can be employed in a setting.
Support your team to think more deeply about implementation — and act more effectively.
These cards are designed to facilitate purposeful conversations about:
* The behaviours that drive implementation
* The contextual factors that shape success
* The strategies that make change stick
Rather than working in isolation, the cards encourage teams to connect these elements — helping schools develop a more coherent and responsive approach to implementation.
Why use them?
* Encourage honest, reflective discussion
* Bridge the gap between theory and practice
* Adapt easily to different team structures and contexts
* Support every phase of implementation: explore, prepare, deliver, sustain
Flexible. Practical. Grounded in evidence.
Curious how this could work in your school?
Let’s talk: jrodgers@mountsbayacademy.org
BESPOKE TRAINING
Bring the Research School to You — Free, Bespoke Training in Cornwall
Cornwall Research School (EEF / Research Schools Network) is offering a flexible menu of free, in-school sessions to help you turn evidence into everyday practice. We come to you—primary, secondary, special, or AP—at a time that suits your timetable (from 1 hour twilights to half-days and INSET). Every session is adapted to your context and leaves staff with practical next steps.
Pick your theme (or mix & match)
Implementation
Plan and execute change with confidence using the EEF’s School’s Guide to Implementation.
Build a simple, credible plan with roles, timelines, and measures that fit your capacity.
Develop understanding of the cross-cutting behaviours that drive effective implementation and the contextual factors that influence implementation.
Lots of resources to facilitate conversations during the session.
Perfect for Leadership teams or Implementation Teams.
Literacy Strategy
Strengthen disciplinary literacy: reading, vocabulary, writing, and talk across subjects.
Create a joined-up, whole-school approach that’s realistic for your timetable.
Flexible session length to suit your needs.
Lots of resources to support your literacy strategy and its implementation.
Effective Professional Development
Make CPD stick using mechanisms that drive teacher change (e.g., modelling, rehearsal, feedback).
Design a coherent CPD spine that links to priorities and classroom practice.
Plan a programme of CPD using various forms of PD that is balanced across the 14 mechanisms.
The Pupil Premium Strategy
Diagnose need, plan with the EEF tiered model, and write a sharp PP statement.
Link spending to mechanisms, implementation, and proportionate monitoring.
Review your current PP strategy.
Support for colleagues new to writing / leading the PP strategy.
Evidence Literacy
Find, appraise, and apply trustworthy evidence quickly (what to read, what to ignore).
Turn “nice idea” into “next lesson”: evidence → mechanism → classroom routine.
Develop staff critical consumption of research evidence.
Bridge the gap between ‘theory’ and ‘practice’.
Who it’s for
Leaders, Teachers, TAs, subject leads, SENCOs, and SLT across primary, secondary, special, and AP settings in Cornwall.
Cost
Free (funded through the Research Schools Network & EEF).
To Book a visit
Contact John Rodgers, Director, Cornwall Research School – jrodgers@mountsbayacademy.org
Keep it simple
An acronym for doing fewer things better
