The Pocket Guide to Every Child Matters: An at-a-Glance Overview for the Busy Teacher

The aim of this pocket guide is to provide an at-a-glance overview and insight into Every Child Matters for busy trainee, newly qualified and experienced teachers, working with pupils in a range of educational settings, who want a quick point of reference in order to know how:


the concept, aims and principles of Every Child Matters influences their practice
to develop a shared vision and ethos for Every Child Matters
Every Child Matters policy informs practice
to develop effective teamwork and collaborative partnership working
to embed Every Child Matters outcomes in personalised learning
to monitor and evaluate the impact of Every Child Matters at classroom level.

Pocket Guide to Every Child Matters is an invaluable, good value, user-friendly resource for all busy Children’s Workforce practitioners, working directly with pupils in classrooms, offers practical tips and guidance, effective strategies, models of good practice and signposting to further sources of information. It features step-by-step advice, useful checklists and templates which can be customised to suit the context of a range of primary and secondary phase educational settings.

Rita Cheminais is a School Improvement Partner and a Freelance Education Consultant with Every Child Matters (ECM) Solutions. She has written a number of valuable books in the area. These include Every Child Matters: A New Role for SENCOs, Every Child Matters: A Practical Guide for Teachers, Every Child Matters: A Practical Guide for Teaching Assistants and Engaging Pupil Voice to Ensure that Every Child Matters.

Rita can be contacted at: admin@ecm-solutions.org.uk and www.ecm-solutions.org.uk.

List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. What is Every Child Matters about? 2. Developing a vision and values for Every Child Matters 3. Implementing Every Child Matters in the classroom 4. Monitoring and evaluating the Every Child Matters outcomes 5. The Every Child Matters team in schools and other education settings Every Child Matters Jargon Buster Useful websites References and further reading Index