Tools – Summary of Emerging Themes

Useful comprehensive frameworks and toolkits for scaling include:

• Scaling Up—From Vision to Large-Scale Change: A Management Framework for Practitioners from Management Systems International
• Scaling Up—From Vision to Large-Scale Change: Tools for Practitioners from Management Systems International
• Scaling Up: A Path to Effective Development by Arntraud Hartmann and Johannes Linn
• Scaling up health service delivery: from pilot innovations to policies and programmes by Ruth Simmons, Peter Fajans, et al.
• Toolkit: Strategy to Scale Social Innovation for Development by John Lawrence et al.

See also this recent paper on scaling principles, with a useful bibliography as well: Scaling Up: Scaling Principles.  by Richard Kohl and Johannes Linn, from the Global Community of Practice on Scaling Development Outcomes

Resources on scaling in early childhood development specifically include:

• The Scale-Up Effect in Early Childhood and Public Policy: Why Interventions Lose Impact at Scale and What We Can Do About It by John List, Dana Suskind, et al.
• An Integrated Stage-Based Framework for Implementation of Early Childhood Programs and Systems by Allison Metz, Sandra Naoom, et al.
• Achieving Lasting Impact at Scale, Part One: Behavior Change and the Spread of Family Health Innovations in Low-Income Countries from Social Research Unit at Dartington, UK
• Achieving Lasting Impact at Scale, Part Two: Assessing System Readiness for Delivery of Family Health Innovations at Scale from Social Research Unit at Dartington, UK
• Frameworks for effective implementation and scaling up of early childhood development interventions: a review of the literature by Vanessa Cavallera, Mark Tomlinson, et al.
• Gaining momentum: advancing early childhood development by Joan Lombardi
• Creating Vibrant and Sustainable Rural Communities: A model for developing sustainability in Early Child Development (ECD) centres,  Mbashe, South Africa, from Bulungula Incubator
• What implementation evidence matters: scaling-up nurturing interventions that promote early childhood development by Pia Britto, Manpreet Singh, et al.

Syntheses based on innovations we have worked with include:

• Scaling early child development: what are the barriers and enablers? by Vanessa Cavallera, Mark Tomlinson, et al.
• Practical considerations for transitioning early childhood interventions to scale: lessons from the Saving Brains portfolio by James Radner, Marvin Ferrer, et al.

On leadership in ECD settings, cross-cultural community engagement, and integrating science with local wisdom:

• Tapping into Leadership in Early Childhood Development Centers: Learning from the Lived Experiences of Principals in South African Townships by Sibonelo Blose and Evelyn Muteweri
• Enculturating science: Community-centric design of behavior change interactions for accelerating health impact by Vishwajeet Kumar, Aarti Kumar, et al.

Relevant resources from a global community of practice on collaboration, leadership and social change: www.barefootguide.org