LOOKING BACK INTO THE FUTURE- FINDING A NEW WAY FOR TLAMATLAMA PS.THROUGH INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP STEVEN M DIRE

THE SITUATION BEFORE  VISION NOT SHARED  MISSION AVAILABLE BUT NOT OPERATIONAL  PERSISTENT POOR PERFORMANCE  NO STAFF SUPPORT-LOW MORALE  NO DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

IL-HISTORY AND CHARACTER  TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP WAS POPULAR PRE 80’S  1980’S- ECLIPSED BY INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AS GLOBAL PHENOMENA  IL FOCUS WAS ON LEADERSHIP FOR LEARNING  IT’S CULTURE BUILDING  GOAL ORIENTED- MISSION, VISION, GOALS ARE A CENTRAL LANGUAGE  ACCOUNTABILITY IS BOTTOM LINE  ITS LEADERSHIP ROLE IS NOT A SHARED OR DISTRIBUTED FUNCTION-PRINCIPAL LEADS  FOCUSES ON REMOVING PRESSURES PUSHING PRINCIPALS AWAY FROM T&L

CORNERSTONES  PRINCIPAL COORDINATE, CONTROLS AND SUPERVISE  YOU BECOME HANDS ON WITH CORE CURRICULAR ENGAGEMENT  GET HIP DEEP IN TEACHING AND LEARNING  IMPROVES TEACHING AND LEARNING  MANAGE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMME  PROMOTE POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT - INCENTIVES.

FINDING A NEW WAY….  SET A SHARED VISION AND GOALS  SOLD THE VISION TO ALL STAKEHOLDERS  ALL PERSONS ROLES WERE VALUED - CLEANER TO TEACHER  BUDGET ALLOCATION SUPPORTED VISION  DEVELOPED A NEW COACHING PLAN FOR SUPPORT  CREATED MAGNET TEAMS FOR SUPPORT  CREATED A POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT- INCENTIVES FOR ALL

ACTION PLAN  DASHBOARD- TERM ANALYSIS OF RESULTS AND SYSTEMS  SET ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS FOR TERM  SETTING TERM INTERVENTION PLANS  JOURNALLING PROCESSES- DEBRIEFING SESSION WEEKLY  COACHING PROGRAMME  ICT TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME  WEEKLY ICT REPORTS  COMMUNITY COLLABORATION PROGRAMMES

ICT CLASS.

SUSTAINABILITY  CONSISTENCY  NOT LIMITED TO PRINCIPAL  NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL- REPSPOND DIFFERENTLY TO CONTEXTS  TRANSFORMATIONAL –TRANSFORM COLLEAGUES  DISTRIBUTE TO OTHER MANAGERS  PROCESS OF MUTUAL INFLUENCE  LEADERSHIP-1 FACTOR TO CHANGE SYSTEM

BARRIERS  TEACHERS CAN BE A BARRIER- TRANSFORM THEM  MANAGERS- DISTRIBUTE TO THEM  LACK OF BUY IN”- SELL TO THEM  FEAR- CREATE A TRUSTWORTHY ENVIRONMENT  DEAL WITH THE REAL “SCHOOL CULTURE”

CONCLUSION  MANAGEMENT IS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT  USE THE “V FORMATION” OF GEESE- ALL LEAD ALL SUPPORT.  EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING  DISCOURAGE THE BUFFALO MENTALITY- FOLLOWING THE LEADER BLINDLY  THANK YOU  KE YA LEBOGA