What is Leadership?

Starter Create slide show of leaders from literature, politics, history and locality. Who do you admire the most? Why?

Training Outcomes By the end of the session you will: Understand what leadership and management is Have opportunities to develop your own leadership skills Consider your leadership within the school’s values

Task 1a: What is a good leader? What benefits does leadership bring? What responsibilities do leaders have? What qualities does a good leader need?

Task 1b: What is a good leader? What personality traits should a good leader never demonstrate?

Task 1c: What is a good leader? How would you define school leadership? How would you define school management?

Task 2: What is school leadership? Group 1: What leadership issues and challenges face pastoral leaders? Group 2: What leadership issues and challenges face curriculum leaders?

Task 3a: Vision and Values Create your own vision for a curriculum area or pastoral grouping. "Vision is the art of seeing the invisible." (Jonathan Swift)

Task 3b: Vision and Values Compare your vision with your school’s vision. School Vision Example We aim to be an outstanding, values-based school at the heart of our culturally-diverse community, striving for excellence, enabling our children to achieve their highest potential in all areas of life.

Task 4: Player Manager What judgements will be made about you? What are the biggest challenges as a result? How will you deal with these? How will you prioritise your tasks?

Plenary On a Post-it© note, spend a moment considering your personal leadership style and any areas of development you may have.