Leading School Leadership More than meeting your KPIs Programme 2017 WITH PURPOSE CHAIR RESIDENTIAL Programme 2017 School Leadership More than meeting your KPIs
Leading Leading for Excellent and Equitable Outcomes NZSTA | CHAIR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMME 2017 WITH PURPOSE Leading for Excellent and Equitable Outcomes HALF WIDTH PHOTO Improvement – basically a problem solving exercise
Spiral of Inquiry, learning and action What is our focus? What is leading to this situation? What’s going on for our learners? Scannng – academic, social and emotional factors. Attendance and engagement. Focus – narrow it – not Written Language but what aspects of WL. Developing a hunch – test out ideas. e.g. is lack of engagement really the problem behind poor written language? Checking it out can mean just talking to a handful of studetns or parents. It can mean checking hard dta for correlations (e.g., no breakfast with achievement). Learning – what to do e.g., teaching the teachers about sentences. Take action – just do it Then measure it. Preferably- every term. How can we learn more about what to do? Have we made enough of a difference? What will we do differently? Timperley, Kaser & Halbert, 2014
Student-Centred Leadership ethical | distributed | culturally responsive | inclusive | contextual Leadership CAPABILITIES Applying relevant knowledge Solving Complex Problems Building Relational Trust Excellent and Equitable Student Outcomes Establishing Goals and Expectations Resourcing Strategically Leadership DIMENSIONS Ensuring Quality Teaching Leading Teacher Learning and Development Ensuring an orderly, safe environment
Leading What does this imply? People skills Technical skills NZSTA | CHAIR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMME 2017 WITH PURPOSE What does this imply? People skills Technical skills Educational expertise Learner state-of- mind
Leading NZSTA | CHAIR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMME 2017 WITH PURPOSE What else? Ethics e.g., dedicated to educating all, not just the easy to teach Value-driven – keeps the learner at the centre of all decisions – is this good for them?