School on the Cloud: Working Group 1 Leadership & Management in Education Karl Donert, Director: Innovative Learning Network Ltd. kdonert@yahoo.com Geospatial activity is booming in Europe. In many countries, demand for a geospatial workforce is not being met by supply. Central administration (the European Commission and Ministries of Education) seem largely unaware of the problems being faced by the industry. Connecting stakeholders is essential for the future. This presentation reports on initiatives to support and enhance geospatial education in different education sectors. It suggests the role and importance of networking and developing a strong lobby for geospatial education for all and sets out goals for those working in the geospatial sector to consider when attempting to redress the situation. School on the Cloud WG1 meeting, Sofia, Bulgaria, January 9-10 2016

Meeting Purpose Understand the roles of Leaders (and Managers) in order to provide support in the form of: Implementation Guidelines (D2.3) Training materials (D2.4) Background: Lithuania WG1 Workshop, D2.2 Report, Futures WG4 Workshop

Five Levels of Educational Leadership Leaders at individual practitioner level Leaders in Middle management Leaders in Senior management Governance Systemic wide leadership March 2011

What is leadership? in terms of the Cloud in education In fifteen words or less, write down the purpose of leadership, role of leaders concerning the Cloud in education In twenty words or less, describe what leaders (in organisations) should do in terms of enabling the Cloud in education

Leadership: define What are the most important aspects of leadership? Leadership inspires Leadership has moral purpose Leadership is risky business Strong leadership is not the same as good leadership Leadership is about power, and power has a dark side Leadership has presence Leadership offers service Leadership is everybody’s business What words would you choose?

Skills of Educational Leadership Higher Education Summit - Auckland March 2011 Skills of Educational Leadership   Professionalism Evidence-based decision making Ability to share vision and values across the organisation Bravery In the end, it’s about people March 2011 Peter Coolbear, Ako Aotearoa

Leadership starts from within Beliefs Values Integrity Knowledge Vision Responsibility Commitment Courage Resilience Humour What words would you choose (for leadership) in this context? What words would you choose?

Leadership is about … Influencing others Trust Power Relationships Communication Respect Trust Meeting Expectations Politically aware Advocacy Challenge and conflict

A developing model Source: SAND report Becta ICT enablers Improved outcomes ICT resources ICT used effectively in classrooms for learning ICT deployed appropriately Good ICT learning opportunities Increased attainment in ICT Improved learning General teaching ICT teaching General leadership ICT leadership Graph shows mathematics. Findings were similar for English and science also. Source: SAND report Becta

Strategic Leadership in ICT (SLICT) Model

Being clear about Strategic Leadership * It is not about: telling you how to do it learning ICT skills writing long reports getting technical advice on the ‘best’ computer, network, laptop, PDA, wires, routers etc. particular Cloud systems technology

Being clear about Strategic Leadership * It is about creating a vision for the organisation having information, time and space to review and develop your vision evaluating where you are now sharing good practice understanding the issues for ICT challenging thinking about current and future ICT thinking long-term, and seeing short-term solutions

Vision: Education might look like this…

Karl Donert www.innovativelearning.co.uk kdonert@yahoo.com @karldonert