Best Practice of School Management Paul Watkinson
Haileybury & Imperial Service College Opened 1864 800 pupils aged 11 -18 Boarding School Currently about 400 staff 250 hectare campus about 30 kms north of London Not for profit Haileybury Tbilisi Sept 2017
Who am I ? 17 years School Management Experience Governor of Haileybury Almaty and Haileybury Astana Haileybury Turnford Previously CEO of Engineering Company Haileybury Tbilisi Sept 2017
Best Practice of School Management Blend resources to achieve the best possible outcomes for our pupils Operate within significant constraints Achieve best value Leadership and Management skills Haileybury Tbilisi Sept 2017
Maslov Haileybury Tbilisi Sept 2017
Max Weber Born in Germany 1864 - 1920 Sociologist and political economist Best known for: thesis about the Protestant ethic for his ideas on bureaucracy Haileybury Tbilisi Sept 2017
Management v Leadership Managers have subordinates Leaders have followers Haileybury Tbilisi Sept 2017
Management v Leadership Managers: paid to get things done, control transactional; systems and structures tasks undertaken for promise of reward risk and conflict averse, ask how and when? focus on “the bottom line” typically short term targets Haileybury Tbilisi Sept 2017
Management v Leadership develop enthusiasm and energy charisma, focus on people transformational benefits risk takers, ask what and why? longer term targets, focus on the horizon independence of mind Haileybury Tbilisi Sept 2017
Top Down Management The Manager’s view A B C C C C C C C C C C B C C C C C C C C C C Haileybury Tbilisi Sept 2017
Upside Down Management The Leader’s view C C C C C C C C C C B A Haileybury Tbilisi Sept 2017
The Art of Communication Confidence Show interest Open ended questions Listen twice, speak once Knowledge Take a risk Haileybury Tbilisi Sept 2017
The Seven Learning Styles Visual (spatial): pictures, images and spatial understanding Aural (auditory-musical): using sound and music Verbal (linguistic): using words, both in speech and writing Physical (kinesthetic): using hands and sense of touch Logical (mathematical): using logic, reasoning and systems Social (interpersonal): learn in groups or with other people Solitary (intrapersonal): work alone and use self-study Haileybury Tbilisi Sept 2017
Conclusions Know when to manage and when to lead Develop the different skills required Hire the right people Get rid of the wrong people Always put pupils at the centre of all decisions! Haileybury Tbilisi Sept 2017
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