Mr. Paddy Flood, LDS

The ProfessionKey StakeholdersPolicy

 Professional associations  Professional development  Leadership in inspection reports  Salary improvements  Strong management bodies

 Provide inspiration to aspirants, clarifying their expectations about the profession  Offer guidance to those seeking to improve practice  Articulate the complexity of school leadership to the outside world  Contribute to policy development

 Affirming professional status  Articulate the knowledge, skills and attributes required of practitioners  Focus for professional learning  Enhance professional self esteem  Accountability to self and the profession

Matters in terms of the quality of outcomes for pupils Requires a focus on learning centred activity – requires change Requires a clarity of purpose among all stakeholders Level of autonomy requires consideration

 Tasks v attitude  Job description v moral purpose  Office v site of learning

 Not a job for one person  Lack of evidence on distributed leadership  Roles of all stakeholders  Patterns of distribution matter

 Work-life balance is a key factor  Dependence on support and direction  Other career pathways are attractive  Is dependent on impact on student achievement  Recruitment requires professionalisation

Succession Planning Notice of Succession Continuity v Discontinuity Succession Management Promoting leadership capacity among staff National initiatives to promote future leaders Issues to be addressed Length of tenure and retaining capacity Professional associations as support

 Needs for focus on the continuum  Has significant contribution to make to professionalisation: Toraíocht  Variety and creativity in delivery methods  Is a crucial policy lever in the system

 Clarity and Professionalism  Linking the four strands of the report  Consideration of leadership in the change process  Leaders as a system resource  Leadership as an attractive career option