Leadership in the 21 st Century Geoff Barton Head, King Edward VI School, Suffolk Download this presentation at
Today: Talk about leadership Health check Debunk some myths Tame some big beasts Do something
Provocations: Vision is overstated Strategy is overstated Much futures thinking is hot air Britain isn’t Sweden Learning styles may be a cul-de-sac There’s no cavalry
UsThem Our schools
The Anxiety of Influence
Heroes & Villains
Inside education Outside education
Me
Lawrie Lowton
Steve Jobs
What can we learn from Gordon Brown?
School Improvement Health Check
History boys pic
Social engineering via grammars and comprehensives: sink or swim mentality prevails Postcode determines your life chances 50s, 60s, 70s …
National prescription, self-evaluation, LMS, specialisation, some autonomy Postcode determines your life chances 80s, 90s…
National strategies, school improvement, heavy accountability, investment, ECM, leadership, academies Postcode determines your life chances …?
Schools are becoming immune to school improvement Beacon SchoolsTraining SchoolsCoasting Schools London ChallengeNational challengeNational strategies Leading EdgeConsultantsSchool improvement partners Super HeadsConsultant HeadsExecutive Heads Gaining GroundLeading Light SchoolsTrust Schools
So now, it’s over to us
TAMING THE BIG BEASTS
Implications Our students Our staff Ourselves Our future leaders
TheoryPractice
TAMING THE BIG BEASTS
Michael Barber Identify what works and “implement” Targets to monitor progress Consistency Best-performing systems: Teacher training = craft Teacher recruitment = tough Teacher CPD = collaborative Teachers focus on pedagogy SEN is SEN, but not as we know it ?
Dylan Wiliam Architect of ‘real’ AfL No hands up Better questions No marks Questions VAK, etc Teacher learning communities ?
John West-Burnham Leadership a moral activity Schools account for 20% of a child’s life-chances (versus personal and social influences) Focus on learning, not teaching The purpose of a caterpillar is not to be a better caterpillar Need to move from schooling to education = transformation ?
Leadership in the 21 st Century Geoff Barton Head, King Edward VI School, Suffolk Download this presentation at