1. School on the Cloud: Working Group 1 Leadership & Management in Education
Karl Donert, Director: Innovative Learning Network Ltd.
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

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. 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?

6. 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

7. 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?

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

9. 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

10. Strategic Leadership in ICT (SLICT) Model

11. 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

12. 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

14. Vision: Education might look like this…

15. Karl Donert
@karldonert