1. Best Practice of School Management Paul Watkinson

2. Haileybury & Imperial Service College
Opened 1864
800 pupils aged
Boarding School
Currently about 400 staff
250 hectare campus about 30 kms north of London
Not for profit
Haileybury
Tbilisi Sept 2017

5. 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

6. 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
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Tbilisi Sept 2017

7. Maslov
Haileybury
Tbilisi Sept 2017

8. 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

9. Management v Leadership
Managers have subordinates
Leaders have followers
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Tbilisi Sept 2017

10. 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

11. 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
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Tbilisi Sept 2017

12. Top Down Management The Manager’s view A B C C C C C C C C C CB
C C C C C C C C C C
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13. Upside Down Management
The Leader’s view
C C C C C C C C C C B A
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14. The Art of Communication
Confidence
Show interest
Open ended questions
Listen twice, speak once
Knowledge
Take a risk
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Tbilisi Sept 2017

15. 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
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Tbilisi Sept 2017

16. 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!
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Tbilisi Sept 2017

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