1. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 Plateau Effect Performance Variability Determinism Education Reform: A Global Agenda

2. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 Emerging Consensus Twin Pillars for Transformation “Quality of A Schooling System cannot exceed Quality of its Teachers” (McKinsey)

3. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 School Leadership Matters (OECD) Empirically validated Indirect/proximal effect Greatest where learning needs are greatest Antidote to variations in performance Leadership as the Practice of Improvement (Elmore)

4. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 Leadership the Enabler Archimedes/Fullan Energy Flow/Brighouse Interface/OECD “Only Leadership can bring (it) all together” (Southworth)

5. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 The Prize Optimising School Leaders Contribution to: Student Learning Professional Learning Systems Learning

6. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 The Challenge How such leadership can be: Identified Nurtured Developed Sustained

7. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 OECD Report Affirming Challenging – 4 levers A Call to Action -Policy -Employing Authority (s) level -School/Site level

8. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 A Systems wide agenda “…requires root-and-branch reform of inherited traditional bureaucratic systems of recruiting and training leaders, of paying and rewarding them and of shaping their incentives both short term and long term including pension arrangements.” (Michael Barber)

9. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 “A man’s praises have very musical and charming accents in another’s mouth, but very flat and untuneable in his own” (Xenophon)

10. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 Directions of Travel consistent with OECD Framework Re purposing Leadership/Leadership Development -Leadership of Teaching and Learning -Learning Centred Leadership is Critical “When School leaders seriously address within school variation it can make a significant difference” (Munby)

11. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 Lead Curriculum development Monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching Lead teacher Professional development Build a Culture of Collaboration amongst teachers Use DATA effectively to improve practice Ensure that resource allocations are consistent with pedagogical practices

12. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 MODELLING – “Example is not the main thing in influencing others it is the only thing” (Albert Schweizer) MONITORING – DATA RICH Conversation DIALOGUECo-Construction Constructivist

13. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 FromTo ComfortableDemanding IntrovertedOutward looking Input FocusedResults Focused Evidence LightEvidence Based (Barber)

14. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 Revisiting Preparation for Headship Leadership supply a strategic imperative Repurpose PQH -Candidates - trainee Headteachers -Secure/Enhance Quality -Enrich the journey/ ‘Contextual Literacy’ -Ownership ~Profession ~Employing Authorities -Eradicate the Preparation/Recruitment Gap

15. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 Revisiting Distributive Leadership Pathway to: School Transformation Leadership Supply Leadership Sustainability Systems/Consultant Leaders

16. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 “Distributive leadership is a common denominator in schools that have sustained improvement over a five year period” (Day, Sammons et.al 2008)

17. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 Challenges Leadership as role Culture Structure Remuneration CPD Gap

18. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 How Building Leadership Capacity -a key prerequisite for school effectiveness and improvement -principals a primary role Principal development Leader/Coach Web Support -think pieces -toolkits -materials

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20. Dr Tom Hesketh SCoTENS Conference Oct 08 Re-conceptualising the Policy-Implementation Interface