1. Stop the Cavalry: Seizing the Leadership Agenda Geoff Barton Head, King Edward VI School, Suffolk Download this presentation at www.geoffbarton.co.uk (Presentation number 71)

2. Today: Past, present and future: Why it’s over to us Why it’s about the classroom What will have impact

3. Approach:

4. Provocations: It’s all about the classroom Vision is overstated Britain isn’t Sweden Learning styles may be a cul-de-sac There’s no cavalry

5. School Improvement Health Check

6. Social engineering via grammars and comprehensives: sink or swim mentality prevails Postcode determines your life chances 50s, 60s, 70s …

7. National prescription, self-evaluation, LMS, specialisation, some autonomy Postcode determines your life chances 80s, 90s…

8. National strategies, school improvement, heavy accountability, investment, ECM, leadership, academies Postcode determines your life chances …? 1997-2009

9. 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

11. The Future…?

13. Parent and pupil ‘guarantees’ Current accountability and curriculum structure Role of SIPs Protect the frontline

14. Curriculum review: restoration of the academic Slimmer Ofsted Market-driven Less red tape (eg exclusions) Raise status of teachers

15. Increased role of LA Pupil premium Localisation of curriculum Sponsor-managed schools ‘Deal’

16. So now, it’s over to us

17. Implications The LA Our schools Our partnership s Our roles

18. Literacy: Strategic and pedagogic next step

19. Michael Barber

20. 19971945 Literacy standards in England

22. Every teacher in English is a teacher of English George Sampson, 1922

24. 1.Understand the significance of exploratory talk 2.Model good talk – eg connectives 3.Re-think questioning: why & how? 4.Re-think hands-up 5.Get conversations into the school culture

25. 1.Teach reading – scanning, skimming, analysis 2.Read aloud and display 3.Teach key vocabulary 4.Demystify spelling 5.Teach research, not FOFO

26. SKIMMING

27. The climate of the Earth is always changing. In the past it has altered as a result of natural causes. Nowadays, however, the term climate change is generally used when referring to changes in our climate which have been identified since the early part of the 1900's. The changes we've seen over recent years and those which are predicted over the next 80 years are thought to be mainly as a result of human behaviour rather than due to natural changes in the atmosphere.

28. The best treatment for mouth ulcers. Gargle with salt water. You should find that it works a treat. Salt is cheap and easy to get hold of and we all have it at home, so no need to splash out and spend lots of money on expensive mouth ulcer creams.

29. Urquhart castle is probably one of the most picturesquely situated castles in the Scottish Highlands. Located 16 miles south-west of Inverness, the castle, one of the largest in Scotland, overlooks much of Loch Ness. Visitors come to stroll through the ruins of the 13th- century castle because Urquhart has earned the reputation of being one of the best spots for sighting Loch Ness’s most famous inhabitant.

30. SCANNING

31. 1.Where did the first cell phones begin? 2.Name 2 other features that started to be included in phones 3.Why are cell phones especially useful in some countries?

32. Cellular telephones The first cellular telephone system began operation in Tokyo in 1979, and the first U.S. system began operation in 1983 in Chicago. A camera phone is a cellular phone that also has picture taking capabilities. Some camera phones have the capability to send these photos to another cellular phone or computer. Advances in digital technology and microelectronics has led to the inclusion of unrelated applications in cellular telephones, such as alarm clocks, calculators, Internet browsers, and voice memos for recording short verbal reminders, while at the same time making such telephones vulnerable to certain software viruses. In many countries with inadequate wire-based telephone networks, cellular telephone systems have provided a means of more quickly establishing a national telecommunications network. Where begin? Two features? Some countries?

33. CLOSE READING

35. Research skills, not FOFO

44. DEMYSTIFYING SPELLING 3

45. 1 - SOUNDS

46. Govern+ment

47. 2 -VISUALS

48. Se-para-te Be-lie-ve

49. 3 - MNEMONICS

50. necessary

51. 1.Teach reading – scanning, skimming, analysis 2.Read aloud and display 3.Teach key vocabulary 4.Demystify spelling 5.Teach research, not FOFO

52. 1.Demonstrate writing 2.Teach composition & conventions 3.Allow oral rehearsal 4.Short & long sentences 5.Connectives

53. Know your connectives Adding: and, also, as well as, moreover, too Cause & effect: because, so, therefore, thus, consequently Sequencing: next, then, first, finally, meanwhile, before, after Qualifying: however, although, unless, except, if, as long as, apart from, yet Emphasising: above all, in particular, especially, significantly, indeed, notably Illustrating: for example, such as, for instance, as revealed by, in the case of Comparing: equally, in the same way, similarly, likewise, as with, like Contrasting: whereas, instead of, alternatively, otherwise, unlike, on the other hand

54. 1.Demonstrate writing 2.Teach composition & conventions 3.Allow oral rehearsal 4.Short & long sentences 5.Connectives So …?

57. A word about Maths

58. The blockage may not be numeracy: it may be language or self-esteem A maths teacher may not be the best unblocker Questioning and thinking time transforms lessons So do students as instructors

59. Today: Past, present and future: Why it’s over to us Why it’s about the classroom What will have impact

60. Stop the Cavalry: Seizing the Leadership Agenda Geoff Barton Head, King Edward VI School, Suffolk Download this presentation at www.geoffbarton.co.uk (Presentation number 71)