Building Early Leadership

GEOFF BARTON

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How it was How it is How it could be

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How it used to be

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Roy SamsonLawrie LowtonJohn Baumber

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Michael Fullan:

Teachers’ careers

= 1 x 25

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Teacher Training

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LEADERSHIP

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Step 1:

Create a leadership culture

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The need for leadership

Nowadays all the children behave like adults and all the adults behave like children

(Terry Waite)

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If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.

(Henry Ford)

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The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.

(Frank Lloyd Wright)

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Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.

(Bernadette Devlin)

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"I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career.  I've lost almost 300 games.  26 times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot . . . and missed.  I've failed over and over and over again in my life.  And that is why I succeed."

(Michael Jordan)

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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more … you are a leader.

(John Quincy Adams)

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Step 2:

Create a learning-enriched school

Rosenholtz

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Learning enriched schools“It is far easier to learn to teach, and to learn to teach

better, in some schools than in others”

Rosenholtz

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Learning enriched schools(Schools are places where students go to watch the teachers

working - JWB)

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Learning enriched schools

Research culture

Collaboration

Challenge hierarchies

Experiment & evaluate

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Step 3:

Talk pathways & expertise

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THEN:

Fixed roles

Individual

Autocratic

Control

Managed

NOW:

Flexible roles

Shared

Collaborative

Release

Managing

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Central place of the portfolio

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Novice

Advanced beginner

Competent

Proficient

Expert

Initial Teacher Training

QTS / Career Entry Profile

Induction

Aspiring subject leader

Subject leader qualification

Middle management

Whole-school coordination

Leadership Team

NPQH

HeadshipLPSH

Advanced skills

teacher

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Core role

Teaching expertise

Career management

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Step 4:

Demystify leadership

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Break up groups

Challenge age = experience assumption

Open up the leadership team

Publicise decision-making processes

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Step 5:

Grow your ownleaders

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In-house middle management training:

Key ingredients

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Step 6:

Look beyond your school

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Placements

Coaching

Case studies

Shared training opportunities

Visits

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Summary:

Leadership is central to good teachingCreate a culture of leadership

Don’t underestimate the quality of educational leadershipEvery teaching appointment is a potential

leadership appointmentIn-house leadership training, however rough

around the edges, is essential

Use a good model of learningLook beyond the school

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GEOFF BARTON