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Twycross School

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GeoCapabilitiesLeadership Questions

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Twycross School

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Curriculum leadership and advocacy

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Twycross School

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Leadership and Advocacy

• What is leadership? What is the difference between leaders and managers?

• Have you thought about who are subject leaders?

• How important is subject expertise?• In what ways should subject leadership in

education be communicated?

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Twycross School

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The importance of leadership

Some considerations:• Do we need leadership in our discipline?• Why? What purpose?• From where should it come?• On whose initiative?• What sort of leadership do we mean?

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Twycross School

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Twycross School

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Subject Leadership

Who are the experts you turn to if you need Geography subject advice or support?Is it a colleague, a researcher in the field (in person or via their publications)? So you make use of a professional subject association, another teacher, social media, a blog, books or something else?

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Twycross School

http://www.geocapabilities.org

Who are the subject leaders you follow?

Professor David SmithLeading sea level change expert

Distinguished Research Associate, Consultant

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Twycross School

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Why do you follow them?What makes them

special?How does this relate to

GeoCapabilties?

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Twycross School

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What is Advocacy?

• Advocacy is concerned with influencing decisions

• It involves expressing your views and getting support for them

• What expertise, ideas and opinions do you have to share?

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Twycross School

http://www.geocapabilities.org

Advocacy in GeoCapabilties • Who are the advocates for your subject?• Which individuals and organisations promote

the importance of geography in education?• Who do they try to influence? • Who are they seeking to support?• Consider how they do this?

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Twycross School

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Geography Education Advocates