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Growing Leadership Potential: theleadership profiles
Keren Caple and Julie Hyde Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
Passion and Purpose – setting the learning agendaAustralian Council for Educational Leaders Conference - 3 October 2014
AITSL’s mission is to promote excellence in teacher and school leader practice for the benefit of
all young Australians
Australian Professional Standard for Principals
Vision and
values
Knowledge and
understanding
Personal qualities,
social and interpersonal
skills
Professionalpractices
Leading teaching and learning
Developing self and others
Leading improvement, innovation and change
Leading the management of the school
Engaging and working with the community
High quality learning, teaching
and schooling
The standard for principals : The role in action
Leadership requirements
Successful learners, confident creative
individuals and active informed citizens*
Context: School, sector, community: socio-economic, geographic: and education
systems at local, regional, national and global levels
The Standard - impact
For individual leaders:
o provided a common language of leadership
o enabled better understanding of the role
o focused leaders own professional learning
For systems:o influenced current system initiativeso shaped professional learning frameworks o reflected in workforce policies and processes
360o Reflection Tool - development
o directly linked to the Standard
o supported by broad consultation
o launched 2013 – extensive uptake from school and system leaders
o resource for aspiring and current leaders
School leader - individual registration
o Assists in gaining an understanding of the components of leadership, current skills and individual capacity
o Provides a road map for
ongoing professional development
System leader – group registration
o Linked to school leader network or education system
o Enables group leaders to define learning needs
o Assists to focus future professional learning opportunities
360o Reflection Tool User Guide
User Guide includes:
o overview of the processo assistance to interpret
feedback o an action planner
Why have Profiles?
The Profiles will assist school leaders to build their leadership capacity by enabling them to:
o identify their current leadership practiceo reflect on the context of their current practice o plan their next stage of development
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How were the Profiles developed?
Nov 13 Profession - consultations shaped draft Profiles
o Expert Steering Groupo Project Reference Groupo Expert Practitioners Group
March 14 Uni Melb team - validated draft Profiles o survey gained 1600+ school leader responses
May 14 Profession - consulted on draft Profileso 300+ school/system leaderso 9 locations across Australia
Jun/Aug 14 Profiles finalised – reflecting feedback
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What are the Profiles?
The Profiles have been based on the Standard and are made up of sets of statements that progressively increase in complexity
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Progressive and increasing in complexity:
o Principals promote the benefits of professional learning to all staff and make sure that their willingness and efforts to learn and improve are recognised. The develop and implement an organisational vision which links all learning and development activities to better student outcomes ………
o Principals create challenging roles, responsibilities and opportunities for senior leaders that leverage and grow the talents of others. They build and sustain a coaching and mentoring culture… and have a system of peer review and feedback in place ………
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What are the Profiles?
…AND are able to be viewed through a number of lenses
o Professional Practices - of the Standardo Leadership Requirements - of the Standardo Leadership Emphasis - context of leadership
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Using the Profiles: Professional Practice lens
Focus on the Professional Practices of the Standardo Leading teaching and learningo Developing self and otherso Leading improvement, innovation and changeo Leading the management of the schoolo Engaging and working with the community
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Using the Profiles: Leadership Requirements lens
Focus on the Leadership Requirements of the Standard
o Vision and valueso Knowledge and understandingo Personal qualities, social and interpersonal skills
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Using the Profiles: Leadership Emphasis lens
Focus determined by time, place and stage of development
o Operationalo Relationalo Strategico Systemic
With the person next to you:o Read and consider your school
leader persona.
o What is the current issues or concern for them? What Professional Practice is their major focus?
o What resources linked to the Profiles would support their next leadership actions?
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• Pedagogy
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• Learner agency