Excellence in educational leadership

ADHS Conference WorkshopGraeme Logan

HM Inspector of Education

Workshop activities

• Transformational grids: improving leadership• Journey to Excellence leadership clips• Reflecting on 2 recent examples• Learning together resource • Group discussion and individual next steps

Turning the school aims into action

In one school the head teacher asked everyone to agree which school aim they are helping to achieve when they meet together as groups or teams of pupils, parents and staff. This enabled all stakeholders to understand how their daily choices and activities were helping to realise the school’s vision.

High expectations for all

• Celebrating achievement, challenging underachievement

• Kersland School • Whitelees Primary School

Distributive leadership

• A culture not just a role• Agreeing outcomes, focus and timeline • Involving staff, young people and parents

The Challenge for Parent Councils….

Not just supporting the school…. but helping to continually improve it

Building leadership capacity – discussion of interesting strategies

Policy for parents, pupils and staff:Before you present a problem or difficulty, you must have thought of2 possible solutions

Transformational change

Meeting the needs of every child in every class, through the highest quality learning experiences.