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Esol Education FZ LLC P. O. Box 500720Block 2A, First Floor, Suite 45Knowledge Village, Dubai
T: +971 4 364 4802F: +971 4 367 8424
Perspectives on LeadershipGunther BrandtEsol Education Consultant
Esol Education FZ LLC P. O. Box 500720Block 2A, First Floor, Suite 45Knowledge Village, Dubai
T: +971 4 364 4802F: +971 4 367 8424
INTRODUCTION A TWO-COMPONENT PERSONAL NARRATIVE 1. “Knowledge and goodness” – teaching at an
independent school. • Subject-driven teaching• Departmentalization (team assessment)• Teaching for?
2. “ O- and A-levels and the emerging IB – first
steps in leadership• What is this thing called IB?• The challenge of international-mindedness• History, TOK, perspectives.
Headmasters have powers at their disposal with which Prime ministers have never yet been
invested. Winston Churchill
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation,
which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius
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BORROWING FROM GARDNER:Five Minds for the Future
Esol Education FZ LLC P. O. Box 500720Block 2A, First Floor, Suite 45Knowledge Village, Dubai
T: +971 4 364 4802F: +971 4 367 8424
LEADERSHIP AS STEWARDSHIP
• Building TRUST (“trust is the first casualty of imposed reform”)
• Trust as contractual, through competence, in communication (both transparent and confidential)
• Culture and Change: leadership as RENEWAL from within, not reform from above
• The school as ecosystem, service/humility
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DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP
• More than distributions of responsibility
• Being a learning community: FROM CONCEPT TO REALITY
• Inclusive, rigorous, mission-driven
• Benefits: turnover/continuity; buy-in; strong culture; quality of decisions
“ Good directors, playwrights and educational leaders are enablers who make it possible for other
leaders to succeed by providing the means and opportunities for action” (ANON)
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LEADERSHIP FOR LEARNING
• Learning how and for?
• Overview: How does leadership influence student learning
• Developing, sustaining, celebrating
• UNESCO: LEARNING AND COMPETENCES FOR THE 21 CENTURY
• What to assess
UNESCO: Learning and Competencies for the 21st Century
Build more just and inclusive societies
Shape competent and active citizenship
Ensure quality and equity in learning
Provide holistic, integrated, humanistic learning
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LEADERSHIP FOR ALL • “Shaping a leadership-centered culture is the ultimate act of
leadership” (Drucker)
• Decisions are made at all levels
• Teacher leadership, opportunities and perils
• Meaningful student leadership
• Knowing our leadership strengths and weaknesses
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Challenges and Resources (reflections)
• Technology as instrument and promise
• Independence and collaboration
• Time
• Merging intellectual and cultural capital
“ Comparison, a great teacher told me, is the cardinal sin of modern life” (Jim Collins)
The more faithfully you listen to the voice within you, the better
you hear what is sounding outside. And only he who listens
can speak.Dag hammarskjold
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A few sources on leadership
• ASCD Journal “Educational Leadership”
• Margaret Grogan, ed., Educational Leadership, Essays by Senge, Gardner, Sergiovanni, Barth, Collins, Leithwood, Hargreaves et.al. ( introduction by Michael Fullan ), 2013
• Clive Dimmock and Allan Walker, Educational Leadership: Culture and Diversity, London 2005
• Robert Marzano, School Leadership that Works, 2005
• OECD Publication, “Schools for 21st Century Learners”, Andreas Schleicher ( 2015 ), Series on INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ON THE TEACHING PROFESSION, 2015
• Harvard Business Review, TEN MUST READS on “Leadership” and on “Emotional Intelligence” ( 2015 )
• The WALLACE FOUNDATION publications
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Gunther BrandtEsol Education Consultant
