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Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
How to develop and lead high performing teams
How to lead and bring about change as a middle leader.
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
The Aims of Session
1.Gained an understanding of the concept of shared leadership and considered its advantages.
2.Further your understanding of the key characteristics of high performing teams.
3.Examine some of the strategies used by school leaders to develop team-working skills among their colleagues.
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
National Criteria for Subject Leaders
• Strategic direction and development of the subject (7),
• Teaching and Learning (11)
• Leading and managing staff (10)
• Efficient and effective deployment of staff and resources (6)
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
Primary function of a Middle Leader?Deliver high standards of achievement for all pupils
How?With and through other people, not only teachers
Implications?Increased responsibility and accountability for the performance of others
How?(a) Develop self and others (build capacity)(b) Monitor, evaluate and improve the performance of others
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
Activity One: The Advantages of Teamwork
On a post-it, write down three practical advantages of working in
teams in schools. As a table, collate your post-its on the flip chart.
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
Advantages of teamwork• Best way of dealing with complex tasks• Makes best use of available knowledge• Allows members to pool expertise• Releases the creative capacity of everyone• Collaboration is a social event and “builds
the team”• Builds capacity in others• Promotes consistency and shares
accountability.
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
The Characteristics of High
Performing Teams
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
Team roles and behaviours
Chair: likely to lead the group and understands strategy for managing the team.
Innovator: full of ideas and creative energy.
Questioner: excellent at analysing logically.
Finisher: good at detail, can be relied upon to follow-through on the work.
Team player: good at maintaining relationships, supporting all members
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
- Each role is equally valuable.
- Individuals usually play more than one role in a team.
- It is important that teams are able to cover all five roles
- Each role can be performed with positive or negative effects
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
- Share a common understanding of the aims of the team and its way of working.- Have a clear sense of individual responsibility.- Are clear about their role in delivering the school’s vision.
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
- Team ethos built on trust, honesty and well developed interpersonal skills.- Clear operational structure for the team to manage its work.- The team collectively possesses a range of skills and attributes.
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
How school leaders build and
develop teams in their schools ; a practical exercise.
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
Activity Three: Teamwork in Action: Building the World Tower!
Using newspaper and sellotape,each group should build a free standing tower that is strong enough to support a cup at the top of the tower which will be filled half-full with water.The group which builds the highest tower which supports the cup half full of water for 10 seconds wins a prize!
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
Building high performing teams
• Clarify structures, roles and level accountability.• Provide appropriate resources.• Clarify tasks and parameters. • Grow leadership capacity for all members. of staff by developing emotional intelligence. • Mentor and coach colleagues to become mentors to new staff.• Monitor team effectiveness and take action when necessary.
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
Some Final Thoughts
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is
success”
Henry Ford
“None of us is as smart as all of us”
Middle Leaders’ Toolkit for Development
