‘Leading Teaching and Learning’

Our Learning Intentions for this morning

Understanding of:- The importance of vision: ‘Where are you heading

to?’- The power of shared ownership

Identify - Strategies for beginning to ‘close the gap’- Ways to reduce inconsistency, leading to less

variability in your areas of responsibility.

You are looking for more responsibility. Could you run a hospital with no experience of being in a hospital?

Aspiration and Experience

School leaders need to provide opportunities for high levels of aspiration AND experience.

PrincipleThe building blocks of what we stand for and how we do it.

Practice What the principles look like in action, how we use them

Translating principle into practice

Vision

Shaping the Future of your Team

In 3 years time...

Closing the gap

“England had one of the highest gaps between high and low performing pupils and a strong relationship between social background and performance. 13.9 % of the variance in performance of pupils in England could be explained by their social background, as compared to just 8.3 % in Finland and 8.2 % in Canada. For a very long time in this country, the ‘long tail of underachievement’ has been tolerated; sometimes it has been seen as an inevitable consequence of a system which does a very good job for some.”

DfE 2010

The biggest single factor that explains within-school variation is …

(30%)

…teaching strategies…

…professional characteristics…

…classroom climate…

Find and Fix

Predict and Prevent

Optimising middle leadership effectiveness

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

LOOSE (LEADERSHIP)

TIGHT (MANAGEMENT)

OPERATIONAL PRODEDURES

e.g. SAFEGUARDING

e.g. CREATIVE CURRICULUM

Highly effective middle

leaders operate in this area

Closing the Gap strategies

Discuss what each strategy means. Then prioritise:The starter (what you would do first)The main dishes (your longer term goal)The icing on the cake (your wish list)

Welcome to...

Protocols

• Each group is given 10 minutes at a table.

•Groups discuss the topic given and create visual representations of ideas on the table cloths.

•After 10 minutes, one group member remains to share with new group while other group members move to the next table.

Effective Teaching and Learning

Look at the 9 criteria considered essential for moving a team/school/department into high performance. Diamond nine them for which are most relevant to your team.

Learning-centred Leadership

Reflection timeReflect on the extent to which modelling, monitoring, dialogue and mentoring is a significant part of your personal repertoire of leadership behaviours.

How comfortable are you with this approach to your work as a middle leader?

To what extent do your leaders model this approach?

Effective teams are…

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Our Learning Intentions for this morning

Understanding of:- The importance of vision: ‘Where are you heading

to?’- The power of shared ownership

Identify - Strategies for beginning to ‘close the gap’- Ways to reduce inconsistency, leading to less

variability in your areas of responsibility.