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Page 1: Lessons Learned from the Wits Executive Leadership  Program

James Stiles, Associate ProfessorUniversity of Witwatersrand

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Pre-1990Separate Systems Based on Race

Post-1990Reorganization and Conversion

Current School ContextFormer Model –CAfrikaans ModeFarm SchoolsTownship Schools

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Urgency of ChangeOverwhelming Poverty

GROWING divideUnion – Government relationshipWeak results

Achievement GapInternational Comparisons

Personal Authority

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Partnership – GDE and Wits

Ten month Certificate of Attendance

Monthly seminars

FocusProfessional RespectResearchAttitude ShiftCommunity

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Focus on teaching and learning

Focus on the desktop

Moving from blame to action

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Syndicate groups

Geographic

Mixed levels

Process of change

Explore plenary issues more deeply

Modeling assignments

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Offered in 2008-2009 and again 2009 – 2010

780 SMT and district officials

Program issuesSelectionSupportCollaboration

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Teaching and Learning Improvement Plan3-4 issuesConcrete outcomes

585 SMT members “graduated” the program75% completion rate

Creation of an Alumni Forum

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Will be conducting research in the coming 3 years

Cooperative Large-Scale Narrative Study

In-depth case studies

Additional interventions in selected schools


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