Post on 02-Apr-2015
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Leading A Curriculum Area:
Some Approaches To Creating A Peak
Performing Team
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Leading A Curriculum Area
The Aims of This Session Are:
• To further understand the core purpose of subject leadership;
• To reflect on where you are currently at in terms of this core purpose;
• To consider the concept of a Peak Performer in relation to your professional development & the development of your department
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
To Get You Started……
Good teamwork is essential in a high performing department. The film shows a high performing basketball team.
Your challenge is To Count The Number Of Passes Made By The Team In White. You will have to really concentrate hard……
Watch the film from the link below.
Insert hyperlink to the awareness test avi file/ insert movie
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
What Is The Purpose Of Subject
Leadership?
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
A Reflection On Middle Leadership:
Thinkpiece, Dr Tony Bush• Read the article;
• With your partner, you will be given one of the questions posed in the article;
• Discuss the question which you are given & be prepared to share your ideas with the rest of the group
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
What Is The Purpose Of Subject
Leadership?• Reflect on the ‘wordle’ representation of Subject
leadership. What are the 3-5 key purposes of subject leadership as represented here?(Securing improvement:
the role of subject leaders Ref: DfES 0102/2002)
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
What Is The Purpose Of Subject
Leadership?
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Extract from “The Heart of the Matter” (NCSL, Leading Edge Series)
• Teaching – make sure that the teaching delivered by those you line manage is of the highest quality.
• Learning – make sure that pupils achieve at least to their potential as established by baseline testing, and preferably beyond.
• Becoming involved in, or initiating, a whole-school activity related to school improvement – help to drive the school forward.
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
In conclusion……The Middle Leader, therefore, must: • Focus on learning and teaching• Generate positive relationships• Provide a clear vision and high
expectations• Improve the environment• Provide time and opportunities for
collaboration• Distribute leadership: build teams• Engage the community• Evaluate and innovate
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Some Leadership Scenarios For You To
Consider Work in a group of 3…..To begin with:•1 person should choose the scenario & observe;•1 person should suggest a response;•1 person should suggest the skills needed to effectively deal with the scenario.
Then, as a group:Summarize your response & the skills needed onto sugar paper
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Superteam Leader Required
We are looking for somebody to build and lead a great team. They will be able:
To build on the team’s strengths; To focus on the team’s specific goals; To implement the strategy; To ensure people do superb work; To guide the team to success
Contact us if you believe you have the qualities required
to tackle this challenge.
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Who are Peak Performers?
A Peak Performer delivers great work in their chosen area of expertise – they create something special.
Who do you think of as a Peak Performer?
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Who do you think of as a Peak Performer?
David Beckham – World Cup qualifier against Greece:
Attitude, inspiration, doing the right thing in the right way –
led the team to a great victory
Insert a picture of David Beckam here
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Who do you think of as a Peak Performer?
Bob Geldof –
Music; values; persuasion
= Make Poverty History
Insert a picture of Bob Geldof here
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Who do you think of as a Peak Performer?
Anita Roddick – Ecological awareness; values; business know-how
= The Body Shop & the beginning of public
awareness of ethic consumers
Insert a picture of Anita Roddick here
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
A Peak Performer Checklist….
A Peak Performer delivers great work in their chosen area of expertise – they create something special – how?
Passion: They follow their passion based on clear values; They have positive energy.
Purpose: They know what mountain they are climbing - they translate their passion into a clear purpose.
Professional: They do the right things in the right way every day.
Problem Solving: They find creative, positive solutions
Peak Performance: they constantly deliver great performances.
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Peak Performers: A Way of Thinking….
Challenges
Conclusions
Creative
SolutionsConsequences
Choices
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Our Key Strengths
Activity:
• Individually: write down the three key strengths of your department
• Share each strength with your partner
• Now discuss how you know that each one is a strength – be able to share this evidence with the group
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Peak Performer Thinking
Activity: Steering The Team to Success
Look at the Sheet Called “ Steering My team To Success”
• Individually: complete the “things that are in the Green…. Amber …. Red zones”
• With your partner discuss the “steps which can be taken” section of each zone
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Peak Performers Stay Alert…
Peak Performers do not wait for a crisis, they remain alert even when all is going well
The Green Zone: When things are going well
The Amber Zone: When things are Okay, but there may be warning signs.
The Red Zone: When things are not going well, or we experience real pressure
Peak Performers make the right decisions in different zones
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
“What Should Middle Leaders Do?”
• Groups of 4 to produce a presentation – no longer than 3 minutes
If the prime purpose of the role is to improve the quality of teaching and learning in
classrooms, then what is it that middle leaders should be doing?
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
To help you….
• Focus on learning and teaching• Generate positive relationships• Provide a clear vision and high
expectations• Improve the environment• Provide time and opportunities for
collaboration• Distribute leadership: build teams• Engage the community• Evaluate and innovate
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Focus on learning and teaching
• Produce a guide to what good lessons should look like;
• Peer observation system – collaborative, ground rules;
• Classroom door posters: “What have you learnt this lesson?” – talk to pupils;
• Have a learning and teaching item on each team meeting agenda – workshops;
• Use meeting time creatively.
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Generate positive relationships
• Lead by example;• Vocabulary – “my team” to “our
team”;• Take time to talk to your team
individually;• Use the Head and other senior
leaders to recognise commitment and achievement;
• Do something outside school.
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Provide a clear vision and high expectations
• Share the vision and revisit it regularly;
• Articulate what the expectations are;
• Use data with staff to raise expectations;
• Move staff and responsibilities around.
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Improve the environment
• What impression does this area of school give?
• Open up a dialogue about how rooms are organised;
• Have high quality displays;• Resources must be accessible to
staff – involve them in decision-making.
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Distribute leadership: build teams
• Know what each person’s ‘A’ talents are – build on them;
• As a team, agree and regularly audit the development plan;
• Paired lesson observations;• Create responsibilities that are
flexible.
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Provide time and opportunities for collaboration
• Evaluate team meetings• Consider the pattern of meetings• Involve each team member in
leading part/all of a meeting;• Share a piece of good practice• Ensure everyone has a chance to
observe others teaching
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Engage the community
• Involve governors in your work• Information evenings for parents• Use “experts” from the
community in lessons• Use questionnaires to sample
parents’ views of your subject• Produce a newsletter/contribute
to the school newsletter
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Evaluate and innovate
• “How will we know if this has made a difference to the students here?”
• Undertake a regular pupil progress check
• Look at samples of pupils’ work as a team
• Recognise the importance of focused observation
• Assign trialling and reporting back of new initiatives to interested individuals;
• Use the Ofsted SEF form as a basis for self evaluation.
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Our Plenary:Leadership Versus
Management
Find your partner!!
Characteristics of LeadershipManagement Adds
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Our Plenary:Leadership Versus Management…..
Example
Uses reason
Characteristics of LeadershipManagement Adds
Emotion
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
Leadership versus Management
Management Leadership adds
Accepts the way things are Challenges the way things are
Short-term view Long-range perspectiveDelegates Inspires and empowersImplements the school’s goals Has complementary goalsActs according to plan VisionFocuses on systems Focuses on peopleRelies on control TrustUses reason EmotionMaintains momentum ImpetusHas professional conviction EnthusiasmMakes it happen Makes decisionsDoes things right Does the right thing
Leading A Curriculum
Area
Adrian TaylorSt. Mary’s High School
Chesterfield
What were we aiming to do?
Leading A Curriculum Area
The Aims of This Session were:• To further understand the core
purpose of subject leadership;
• To reflect on where you are currently at in terms of this core purpose;
• To consider the concept of a Peak Performer in relation to your professional development & the development of your department