SCHOOL BUSINESS LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT: Principles of Leadership
Addressing the leadership challenges using the principles of assessment for learning
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Addressing the leadership challenges using the principles of assessment for learning
Steve MunbyChief Executive
National College for School Leadership
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“Pupils produced work of better quality when their teachers explained the criteria used in its assessment. Relatively few teachers did this effectively and pupils were generally unaware of any assessment criteria that the teacher might have been using. Pupils rarely understood the reason for their grades and often felt, wrongly, that features such as length and presentation were most important.”
OFSTED 1992
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“The pupils’ response to the task was sometimes less than their ability warranted because they were not given regular progress reports or were unaware of the specific criteria used to assess their work. Some pupils’ recorded Attainment Levels were depressed as a consequence.”
OFSTED 1992
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Key themes for Assessmentfor Learning
1. Recognising the importance of the whole child/person and the broader achievement agenda
2. Engaging the learner in the learning and assessment process – giving learners a voice and empowering them to be proactive and to take responsibility for their own learning.
3. Peer review. Sharing learning with others – learning together.
4. Using clear assessment criteria to identify current performance and to set personal targets.
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The context – the state of school leadership in England
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We have the best set of school leaders this country has ever had. Leadership is good or better in over 75% of schools, very good or excellent in over 40%, and becoming stronger every year.
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Source: MORIBase: All respondents in England (2004: 1,756)
Q Which, if any, of the following professions do you think provide particularly good examples of leadership?
51%Headteachers38%
Officers in the armed forces35%Police
34%Doctors17%Ministers of religion
15%Sports coaches/managers13%Business directors
10%Members of Parliament
7%Trade union officials4%Local politicians
4%Health service managers3%Civil servants
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“The two significant issues that stand in the way of consistent improvement across the whole education system are:
1. the impact of social class on educational achievement
2. the variability in performance and lack of progress made by a substantial minority of schools.”
HMCI Annual Report 2003/04
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“few schools have a convincing, systematic programme for developing middle managers. Without such a programme, schools find it difficult to improve the consistency of leadership and management and to support career development.”
HMCI Annual Report 2003/04
The HMCI Annual Report says:
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The four challenges
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The implications of the Children Act- the balance between the ‘standards’ agenda and the ‘whole child’ agenda
Challenge One
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“In terms of attainment in school, if a child had a choice between moving from having a bottom quartile parent to having a top quartile parent or moving from a bottom quartile school to a top quartile school, the child should change the parent every time.”
Charles Desforges
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System leadership – developing capacity within the school and leadership beyond the school
Challenge Two
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Sustainability, succession planning and growing tomorrow’s leaders
Challenge Three
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Ensuring clear leadership in a time of uncertainty and in a context that will continue to be complex, relentless and accountable.
Challenge Four
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“And its best if you know a good thing is going to happen, like an eclipse or getting a microscope for Christmas. And it’s bad if you know a bad thing is going to happen, like having a filling or going to France. But I think it is worst if you don’t know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing which is going to happen”
Mark Haddon “The Curious Incident of theDog in the Night-Time”
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New opportunities for school leaders
Developing Capacity
Every Child MattersFocusing outward
towards the community and other agencies
System LeadershipFocusing outward
to other schools
Succession PlanningFocusing forward – developing others
RelentlessnessComplexity
AccountabilityFocusing inward – developing yourself
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The Role of the National College for School Leadership
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NCSL aims (September 2000)
1. to provide a single national focus for school leadership development and research
2. to be a driving force for world class leadership in our schools
3. to be a provider and promoter of excellence; a major resource for schools; a catalyst for innovation; and a focus for national and international debate on leadership issues
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Overall vision forthe College
The distinct College Focuses on core business.
Clear moral purpose. Everyone knows what it
stands for.
“Our College” Much greater school
ownership. Inclusive.
Collaborative in style.
The responsive College
Flexible in approach. Commissioning. Connecting theory
with practical realities.
Personalisation.
The National College
Leading edge and informing future
policy and practice.
The self-evaluating College
Focusing on outcomes and
welcoming external challenge.
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Michelangelo once said:
“Sculpture is a wonderful thing. Inside every piece of stone is a beautiful statue – all you have to do is to get rid of all the stuff that is in the way.”