Leadership roles and the Cloud in education

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Karl Donert, Director: Innovative Learning Network Ltd. [email protected] Leadership Perspectives School on the Cloud WG1 meeting, Lithuania, December 15-17 2014

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Karl Donert, Director: Innovative Learning Network [email protected]

Leadership Perspectives

School on the Cloud WG1 meeting, Lithuania, December 15-17 2014

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With leadership, Cloud-based education might look like this…

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Five Levels of Educational Leadership

• Leaders at individual practitioner level

• Leaders in Middle management

• Leaders in Senior management

• Governance

• Systemic wide leadership

March 2011

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GOVERNANCE ROLE

• Governance in education refers to the means

by which education institutions are formally

organized and managed

• Governance is the way in which

organisations are operated

• Involves a strategy – control – accountability

performance cycle

• Governance structures vary across the world

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What is leadership? in terms of the Cloud in education

• Write down what is the role of leaders concerning the Cloud in education. What is the purpose of leadership?

• Describe what leaders (in the 5 different levels) should do in terms of enabling the Cloud in education • Leaders at individual practitioner level

• Leaders in Middle management• Leaders in Senior management• Governance• Systemic wide leadership

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Leadership is about …

• Influencing others

• Power

• Relationships

• Communication

• Respect

• Trust

• Meeting Expectations

• Politically aware

• Advocacy

• Challenge and conflict

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A developing modelICT enablers

Improved outcomes

ICT resources

ICT used effectively in

classrooms for learning

ICT deployed

appropriately

Good ICT learning

opportunities

Increased

attainment in ICT

Improved learning

ICT resources

General teaching

ICT teaching

General leadership

ICT leadership

Source: SAND report Becta

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*Being clear about Strategic

LeadershipIt is not about:

telling you how to do it

learning ICT skills

writing long reports

getting technical advice on the ‘best’ computer, network, laptop, PDA, wires, routers etc.

particular Cloud systems

technology

It should be about

creating a vision for your organisation

having information, time and space to review and develop your vision

evaluating where you are now

sharing good practice

understanding the issues for ICT

challenging thinking about current and future ICT

thinking long-term, and seeing short-term solutions

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Strategic Leadership in ICT (SLICT) Model