Stewart Watkins: Developing and supporting a staff with self belief

Eaquals International Conference, 16 – 18 April 2015

Developing and supporting a staff with self-belief: why self-efficacy matters in a quality organisation

Stewart Watkins, Deputy Head of UK Schools, Eurocentres

MSc, BSc, BA

www.eaquals.org

2 Eaquals International Conference, 16 – 18 April 2015

Self-efficacy:

...what an individual believes he or

she can accomplish using his or her

skills under certain circumstances

(Snyder & Lopez, 2007)


High efficacy individuals….

● Set higher goals for themselves (Bandura & Cervone,

1986)

● Are more committed to their goals (Locke, Frederick,

Lee, & Bobko, 1984)

● Persist longer in the face of difficulty and are extremely

resilient in the face of failure (Bandura, 1982)

● Are generally more content with their work and lives

(Judge, Locke, Durhamn, & Kluger, 1998)


Self-efficacy x Environment


Responsive

Environment

Unresponsive

Environment

High self-

efficacy

Low self-

efficacy Apathy

Effort Intensification

Change of Course

Depression

Success

- Bandura

(1997)

Creating a High Self-Efficacy Staff: Recruitment

● DELTA+ recruitment

○ ‘Mastery’ of at least one area

○ Leaders

○ Self-belief and committment


Our self-efficacy is based on:

● Performance outcomes (Mastery)

● Vicarious experiences (Modelling)

● Verbal persuasion (Encouragement)

● Physiological feedback (Emotional arousal)


Creating High Self-Efficacy Staff: Mastery

● Success leads to further success


Creating High Self-Efficacy Staff: Modelling

● DELTA+ set the standard

○ Who we need

○ What is expected

○ What can be achieved


Creating High Self-Efficacy: Encouragement

● DELTA+ mentoring


Creating a Responsive Environment: Communication/Involvement


• Given a voice

• Create links to the wider organisation

• Dialogue

Creating a Responsive Environment: CPD


● Challenge

○ In the school

○ Beyond the day job

● Mentoring

● Progression

The Impact


● DELTA+ position something to aspire to=

succession

● ‘Kick-start’ for others

● More self-efficacy for others (eg Academic

Management)

● Dramatic increase in quality

● Better working atmosphere


“People who regard themselves as

highly efficacious act, think, and feel

differently from those who perceive

themselves as inefficacious. They

produce their own future, rather than

simply foretell it”

- Albert Bandura (1986:395)

References


Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Review, 84 (2), 191-215.

doi:10.1037/0033-295X.84.2.191

* Bandura, A. (1982). Self-efficacy mechanisms in human agency. American Psychologist, 37 , 122-147.

Bandura, A. (1986). Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control . New York: Freeman.

*Bandura, A.,& Cervone, D. (1986). Differential engagement of self-reactive influences in cognitive motivation. Organizational

Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 38, 92-113

*Judge, Locke, Durhamn, & Kluger. (1998). ‘Dispositional Effects on Job and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Core Evaluations’.

Journal of Applied Psychology1998, Vol.83, No.1, 17-34

* Locke, Edwin A.; Frederick, Elizabeth; Lee, Cynthia; Bobko, Philip. ‘Effect of self-efficacy, goals, and task strategies on task

performance’. Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol 69(2), May 1984, 241-251.

Seligman, M.E.P.; Maier, S.F. (1967). ‘Failure to escape traumatic shock’. Journal of Experimental Psychology 74 (1): 1–9

Snyder, C. R., & Lopez, S. J. (2007). Positive psychology: The scientific and practical explorations of human strengths. Thousand

Oaks, CA, US: Sage Publications

*As cited on Self-Efficacy and Social Cognitive Theory (nd), In Theories wiki. Retrieved 11.04.15 from:

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