Towards a rationale for developing middle leaders.
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towards a rationale for developing middle leaders
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middle managers or leaders?
teaching roleadministrative rolechange agents?
an inherent ambiguity?high quality maintenance or change agents
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most middle management training has focused on specific, existing roles
eg HODs, Co-ordinators, SENCO
it values
• hierarchical structures
• emphasises ‘efficient’ resource management
• professional knowledge
it has little to do with leadership or team working
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Who needs middle leadership?
the individual school
the Northern Ireland system
is it an integral part of succession planning?
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‘Who sets the agenda for the transformation in which middle leaders play such a crucial part? Is it the government, the employing body, the school, or the middle leaders themselves?’
(Tony Bush)
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who identifies middle leaders?
•the school - CPD•the employing body (post 2009)•themselves – open access
‘search for the leader inside yourself’
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is leadership development a generic entitlement in a democratic culture rather than the creation of an elite?
if so who gets developed in what ways at what stages?
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a change from a focus on leaders to a focus on leadership needs to be based on
building trustredesigning jobs
changing organisational structurescreating a learning culture
can these 4 elements be taken into account in middle leadership development?
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do we prepare middle leaders for what exists now or for a preferred future?
future scenarios may include
weakening of the hierarchical structure
re-schooling
de-schooling
what role would middle leaders then have?
(how to avoid built-in obsolescence)
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what works in practice?
Acceleration centres
Assessment of competencies
Accreditation
Self-review
mentoring
on-line support
local networks
but no one model fits all