Geoff BartonHeadteacher, King Edward VI School, Suffolk

Developing our Future Leaders

NCSL Annual Leadership ConferenceJune 17 2010

Download @ www.geoffbarton.co.uk (Presentation 75)

Building Early Leadership

The Way We Were

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The Way We Are

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MATHS TEST• What’s the answer?• What’s the significance?

(No calculators)

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1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1 = ?

(Clue = 25)Answer = 25

Question 1:

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1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1 = ?

(Clue = 20)Answer = 20

Question 2:

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Michael Fullan’s summary of too many teachers’ careers

25:

20: Average trajectory NQT to headteacher (secondary)

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Teacher Development …

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Garforth Comprehensive

School

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1985

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Lawrie LowtonHeadteacher

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John BaumberDeputy Headteacher

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Step 1:

Create a leadership cultureMiddle Management

Course

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1. Culture of leadership

2. Our leadership development course

3. Possible futures

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Leadership Culture

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The need for leadership

Nowadays all the children behave like adults and all the adults behave like children

(Terry Waite)

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If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.

(Henry Ford)

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"I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career.  I've lost almost 300 games.  26 times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot . . . and missed.  I've failed over and over and over again in my life.  And that is why I succeed."

(Michael Jordan)

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“It is far easier to learn to teach, and to learn to teach better, in some schools

than in others”

Rosenholtz

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Our Leadership Development Course

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• First 2-6 years of career• 8 after-school sessions; 1-day

visit; 1-day conference with JWB• Apply in writing• Big picture & nitty-gritty

Logistics:

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• Demystify leadership• Leadership task & visit• Moral dilemmas• No writing• Think-tank: “faking it” & micro-skills• Leadership team secondment• Placements in other schools

Distinctive bits:

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• Young team: judgement matters more than experience

• Project management approach to leadership

• 65% have gained promotion

Impact:

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Possibilities …

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There is no cavalry

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We’re the cavalry

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Take the Richard Fawcett Challenge

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Create 6 future heads

Geoff BartonHeadteacher, King Edward VI School, Suffolk

Developing our Future Leaders

NCSL Annual Leadership ConferenceJune 17 2010

Download @ www.geoffbarton.co.uk (Presentation 75)