1. Tony FinnAHDS Conference 14 September 2011 The General Teaching Council for Scotland Building a culture of leadership

2. Leadership: two moments in time

A Teaching

Profession for the

21 stCentury

SNCT AgreementJanuary 2001

Advancing Teacher Professionalism

Report of Review of Teacher Employment in Scotland

(McCormac Report)

September 2011

3. A challenge or an opportunity? 4. You cant be a leader if no-one is following you.. and be careful about whom you are following! 5. What is good leadership?

• Without leadership, there is no direction; with poor leadership, there is the wrong direction (students view)

• A good leader is someone who has confidence, good interpersonal skills and is good at delegating (students)

• A good leader can cope in tricky situations, can take control, can inspire, is wise and ......thinks before they act(pupils)

• Source: HMIe Leadership 2007

The positive impact which credible, influential and authoritative colleagues can have on the ethos, performance and community life of a school 6. Is there just one style of successful leadership? How long does authority last? 7. What is the most important quality in good school leaders?

One of these?

Wisdom?

Authority/confidence

Credibility?

Ability to think on your feet?

Trustworthiness?

Empathy?

Ability to influence?

Resilience?

Humour?

Or perhaps?

Humility

the ability to act with knowledge, while doubting what you know

(Pfeffer and Sutton, 2006)

8. .... collegiality Hierarchy or humility and..... 9. The great secret is

...there is no great secret....

10. Fullans six great secrets of leadership

1 .Love your employees

2. Connect peers with purpose

3. Capacity building prevails

4. Learning is the work

5. Transparency rules

6. Systems learn

The six secrets of change. What the best leaders do to help their organisations survive and thrive .M Fullan (2008)

11. Informed views on good leadership in Scottish schools

Developing leadership is (..) about releasing the energies of every member of staff (...) and about giving each of them a sense that their contributions are valued (HMIE 2007)

All teachers have a leadership role to play in schools (EIS 2008/ 2010)

All staff (..)recognise their responsibility to contribute to the school development process (..) in a collegiate and constructive manner. (SNCT Handbook Appendix 1.4)

12. In schools with positive culture, leaders :

have highexpectationsand share them in a supportive way

engagewith people, know their team.

empowerpeople- take measured risks

enable people and teams

showenthusiasmandenergy .

ANDextendthisethosacross the school

13. Successful school leaders:

offer (and accept) leadership roles

encourage leadership at every level, not just in the HT s office

where possible, nurture, support and train those with leadership potential

can handle disagreement, disaffection

take pride in leading

14. Impact : in a school with a culture of leadership, colleagues generally

feel valued and respected

trust and are trusted

work together

acceptand share responsibility

feel able to take measured risks

are flexible in respect of duties and responsibilities

inspire and are inspired

15. There are hidden messages: trust and mistrust Do stafffeeltrusted and valued? 16. Not so hidden responses: working together or working apart?

Working together

Working apart

17. Good leadership helps to avoid not my job syndrome? 18. Features of good school leadership culture

teachers have opportunities to take a leadership role

• • working groups (departmental and whole-school)

• • projects and development tasks

• • cross-curricular working

• • cross-sectoral working

there is strong emphasis on pedagogy and learning

• • teachers seek to maintainand improvestandards

• • learning and career opportunities are encouraged and supported

balance between risk and accountability

ethos of collegiality is prevalent

19. In a culture of leadership, everyone

can aspire to be a leader

can (and should) seek opportunities to update skills and knowledge

Is encouraged to show initiative and to take a pride in good work

contributes ideas and isflexiblein their approach to their work

has a right and a responsibility to be involved in school planning

has a right to make honest mistakesand a responsibility to learn from them

should be offered chances to opt in(and back in)

20. Leadershipinspires collegiality Collegiality inspires leadership