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Leading Learning
Des Cullen
Norma O’Brien
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• Effective school leadership is identified as crucial to student outcomes, second only to the quality of the teacher (Augustine et al., 2009).
• Principals have to set high expectations for all students and teachers to succeed (Matthews, 2009).
• School leaders influence student achievement through two important pathways: – the support and development of effective teachers – the implementation of effective organisational
processes (Leithwood et al., 2004)
The School Leader
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ieVariables influencing a child’s life chances and well-
being excluding gender, disability and ethnicity
Personal Capacity 40% (resilience, readiness, moti-vation, ability);
40%
Social Factors 40% (family, social class,
social capital, poverty); 40%
School 20% - (Leadership 7%)
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Think back to your interviewWhat questions were you asked on the role of the principal in relation to Leading Learning in your school.
You said…..???
Activity
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The domains I. Leading learning and teaching II. Leading school development III. Building culture, capacity and teams IV. Professional growth and development V. Organisational management SELF-EVALUATION OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP (Draft)Domains, standards and statements of practice . DES Oct 2015
Domains & Standards
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A well-functioning school requires leaders who: • create a culture of professional learning that fosters continuous
improvement in learning, teaching and assessment as the core functions of the school
• foster the development of the full range of teacher competencies, and work to ensure that teacher professional development leads to improved student learning
• foster a commitment to inclusion and equality of opportunity and develop goals to realise the holistic potential of each student
• develop and implement a system to promote professional responsibility and accountability
• manage the design, planning and implementation of the school curriculum
LEADING LEARNING AND TEACHING
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• Divide into groups• Unpack one bullet point• Brainstorm• Feedback to plenary
Unpack Leading Learning
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Post-its / Placemat
• What do we do well?
• Even better if…?
Exercise for Staff meeting(general or specifically related to Teaching & Learning)
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• Learning to know – knowledge of core subjects• Learning to do – practical skills, critical thinking, problem-
solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, innovation, ICT
• Learning to be – personal responsibility, self-regulation, metacognition, social / cross-cultural skills, learning to learn
• Learning to live together – value diversity, team-work, inter-connectedness, civic and digital citizenship, global and inter-cultural competence
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002429/242996e.pdf
What are we helping our students to learn?
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• Learners at the centre• Social Nature of Learning• Emotions as Integral to Learning• Recognising Individual Differences• Stretching all Students• Assessment for Learning• Building Horizontal Connectedness
https://www.oecd.org/edu/ceri/50300814.pdf
7 Principles to Guide the Learning Environment
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• Moral imperative to change in relation to social and economic changes
• New era of technical knowledge• Need for flexibility and adaptability in the
workplace and in life – learning for life
The Why and How of Learning-Centred Leadership
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