3. Leadership in a time of change Global Challenges National Challenges Local Challenges School-level challenges Credit Crunch, Sustainable Development, Globalisation, war on terror, new technologies and communication Inequality, ageing population, societal change, Generation Y, citizenship, recession Regeneration, crime and anti-social behaviour, health and well-being Personalised learning and raising standards, ECM/ Extended Schools, 14-19
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5. Strategic leadership = sustainable leadership ‘ It is a dual approach really – how to get the staff to give the best deal possible to the kids today, but to get them to rethink the way it might be a different deal in the future!’ Headteacher in Leading the Strategically Focussed School – Success and Sustainability , Brent Davies, 2006 Without strategic leadership…‘the urgent drives out the important; the future goes largely unexplored; and the capacity to act, rather than the capacity to think and imagine, becomes the sole measure for leadership’. Hamel and Prahalad, Competing for the Future , 1994
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10. Key influences on pupils The task of school leaders is to mobilise the key resources available to secure better outcomes for children… parental engagement teaching and learning barriers to learning & wider outcomes
11. Narrowing the gap: making a reality of ECM and Extended Schools “ The schools with the most effective services had integrated the development of extended provision within their school improvement plans, with a clear focus on improving positive outcomes for children and young people.” Source: Ofsted quoted in ‘How Well are They Doing? The Impact of Children’s Centres and Extended Schools’, 2008
12. Narrowing the gap: 8 high leverage leadership actions ‘ ECM Premium Project’, University of Cambridge, NCSL, 2008 External Understanding and navigating the political arena Managing relationships with external partners Internal Engaging others in the vision for ECM Distributing leadership Workforce remodelling Establishing a ‘ student-centred’ ethos Promoting school-wide CPD Ensuring sustainability
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28. Leadership for the future Some priorities… Encourage the best school leaders to support the rest within and across schools. Develop collaboration with accountability – at local and national level. Further equip school leaders to focus on leadership for learning. Develop models of leadership that lead outward and which engage parents and the community. Embed leadership development within schools and develop a more coherent approach to leadership development for children’s services. Use the demographic challenge as an opportunity to transform school leadership.
