Profiles of School Leadership Presentation by AITSL at MATSITI School Leaders Forum, 16 October 2014 www.matsiti.edu.au/events/leaders

1. Profiles of leadership
A Deadly Journey
MATSITI National School Leadership Forum
16 October 2014
www.matsiti.edu.au/events/leaders

2. What does AITSL do?

3. AITSL’s mission is to promote
excellence in teacher and school
leader practice for the benefit of
all young Australians

4. • defines and maintains national standards for teachers
and principals
• leads and influences improvement and innovation in
teaching and school leadership
• supports, recognises and extends high quality
professional practice

5. Vision
and
values
Knowledge
and
understanding
Personal
qualities,
social and
interpersonal
skills
Professional
practices
Leading teaching and learning
Developing self and others
Leading improvement, innovation and change
Leading the management of the school
Engaging and working with the community
High quality
learning,
teaching
and schooling
The standard for principals : The role in action
Leadership requirements
Successful
learners,
confident
creative
individuals
and active
informed
citizens*
Context: School, sector, community: socio-economic, geographic: and education
systems at local, regional, national and global levels

9. To assist school leaders to build their
leadership capacity
• to understand current practice
• to plan the next stage of development

10. Nov 2013: Consultation groups shaped draft Profiles
o Expert Steering Group
o Project Reference Group
o Expert Practitioners Group
March 2014: Uni Melb team - validated draft Profiles
o survey gained 1675 school leader responses
May 2014: Profession consulted on draft Profiles
o 300+ school/system leaders
o 9 locations
Aug 2014: Profiles finalised - based on feedback
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11. Sets of statements about the leadership role that
progressively increase in complexity AND which can be
viewed through a number of lenses
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12. Statements showing gradually increasing complexity …….
Leading teaching and learning
o Principals set expectations that all activities are
focused on improving student outcomes. They lead
staff and students in identifying and planning high
quality teaching and learning………
o Principals lead high aspirations in learning and inspire
the same in students , staff and parents. They
establish systematic methods for collecting and
interpreting evidence to identify excellent teaching
and share successful strategies………
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13. AND statements that can be viewed through a
number of lenses …….
o Professional Practices (the Standard)
o Leadership Requirements (the Standard)
o Leadership Emphasis (leadership context)

14. Focus on the Professional Practices of the Standard
o Leading teaching and learning
o Developing self and others
o Leading improvement, innovation and change
o Leading the management of the school
o Engaging and working with the community
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15. Leading
Teaching and
Learning
Developing
self and
others
Leading the
management
of the school
Leading,
improvement
innovation
and change
Professional
Practice
lens
Engaging and
working with
the
community

16. • Show Profiles diagram – standard view
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17. Focus on the Leadership Requirements of the Standard
o Vision and values
o Knowledge and understanding
o Personal qualities, social and interpersonal skills
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18. Vision and
values
Knowledge
and
understanding
Personal
qualities
Knowledge
and
understanding
Personal
qualities
Vision and
values
Vision and
values
Personal
qualities
Knowledge
and
understanding
Leadership
Requirements
lens

20. Focus determined by time, place and stage of development
o Operational
o Relational
o Strategic
o Systemic
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21. Systemic
Systemic
Operational
Relational
Strategic
Operational
Strategic
Operational
Relational
Operational
Systemic
Relational
Strategic
Relational
Strategic Systemic
Leadership
Emphasis
lens

23. Reading ……
Look through the Profiles and get the feel for what
each Professional Practice is describing.
Follow the Professional Practice across to see how
the Profiles show progression through the Practice.

24. Writing ……
Complete the workshop card.
It asks you to think about
o your own leadership strengths
o where your leadership might need to grow
o the direction of your own leadership learning

25. • ‘Soft’ Launch of the Profiles – end November
o Webpage – information and overview
o Booklet
• Full Launch of the Profiles – back to school 2015
o Interactive webpages – views and resources
o Self-reflection Tool - linked to Profiles

26. Connecting with AITSL
@aitsl
www. facebook.com/aitsl
www.youtube.com/aitsleduau
www.linkedin.com/company/2911909
http://www.aitsl.edu.au/school-leaders