7. Impact of Leadership on Learning (Leithwood et al, 2007) Leadership is second only to teaching and learning in its impact on student learning. Page 6
48. How is Leadership Distributed? Kanes Hill Primary School- Southampton Distributed Leadership by Design ‘Distributed leadership is not just a nice thing to do it’s an absolute necessary thing to do’
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70. Professional Learning Communities within, between and across Schools (SEF, 2008) High performing schools help teachers improve instruction by learning from each other. (McKinsey 2010)
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79. Features of a PLC (Harris and Jones, 2009) Distributed Leadership Focus on Learner Needs Attention to Instructional Core Enquiry driven- outcomes lead to change in practice
85. Task Where would you place your school on the PLC continuum? What needs to happen in your school for teachers to work together more effectively? What are the challenges to this way of working and how may these be overcome?
Focus on outcomes for c&yp not institutional success Tri=level reform: Collective responsibility for improved outcomes System based on collaboration not competition System leadership, PLCs: Providing leadership beyond institutional boundaries Learning together as principal mechanism for development Improvement and accountability: Intelligent use of data to track progress at variety of levels Culture of transparent sharing of strengths, weaknesses in support of high performance Accountability focused on improvement
It could be as simple as one member of the group doing some reading and telling the rest of the group about it. It could be as complicated as the whole group setting up a cross-phase research project
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