1. Courageous
Renaissance Leadership
- Leadership for a Time
of Turbulence
Workshop 1
Stephen Murgatroyd, PhD FBPsS FRSA

2. What this workshop will help with ….
 Understanding the challenges of the “in-
between time”
 Identifying 5 big challenges faced by
schools and school systems
 Identifying the barriers to effective
leadership with respect to these
challenges
 Understanding what courageous
leadership looks like

3. The In Between Time
21st Century
Personalized
System Maturity
Learning in
Industrial In School and
Form of Between Community /
Schooling Time 4th Way
/ 3rd Way Policies
Policies
Paradigm Shift
Time and the Investment of Energy
and Effort

4. “In Between Time”
Challenges
 What should we teach? The Curriculum Challenge.
 How should we teach? Pedagogy and Learning
Challenge.
 Who should teach and support learning? The
Professionalism Challenge
 How will we assess learning ? The Assessment /
Accountability Challenge.
 Who decides which technologies (if any) we should use?
The Appropriateness Challenge.
 How do we pay for education? The public policy /
resource challenge.

5. But our response to…
 these challenges only
have meaning in the
context of the school,
teachers and learners –
it’s the only place in the
end that matters.
 these challenges shape
the nature of schools as
cultures, experiences
and performers.
 these challenges shapes
the future of our
communities

6. Framework for All Decisions
A Great School for ALL
 No student should feel  Students get the help
alone, lost or out of place they need when they
in our school need it, not just when
we chose to make it
 Each student will find a available
route through school that
maximizes their chances  Teachers are supported,
of success in their terms enabled and resourced
 Equity does not mean  Curriculum is nimble,
that everyone is treated adaptable
the same – to achieve  Instruction is
equity we need to treat differentiated and
everyone as a person enabling

7. Identify Your Schools 3
Biggest Challenges
Activity 1

8. What Do Leaders Need to Do
to Respond to these
Challenges?
Activity 2

9. What should we Stop,
Improve, Redesign and/or
Start?
Activity 3
Think: Personal, School, Teams within the School

10. Renaissance Leadership
 Practice Personal Mastery
 Apply a Glocal Mindset
 Practice Cross Boundary Learning
 Think Back from the Future
 Lead Systematic Change
 Drive Performance with a Passion

11. Key Roles and Understanding
Think
Ahead
Focused Capability
Communication Based
Management
Leadership
Lead Deliver
Across Within

12. 5 Lessons for Leadership
 No one else is coming – its your
collaborative action that counts.
 Collaboration and engagement are the
DNA of the knowledge economy.
 Authentic listening to teachers, students,
parents and the community provides the
answer.
 Its never just about the resources.
 Culture, focus and alignment will drive
your response.

13. This is a VERY good book..