Education leadership has been subject to a period of turmoil with rapid social change, political demands for excellence, economic pressures for austerity and the influence of technology impacting on leadership roles in multiple ways. This book draws on real examples of practice to identify the key challenges facing educational leadership and how these might be overcome drawing on recent research and interventions that have impacted positively on learner outcomes and teacher retention.
Covering all aspects of leadership including school improvement, vision and values, working with partners and leading change, the book launches the concept of atomic leadership, advocating small steps to change for maximum momentum and large-scale impact. It reveals how leaders can cooperate to trial new ways of learning and disseminate their successes and failures with a new honesty and openness about what works in our schools.
With reflective tasks in every chapter, this text will inspire debate and inform discussion at staff meetings and is essential reading for all school leaders as well as those undertaking master-level courses in educational leadership and or pursuing the National Professional Qualifications in leadership.
Author(s): Liz Browne
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2020
Cover
Half Title
Endorsement Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
List of case studies
List of tasks
About the author
Introduction: Aims and purpose
Part I Leadership as influence
Chapter 1 What is educational leadership?
Setting the context
Defining terminology
Categorising educational theories and models
References
Chapter 2 What leaders think
Issue 1: Maintaining quality
What does the theory say in relation to quality issues?
Issue 2: Motivating and maintaining high-quality staff
Issue 3: Leading learning
What support is available from a review of the theory?
Issue 4: Work/life balance (WLB)
What does the theory tell us about work/life balance?
What does this mean for leaders?
Conclusion
References
Chapter 3 The place of vision, mission and culture in a changing world
First, some history
Comparing the Chinese and British perspectives
How did the school arrive at this mission statement?
Visionary leadership
What is a visionary leadership style?
Mission and vision: Are they different?
Culture
Reform
References
Part II Leadership with purpose
Chapter 4 Leading a self-improving educational system
What is systems leadership?
Context
The approach
Leading with data
What is systems thinking?
International perspective
Linking systems leadership to traditional leadership theory
So, what is distributed leadership?
References
Chapter 5 Emerging school associations: The English story
How many schools are there in the UK?
What does the changing landscape mean for those interested in a leadership position?
Background information
Freedoms offered to academies
Economic and organisational benefits of MATs
Federations
References
Chapter 6 Achieving teaching and curriculum excellence
The Oxford project
The intervention
Managing change
Leading change through models of collaboration
References
Part III Leadership in context
Chapter 7 Influencing student learning
Learner centred leadership in context
How do we measure challenging circumstances?
References
Chapter 8 Knowledge mobilisation and followership
The focus on excellence
Knowledge leadership
Knowledge sharing: The London Challenge
Knowledge sharing: Ending pupil referrals – Sport and Thought
Knowledge sharing: Working in partnership
Knowledge mobilisation: Another sporting example
Knowledge mobilisation: Research into the use of pupil premium
Knowledge mobilisation: Learning from the private sector
Knowledge mobilisation: Maths hubs
Knowledge mobilisation: Support for the sixth form student
Knowledge mobilisation: The use of meetings, an international view
Knowledge mobilisation: Creativity
Knowledge sharing: Assessment methods
Knowledge mobilisation: Assessment models
References
Chapter 9 Working with diversity
Is leadership a gendered act?
Situational leadership theory
Goleman’s model of situational leadership
Focusing on ethnicity
Embracing difference in the curriculum
Rights-respecting schools
References
Chapter 10 Leading continuing professional development
The English qualification system
The Importance of CPD
International approaches
Leaders taking responsibility for CPD
Leadership theory
References
Part IV Leadership with responsibility
Chapter 11 Global challenges, school attendance, teacher and leader supply
Sustainable Development Goals
Teacher supply issues
Addressing the problem
How can leaders keep good teachers?
The implications of poor teacher retention for practice
References
Chapter 12 Leveraging technology
Keeping abreast of change
Are school leaders ready to embrace change?
The student voice on technology
What does this mean for leadership?
Online schools for children with learning difficulties
Leadership approach
References
Chapter 13 Managing resources and risk
An international perspective
The right to education worldwide
A call for political leadership
Modalities and instrumentalities for effective political leadership
India’s solution to financing education
The potential of impact bonds
More local finance arrangements
Does the impact bond model have potential?
The leadership of financial matters in the UK context
Leader traits
References
Chapter 14 The final word
The core messages to take from this text
References
Index
