Dave Harris

@bravehead

WHO AM I?? Formed a 3-18 school by amalgamating a secondary, junior &

infants in record time Formed an innovative academy with a university Author of “Are You Dropping the baton?” Author of “Brave Heads” Author of “Leadership Dialogues” with Prof. John West Burnham Writing “Dialogues around vulnerability and equity” with Prof

John West-Burnham Working on leadership with heart around the World Working around the world supporting education across the ages Business Director for Independent Thinking Organise educational tours of the UK Believe that work without passion is pointless

ARE YOU HUMAN TOO??

HOW DO YOU SEE YOUR ROLE?

We do not see the world as it is, we see the world the way we think it is Aristotle.

ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES OPERATING LARGELY AS IT DID MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO WOULD BE THE LOCAL SCHOOL

Numella & Caine

THE WORLD OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO LIVE IN IS CHANGING FOUR TIMES FASTER THAN OUR SCHOOLS

Dr. Willard Daggett

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT TECHNOLOGY?

KIDS ARE DIGITAL NATIVES

How must

this

change

education?

Vs

or

What is education for?

EDUCATIONS SHOULD NOT BE JUDGED BY A NARROW SET OF RESULTS!

PISA RANKINGS

1. Singapore

2. Hong Kong

3. South Korea

Do we really want to be like

them?

One of the countries of the world with the worst results in the Index of Happiness (90º)

Highest number of teenage suicides in the world

One of the countries of the world with the worst results in the Index of Happiness (100º)

THE SIGMOID CURVE

WHERE ARE YOU ON THE SIGMOID CURVE

TAKING CONTROL OF THE JOURNEY

A UČINKOVITO VODENJEB STRATEŠKO RAZMIŠLJANJEC VODENJE UVAJANJA INOVACIJ IN SPREMEMBD VODENJE POUČEVANJA IN UČENJAE VODENJE IN UPRAVLJANJE VIROVF VODENJE LJUDIG SODELOVANJEH SODELOVANJE Z UČENCI, STARŠI IN LOKALNO SKUPNOSTJO

WHY IS DIALOGUE

IMPORTANT?

DIALOGUE:

• Enhances relationships• Builds trust• Secures effective communication• Facilitates learning• Engages motivation• Models effective leadership

SO WHAT DOES RESEARCH TELL US?

Biggest single effect is internal variation in teaching

90th %

37th %

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR NORMAL WEEK?People

Systems

LeadershipManagement

LEADING PEOPLE

1. SHARED VALUES“Authentic leaders anchor their practice in ideas, values and commitments” - Sergiovanni

(See Finland for agreement around key values)

MORAL LEADERSHIP“Education is effectively a moral activity. Morality is a crucial factor in educating the next generation, so schools, given the nature of their professional and social responsibilities need to be moral communities.”

TOPIC A2

Leadership Dialogues

TOPIC A2

Leadership

2. TRUST“trust remains a powerful and strong predictor of student achievement even after the effects of student background, prior achievement, race and Gender have been taken into account” Day et al

What happens when people make mistakes at your school?

3. PROFESSIONAL LEARNINGEffect size comparison: (by Robinson)

0.84 - promoting & participating in teacher learning & development0.42 - Establishing goals and expectations0.42 - Planning, coordinating and evaluating the curriculum0.31 - strategic resourcing0.27 - Ensuring an orderly and supportive environment

“The leader participates in the learning as a leader, learner or both… both informal and formal” JWB

4. MOVE FROM FIND AND FIX TO PREDICT & PREVENT

“The best way to close the gap is to prevent children failing and that means actively challenging poor and inappropriate performance and that in turn means identifying and embedding appropriate performance…. It is not just what we do, it’s the way that things are done!” JWB

RECAP:WHAT THE RESEARCH IS TELLING US

1. Shared Values2. Trust3. Professional Learning4. Move from find and fix to Predict & Prevent

Is this what is happening in your schools?

TOPIC G5

Educating across the ages

Leadership Dialogues

Does the brain require a change at 11?

IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF GROWING WISER AS YOU GROW OLDER. THIS IS A THOROUGHLY

MISGUIDED CONCEPT.

There are, after all, some very stupid old people.

Up, up and away!!

JSLA

Margaret Wheatley

“Leadership in the 21st century”

“Self similarity is achieved not through compliance to an exhaustive set of standards and rules, but from a few simple principles that everyone is accountable for, operating in a condition of individual freedom”.

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@bravehead

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