Leadership in the 21 st Century Geoff Barton Head, King Edward VI School, Suffolk Download this presentation at Today: Talk about leadership Health check Debunk some myths Tame some big beasts Do something Provocations: Vision is overstated Strategy is overstated Much futures thinking is hot air Britain isnt Sweden Learning styles may be a cul-de-sac Theres no cavalry UsThem Our schools The Anxiety of Influence Heroes & Villains Inside education Outside education Me Lawrie Lowton Steve Jobs What can we learn from Gordon Brown? School Improvement Health Check History boys pic Social engineering via grammars and comprehensives: sink or swim mentality prevails Postcode determines your life chances 50s, 60s, 70s National prescription, self-evaluation, LMS, specialisation, some autonomy Postcode determines your life chances 80s, 90s National strategies, school improvement, heavy accountability, investment, ECM, leadership, academies Postcode determines your life chances ? Schools are becoming immune to school improvement Beacon SchoolsTraining SchoolsCoasting Schools London ChallengeNational challengeNational strategies Leading EdgeConsultantsSchool improvement partners Super HeadsConsultant HeadsExecutive Heads Gaining GroundLeading Light SchoolsTrust Schools So now, its over to us TAMING THE BIG BEASTS Implications Our students Our staff Ourselves Our future leaders TheoryPractice TAMING THE BIG BEASTS Michael Barber Identify what works and implement Targets to monitor progress Consistency Best-performing systems: Teacher training = craft Teacher recruitment = tough Teacher CPD = collaborative Teachers focus on pedagogy SEN is SEN, but not as we know it ? Dylan Wiliam Architect of real AfL No hands up Better questions No marks Questions VAK, etc Teacher learning communities ? John West-Burnham Leadership a moral activity Schools account for 20% of a childs life-chances (versus personal and social influences) Focus on learning, not teaching The purpose of a caterpillar is not to be a better caterpillar Need to move from schooling to education = transformation ? Leadership in the 21 st Century Geoff Barton Head, King Edward VI School, Suffolk Download this presentation at