A framework for collaborative relationships

1. A framework for collaborative relationships Vivienne Porritt v.porritt@ioe.ac.uk Executive Director Sue Hellman s.hellman@ioe.ac.uk Director of Consultancy and Knowledge Transfer London Centre for Leadership in Learning www.ioe.ac.uk

2. The wider context London schools Haringey schools Strategic partnerships: Institute of Education White Paper

3. The wider context of the White Paper Partnerships School improvement Curriculum and assessment

4. School Improvement From Centralised approaches to improving schools Requirement for every school to have a SIP Requirement for schools to complete centrally designed SEF Centralised target setting School Improvement support from LA To Schools having responsibility for improvement Self-improving system Expansion of National Leaders and Local leaders of Education Rigorous School Self evaluation Schools set own targets Publication of Families of school data Schools below floor target – conversion to Academy Access to best practice, high quality materials and improvement services of choice Teaching school Development of AST role

5. Curriculum and Assessment From Prescriptive National curriculum Centralised planning templates One in Five 11 years olds leaving primary school struggling to read Prescriptive use of APP materials Excessive test preparation for Key Stage 2 SATs To Review of NC and EYFS curriculum Benchmark: Essential knowledge and concepts Teachers decide HOW to teach No requirement from Government or Ofsted for written lesson plans Teaching of systematic synthetic phonics Reading checks at age Six Increase specialist maths teachers in primary schools Teachers to decide how to assess levels pupils’ are working at and what they should be learning next Review of KS2 tests: Retain Accountability Information for parents on pupil progress

6. White paper and Partnerships What are the implications for your school and how you work? Is it business as usual or do things need to change in how you work within your own school and with other? What are the opportunities for you in building on your existing partnerships in Haringey and further afield? What is possible?

7. Leading learning How do school leaders successfully lead learning? (Peter Matthews, IOE, for NCSL, 2009) Robinson (2007) identified the five dimensions of leadership that make the biggest difference to students: Planning, coordinating and evaluating teaching and curriculum = ? effect Establishing goals and expectations = ? effect Promoting and participating in teacher learning and development = ? effect Strategic resourcing = ? effect Ensuring orderly, supportive environment = ? effect All colleagues

8. Leading learning How do school leaders successfully lead learning? (NCSL, 2009) Robinson (2007) identified five dimensions of leadership that make the biggest difference to students: Promoting and participating in teacher learning and development = large effect (0.84) Planning, coordinating and evaluating teaching and curriculum = moderately large (0.42) Establishing goals and expectations = mod large (0.42) Strategic resourcing = small (0.31) Ensuring orderly, supportive environment = small (0.27) All colleagues

9. Professional learning and development: the current picture Initial teacher education Career-long professional learning and development What aspects would you like to retain?

10. Professional learning and development: two key influences on future relationships Government policy What works best for London? • Indications in the White Paper AND much that is not fixed Unique issues of supply, scale and the range/diversity of schools

11. Possible frameworks for relationships with schools Develop existing relationships and models further Develop locally-based school clusters collaborating over ITE/CPD/leadership development Work through hub or ‘base’ schools across the capital Consider governance-based approaches

12. Next Steps To set up further discussions with us, please contact Alison Kitson: ITE – a.kitson@ioe.ac.uk Vivienne Porritt: Professional and leadership development – v.porritt@ioe.ac.uk For further information, copies of slides etc http://ioefcr.weebly.com Thank you

13. A framework for collaborative relationships Vivienne Porritt v.porritt@ioe.ac.uk Executive Director Sue Hellman s.hellman@ioe.ac.uk Director of Consultancy and Knowledge Transfer London Centre for Leadership in Learning www.ioe.ac.uk