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Leaders' Learning - Excellence in Schools: Inclusion as a Key Driver

Explore the importance of inclusion and collaboration in promoting excellence in schools. Discover frameworks and strategies to distribute leadership and enhance teaching and learning. Join us at MIC Thurles to collaborate and pursue excellence in education.

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Leaders' Learning - Excellence in Schools: Inclusion as a Key Driver

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  1. Leaders’ Learning –Excellence in our Schools Inclusion as a key driver of excellence finn.omurchu@mic.ul.ie Finn Ó Murchú, MIC Thurles 0861414633

  2. Undergraduate Honours Degree Programmes for Post-primary teaching

  3. 4 year B.A. in Education • 90 students 2017 (points 2017) • BA in Education, Business Studies and Accounting (356 pts) • BA in Education, Business Studies and Religious Studies (319 pts) • BA in Education, Gaeilge and Business Studies (377 pts) • BA in Education, Gaeilge and Religious Studies (382 pts) • SCHOOL PLACEMENT 25% OF PROGRAMME

  4. Leaders of learning are professionals and need information about practice that they can use to make decisions; they do not need to be told what to do. – (adapted from Thomas Good 2017)

  5. Brief presentation • Inclusion of who and why bother? • Excellence and/or Improvement? • Leaders’ learning what and where and how? • Inclusion is not enough, nor is Collaboration, on it’s own • Frameworks (JCT/LAOS/DROICHEAD) – batteries not included i.e. Pedagogy • Distributing or disturbing leadership? • DES policy is school-informed and just to inform schools • Possible reciprocal engagements between MIC Thurles and you!

  6. 1. Inclusion • Students at risk of not learning/reaching potential • Teachers at risk of not teaching/reaching potential -ITE-NQTs-Part time / Transitory staff-Returning staff-Disengaged staff… DIVERSITY IN THE STAFF ROOM AS WELL AS CLASSROOM INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS LINKED TO INCLUSIVE STAFFROOMS

  7. Inclusion - Collaboration • Sense of belonging, of efficacy, of control • Job satisfaction • Impact on learning* • Efficiency of effort • Moral support • (Re) Energise • Ancora Imparo • Fun

  8. Teaching and Learning Survey (OECD, TALIS 2013) The survey illustrates the importance of collaboration between teachers, to the extent that those who participated in collaborative professional learning activities …. reported being significantly more confident in their own abilities. …also increases both their reported levels of self-efficacy and their job satisfaction.

  9. TALIS 2013 OECD

  10. 2.Pursuit of excellence… • David Pink’s use of ASYMTOTE CURVE …Continuum of Improvement

  11. 3.Leaders’ learning? What’s the difference between your setting and that of a youthclub? Jim Spillane ‘Leading the school house; Leading the work of the school house’ – Distributed Leadership

  12. 3.Leaders’ learning? What’s the difference between your setting and that of a youthclub? PEDAGOGY Understanding how teaching, learning and assessment advance the life chances of each individual as set against curricular developments and understanding change processes.

  13. Least complex to most complex

  14. HOW DO I STAY IN TOUCH AS A SCHOOL LEADER CORCAIGH 2014

  15. 4. DES policies on Inclusion and Collaboration • LAOS 2016 – 34 references to Collaboration • Middle Leadership Circular 0003/2018 - Distributed leadership is collaboration • New model of Provision 0014/2017 - Suggests that you start with Team Teaching

  16. Examples of collaboration • OUTSIDE Classroom INSIDE Classroom

  17. Examples of professional collaboration as Distributed Leadership? • OUTSIDE Classroom -Matches/Tours -Problem solving/Planning -Subject Dept. Meetings -SLARs/Common assessments -Learning School Project -Instructional Leadership • INSIDE Classroom -Team teaching -Theme teaching -Classroom visits/Peer observation -Walk throughs -Student teachers/NQTs -Project completion -Use of video recording LOOKING AT STUDENTS WORK - LESSON STUDY -

  18. Distributing the leadership… Belling the cat • Easier said than done!!!! BUT • Senior management staying in touch with teaching and learning (ITE/T-T) • Middle leadership and other leadership roles with a classroom focus (Classroom collaboration) • 1 in 3 (34.5%) teachers will be in promoted positions in our schools. (DES 2018) • 1 in 5 (20%) appointed to support inclusion (NCSE 2018)

  19. Distributing the leadership… Belling the cat • Understand change as well as what is to be changed/improved • DES invitation - Trust • Start small – think big • Professionalism is to experiment • Share small wins, surprises, losses • Use student outcomes and voice as leverage • Honour ‘the work of the schoolhouse’

  20. Reciprocal Altruism • Cooperating teacher supports • Team teaching and new resource model • Staff sit in on placement tutor visits • Postgrad developments at Masters • ETBI/MIC sponsored group PhDs • Supporting school/ETB based projects • Open access to our facilities • Summer school on Distributed Leadership MIC THURLES AND YOUR SCHOOL

  21. Leaders of learning are professionals and need information about practice that they can use to make decisions; they do not need to be told what to do. – (adapted from Thomas Good 2017)

  22. Go raibhmaithagaibh. MAYBE WE CAN DO SOME WORK TOGETHER…in the pursuit of excellence? Finn Ó Murchú 0861414633 Finn.omurchu@mic.ul.ie Do come and visit us… Thurles

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