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Developing our Future Leaders. Geoff Barton Headteacher, King Edward VI School, Suffolk. NCSL Annual Leadership Conference June 17 2010. Download @ www.geoffbarton.co.uk (Presentation 75). Building Early Leadership. The Way We Were. Building Early Leadership. The Way We Are.
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Developing our Future Leaders Geoff Barton Headteacher, King Edward VI School, Suffolk NCSL Annual Leadership Conference June 17 2010 Download @ www.geoffbarton.co.uk (Presentation 75)
Building Early Leadership The Way We Were
Building Early Leadership The Way We Are
Building Early Leadership MATHS TEST • What’s the answer? • What’s the significance? • (No calculators)
Building Early Leadership Question 1: 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1 = ? (Clue = 25) Answer = 25
Building Early Leadership Question 2: 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1 = ? (Clue = 20) Answer = 20
Building Early Leadership Michael Fullan’s summary of too many teachers’ careers 25: Average trajectory NQT to headteacher (secondary) 20:
Building Early Leadership Teacher Development …
Building Early Leadership Garforth Comprehensive School
Building Early Leadership Lawrie Lowton Headteacher
Building Early Leadership John Baumber Deputy Headteacher
Building Early Leadership Middle Management Course Step 1: Create a leadership culture
Building Early Leadership Culture of leadership Our leadership development course Possible futures
Building Early Leadership Leadership Culture
Building Early Leadership Nowadays all the children behave like adults and all the adults behave like children (Terry Waite) The need for leadership
Building Early Leadership If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right. (Henry Ford)
Building Early Leadership "I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot . . . and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." (Michael Jordan)
Building Early Leadership “It is far easier to learn to teach, and to learn to teach better, in some schools than in others” Rosenholtz
Building Early Leadership Our Leadership Development Course
Building Early Leadership Logistics: • First 2-6 years of career • 8 after-school sessions; 1-day visit; 1-day conference with JWB • Apply in writing • Big picture & nitty-gritty
Building Early Leadership Distinctive bits: • Demystify leadership • Leadership task & visit • Moral dilemmas • No writing • Think-tank: “faking it” & micro-skills • Leadership team secondment • Placements in other schools
Building Early Leadership Impact: • Young team: judgement matters more than experience • Project management approach to leadership • 65% have gained promotion
Building Early Leadership Possibilities …
Building Early Leadership There is no cavalry
Building Early Leadership We’re the cavalry
Building Early Leadership Take the Richard Fawcett Challenge
Building Early Leadership Create 6 future heads
Developing our Future Leaders Geoff Barton Headteacher, King Edward VI School, Suffolk NCSL Annual Leadership Conference June 17 2010 Download @ www.geoffbarton.co.uk (Presentation 75)