Middle Leadership Development Programme

1. Middle Leadership Development Programme Stage 3 Thursday 25th April 2pm - 5pm Facilitator Emma Winter

2. Learning Journey

3. Video http://plpsh.ncsl.org.uk/sumtotal75/data/20110331_103231_2624/content/191.html • Key Features of an effective action plan

4. Action Plan 3 I’s • Issue • Intervention • Impact 4 D’s • Discovery • Dreaming • Design • Delivery

5. Keywords • Put in order of importance and discuss why in pairs

6. Action Plan Who is the action plan for and why? You, your department, your school, learning coach, facilitators, line manager, Head teacher

7. Good Examples • What makes these good examples?

8. Good Example

9. Good Example

10. Action Research Toolkit Leading Research from the Middle • Page 6 – 8 • Read and tick if you have completed!

11. Action Plan • Does your action plan reflect leadership behaviours and strategies that will be used to lead your challenge and close the gap you have identified? • Will the action plan enable you to reflect on the learning and changes that have taken place? • Does the action plan guide you and others and remind you of the kinds of evidence of impact you will need to collect? – Clear Objectives

12. Action Plan Task 1: Explain your Action Plan / Leadership Challenge Task 2 - Questions: • Is the gap clearly identified? • Is the scale of the challenge suitable? • What kind of evidence will you need to collect to show impact and improvement? • Can you really make a significant difference here - how will I do it? • What evidence can I collect that will show how I have developed as a middle leader? • What barriers might you face? • What opportunities do you have? • Have these questions been answered by your action plan?

13. Action Plan • After reading and discussing the action plan? • Can you see any barriers?

14. Action Plan Monitoring and Evaluation • RAG = Red, Amber, Green • Tick • On-going working document

15. Action Plan • Recognition • How can you promote your action plan

16. Good Example • Tamara Nicholoson

17. Action Plan • Why should you promote your action plan?

18. Leadership Think in particular about leadership and how this can be represented in your action plan • Out of your comfort zone • What can you add to improve • What strategies could you use? • Coaching and mentoring • Facilitating • Lead by example • Creating roles and ownership • Reflection and challenge • Action Learning

19. Using Data to measure impact • How do Ofsted evaluate leadership and management? http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/how-ofsted-will-reach-judgement-leadership-and-management Ofsted – Outstanding Criteria for Leadership and Management

20. Using Data to measure impact Innovation Motivating Monitoring and Evaluation

21. Video http://plpsh.ncsl.org.uk/sumtotal75/data/20110331_103231_2624/content/193.html • Closing the Gap

22. Video http://plpsh.ncsl.org.uk/sumtotal75/data/20110331_103231_2624/content/195.html • Evidence of Impact

23. Scenarios • Work in groups • Bullet point what you would do

24. Learning Coach • Key role of the Learning Coach: • 3 Months • Leadership Challenge • Support • Regular Meetings • Meetings with other staff • Data • Monitoring progress • Are they leading other staff • Evidence trail • Strategies • Advice • Coaching /Guide

25. Next Steps Final improved Action Plans Friday 10th May ewinter@theaxholmeacademy.com Fill in Learning Journal Good luck in completing the Leadership Challenge using your action plan!

26. Next Session Wednesday 3rd July 2pm - 5pm Middle Leaders Stage 3 The Leadership Challenge