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Middle School Leaders National Conference 10 th October 2006

Leadership in the future opportunities and challenges. Middle School Leaders National Conference 10 th October 2006. Sian Carr Operational Director Stakeholders and Networks National College for School Leadership. Future Leadership Roles. From Victorian – 21 Century.

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Middle School Leaders National Conference 10 th October 2006

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  1. Leadership in the future opportunities and challenges Middle School LeadersNational Conference10th October 2006 Sian Carr Operational Director Stakeholders and Networks National College for School Leadership

  2. Future Leadership Roles From Victorian – 21 Century

  3. Why change?Some personal reflections • Changes in society • Changes in schools • Changes in leadership and management • A relentless focus on improving outcomes for young people

  4. Why bother? • ECM agenda – integrated services, community leadership • Structural collaboration – networks, federations, trusts • BSF and specialist schools • Workforce remodelling • Curriculum for the 21st century • The demographics – opportunity or challenge?

  5. 2006 2016 Many headteachers are nearing retirement age and the challenge will be most acute in 2009-2011 Age profile of teachers: maintained mainstream schools 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 Source: DfES Analytical Services Teacher Flows Presentation 2002

  6. 22 The recruiting environment is already tightening, as shown in rising re-advertisement rates Re-advertisements % Roman Catholic Inner London Primary • Secondary Howson “State of the labour market” 2006

  7. At current rates, only a small portion of middle leaders will become headteachers PRELIMINARY:CURRENTLY UNDER DISCUSSION 100 Middle Leaders 10 Head Teachers Convert Graduate 43% of NPQH graduates are head teachers within 5 years Ambition 84% of candidates graduate 28% of middle leaders plan to take NPQH Source: MORI “State of School Leadership” Survey Results (RR633) 2005; NCSL research (not in public domain)

  8. “Headteachers are the change makers of modern society”Tony Blair NAHT Conference 2004 91% enjoy the role 90% feel respected 91% confident in the role But perceptions are different: 51% stress 53% less contact with pupils 38% inspection and admin

  9. Describe your present leadership structures and how you plan to develop them over the next five years. Challenge and interrogate these

  10. If we are to develop a world class educational system we need to ensure that we maximise the use of our best school leaders to influence the whole system System Leadership

  11. Do you see widespread use of school leaders offering leadership support to other schools at the same time as their own as a major benefit to the system? • Yes • No • Don’t know 83.3% 15.4% 1.3% Seizing Success Annual Leadership Conference 2006

  12. Schools are changing • Federations, Trusts etc • Executive Heads, SIPS, NLEs, Consultant heads • Increased school leadership teams • Children’s centres and full service schools • Aspirations for extended schools

  13. Community • Defining community need and establishing the school at the heart of the community Inter-school Collaboration • Purposeful collaboration and networking with schools Multi-agency Partnership • Collaboration with cross sector agencies – the children’s professional Sustainability • Ensuring sustainability through entrepreneurship, local political acumen, capacity building, governance, accountability and the demonstration of impact. Key challenges as identified by schools:

  14. Local leadership and leadership development are essential if we are to meet the challenges and seize the opportunities that the next five years offer.

  15. What are the challenges and what do we know about effective local leadership? • That schools need to develop their own leadership capacity • That the future requires a wider leadership workforce • That collaboration works and has benefits but it requires resourcing

  16. That the best solutions are created locally That leadership needs to be dispersed and grown That there needs to be a common language, coherent local structures and a relentless focus on the child That working together does raise standards

  17. Discuss the local opportunities and catalysts for change If you were the Director for Children’s Services for Xshire – what might you do to raise standards for all children? What are the barriers to effective collaborative leadership and local leadership development and how might you overcome these?

  18. www.ncsl.org.uk sian.carr@ncsl.org.uk

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