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The following articles, taken from recent issues of our Optimus newsletters, will prove invaluable for anyone with a professional or personal interest in Leadership Skills. To ensure you stay up-to-date with the very latest thinking in this area, please make use of the articles below. If you can’t find what you’re looking for here, simply click on another category on the left or 'search the library'.
Developing leadership using sport in schools | Leadership SkillsImproving pupils' leadership skills can have a positive impact on many areas of school life and PESS provides a key opportunity to develop, hone and improves them, explains Jill Wyatt The key to effective leadership | Leadership SkillsWhat are the essential characteristics for a school leader? Roger Smith reflects on what leadership is and what makes it work Examining senior leadership roles | Leadership SkillsAnalysing how critical leadership roles are being performed in your school can be a worthwhile exercise, says Richard Bird, former headteacher and now legal consultant to the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) NLE programme: leadership support for struggling schools | Leadership SkillsThe NLE programme, which provides additional leadership to schools in difficulty, is now in its second year. Crispin Andrews meets an NLE headteacher and discusses the role his school is playing What is the Early Year Professional Status? | Leadership SkillsEarly Years Update looks at the opportunities available for practitioners to gain Early Years Professional Status Good leadership and management in early years setting | Leadership SkillsIn the first of new series on managing people, Early Years Update looks at the distinction between leadership and management Providing difficult feedback to staff: What to say and how to say it | Leadership SkillsDeputy headteacher David Morley examines how best to provide feedback, how to prepare for it and how to train others to do it Appointing a headteacher - advice for governors | Leadership SkillsJoan Sallis gives advice for governing bodies on appointing a headteacher School business managers: Building your professional profile | Leadership SkillsFrom taking assemblies to sharing your professional expertise, there are many ways for business managers to raise the profile of their work. Paul Ainsworth and Josephine Smith explain how to make a bigger contribution and climb the career ladder at the same time What happens when the headteacher is away? | Leadership SkillsThe headteacher is absent: every deputy head's nightmare or a chance to show your true potential? David Morley looks at what to do when a headteacher is away from school 'for a short while' or 'for the foreseeable future' Is your SLT brittle, blocked, blended or blind? | Leadership SkillsThe advantages of having a ‘blended’ senior leadership team are explained by Ray Chatwin and Maggie Turner, directors of school leadership and management training specialists SISU Professional Engaging effectively with outside agencies | Leadership SkillsHeadteacher Anne Clark looks at why it is so important for schools to establish effective links with outside agencies Leadership handover | Leadership SkillsRichard Bird, former headteacher and now legal consultant to the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) looks at the part that the old head can play in helping the new head to be successful Constructivism | Leadership SkillsEveryone seems to be a constructivist these days, but what do people mean by 'constructivism' and what are the implications for education? A new era for school leadership? | Leadership SkillsA major new report could herald a new era in the leadership of schools, paving the way for the first headteachers to be appointed from finance, not teaching backgrounds Dealing effectively with complaints | Leadership SkillsHow do you respond if a parent starts complaining about your setting or your staff? Steve Mynard advises that you start with prevention Observing classroom assistants | Leadership SkillsHow can you make judgements about the performance of your assistants when they are in the room working alongside a teacher/ practitioner? Kevin Bullock provides one solution How inclusive is your school? | Leadership SkillsVision into Practice – Ensuring Every Child Matters is a self-evaluation tool for inclusive learning. Trish Lowson, school link officer for Inclusive Learning at Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, explains Working with the media | Leadership SkillsSchools' relationships with the media are increasingly important. Brian Rossiter, headteacher of Valley School, Worksop, North Nottinghamshire describes his approach Speaking school finances: Should managers become heads? | Leadership SkillsCan - and indeed should - someone from a background other than teaching become a school leader? Join this growing debate Risk management - are you still doing it? | Leadership SkillsRecognising and minimising risk in the school environment is a vital part of a headteacher’s management role, says former head Roger Smith. The evolving role of the headteacher | Leadership SkillsDavid Dixon adds his voice to the debate about the role of the headteacher in today's schools and suggests that ‘fast-track’ and non-teaching heads may be the poorer for missing out on the daily detail of school life School excellence and Investors in People | Leadership SkillsWorking to meet the standards laid down by Investors in People (IIP) is an effective way of raising standards and improving staff morale, argues former head Roger Smith. School visits abroad: invaluable to pupils and staff | Leadership SkillsHeadteachers Anne Clarke and Annabelle Guyver analyse the benefits that trips abroad bring to participating pupils and to the staff leading them. New headship: taking on the role | Leadership SkillsBringing school and community expectations into line with national priorities and targets is just one of the many challenges facing new heads. Richard Bird, former headteacher and now legal consultant to the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), charts the road to success. Leaving the scene: but the play must go on | Leadership SkillsRichard Bird, former headteacher and now legal consultant to the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), analyses the vital role an outgoing head has to play in the succession process. Welcoming and integrating new teachers into our schools | Leadership SkillsTeacher Colin Smith, supported by fellow teacher/researchers seconded to a TLRP-funded project looking at the early professional learning (EPL) of teachers, reports on findings on what helps new teachers feel welcome in a school. The art of getting real | Leadership SkillsSusannah Temple, Giles Barrow, Julie Leoni and Trudi Newton describe how teachers can use the principles of transactional analysis (TA) to build relationships that stimulate learning. Collaborative leadership and professional development in Buckinghamshire | Leadership SkillsJudy Durrant and John Bartholomew of Canterbury Christ Church University describe developments that are leading to real and sustainable improvements in CPD and pupil’s learning. Headship and the teaching conundrum | Leadership SkillsAnne Clarke explores the role of the headteacher and asks: ‘Is the notion of a headteacher an out-of-date concept?’ Mutual benefits of partnerships | Leadership SkillsHeadteacher David Dixon muses on the nature of headship and how partnerships outside the world of education can lead to school improvement. Governors and head: make it a relationship that works | Leadership SkillsWho is responsible for what? When do you delegate — and where do responsibilities overlap? Richard Gold explains. Monitoring team effectiveness | Leadership SkillsJulie Jennings considers how you can go about monitoring the effectiveness of your Foundation Stage team. Developing your team | Leadership SkillsJulie Jennings considers how to build your Foundation Stage staff into an effective team. Leading a team | Leadership SkillsIn this first of a short series on leadership Julie Jennings, an experienced teacher and educational consultant, looks at what it takes to be a leader. Communication with parents | Leadership SkillsCarole Farrar starts a series on communicating with parents by looking at what makes effective communication. Communicating the change agenda in a cruising school | Leadership SkillsCommunicating the change agenda in a cruising school All distributed: sharing leadership to build capacity | Leadership SkillsDistributed leadership has the potential to transform schools, raising achievement and inspiring more effective practice from staff. Trevor Arrowsmith shows how. Networking to engage student voice | Leadership SkillsNetworking to engage student voice Creating an effective school | Leadership SkillsCreating an effective school How has the role of deputy head changed? | Leadership SkillsDeputy head Rob Bray considers how his responsibilities have changed over the years as the core function of deputy headship has developed from ‘management’ into ‘leadership’. Good leadership: how, where and why? | Leadership SkillsSchool leadership is being reviewed by the DfES. Former head Roger Smith looks at assumptions about what makes a good leader and ponders on where the review will lead. Making the most of your governors | Leadership SkillsHeadteacher Anne Clarke takes a close look at the roles and responsibilities of school governors and highlights the importance of creating a positive and trusting relationship with them. Headteachers – myths or post occupants? | Leadership SkillsRichard Bird, former headteacher and now legal consultant to the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), suggests that heads – and those appointing them – should consider the myths they need to match. Whole school policy review at Diss High School | Leadership SkillsA review of the attitudes of the whole school towards global citizenship resulted in changes to the School Development Plan. Working with the media to promote your school | Leadership SkillsMany communities are keen to know what is happening in local schools and the profile of your school can be raised and presented in a positive light by successful use of the media. This counters a great deal of the damage done to the public view of education by more generalised central reporting, where sensationalism is the main criterion for publishing/reporting. By Linda Trapnell Problem solving techniques | Leadership SkillsRob Sheffield examines three techniques to help your team explore problems. Developing a high-performance culture | Leadership SkillsHow can school leaders and managers create an environment in which highly effective work can take place at all levels and all times? Former deputy head John Jackson suggests an approach. Managing conflict with parents | Leadership SkillsFormer headteacher Edward Gildea explores the ways in which disagreements with parents can be resolved and used to improve the school’s partnership with them. Forming professional friendships | Leadership SkillsPeter Kent, headteacher of Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby, and his deputy Annabel Kay, describe how a new model of ‘professional friendship’ has reaped dividends at their school. Turning around poorly performing schools | Leadership SkillsIn July 2005, there were 1,557 poorly performing schools in England, according to the National Audit Office’s recent report, Improving Poorly Performing Schools in England. Around 23% of secondary schools were in the ‘poorly performing’ category. Transforming the culture of Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College | Leadership SkillsMichael Wilson, Lecturer in Education Management, and Jon Prosser at School of Education, University of Leeds. Most Related:
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