Quality Through Leadership

NPQSL Level 2 Leadership Curriculum Module 1 Day 2 : Closing the Gap Wednesday 8th May 2013 Shane Morton and Shelley Kinteh

Domestics Protocols – reminder

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Phones off

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Be on time

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Keep it confidential and ‘in the room’

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Be supportive and a critical friend

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Be willing Icebreaker – think, feel, say, do

Think, Feel, Say, Do

Icebreaker – think, feel, say, do Where will your school be in three years time?

Organisation / Leadership?

Curriculum / Teaching and Learning?

Children?

Standards?

Using Post-It notes place at least one comment in each quadrant.

Aims

An overview of the:

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Speed dating – School Improvement Task

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Self Awareness – Fake 360

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Coaching – Data Analysis Tool

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Market Place – Framework for Action resource

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Reflection - Action Planning

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Generate ideas – Key School Improvement Drivers

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Reflection - School Sponsors

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Draft - Final Assessment Task One

Intersessional Task Reminder

• Identify your gap from ‘data’ – what did it say?

• Think about how to close this gap – what challenges does it present you with?

• Engage in an online discussion – what strategies are you considering to tackle this gap so that there is a quantitative impact on pupil outcomes?

(360 feedback later)

Speed Dating

School Improvement Task ‘Headlines so far’ Focus on Navigation, Management, Partnership In your colour groups meet a speed dating partner and share your progress with the intersession task. 2.5 minutes each. We will swop at least three times.

GROUP REFLECTION

Role Play

Fake 360 scenarios.

Feedback from your ‘coach’ and responses required from you. How will the feedback affect your challenge?

Focus on Self awareness / Personal drive Is anyone brave enough to share their real feedback?

Break into coaching

Think about a coaching session: Coach a ‘novice’ to identify gaps using Data Analysis Tool.

Competency: Information seeking How do you systematically gather information, understand issues, dig deeper develop your understanding and a wider perspective?

Coach in pairs for ten minutes.

Group feedback.

Framework Video

Denis Mongon Video

Market Place

Learning Conversation Resource ‘Framework for Action D. Mongon and C.Chapman’ In fours: read & represent a section visually (N,M, P) Sell: your part of the ‘framework for action’ to the other participants Bring the shopping home: Report on Navigation, Management or Partnership

Private time

Reflection time to write / adjust: Closing The Gap action plan. (Must be included in Task One Assessment) Focus on: Information seeking Analytical thinking Holding others to account

Over lunch: Review WSV

Key Drivers for School Improvement Middle Leader development Using data to raise standards Standard Operating Proceedures Pupil Voice

Talking Walls

Narrowing the Gap CASE STUDIES Reducing Within School Variation Key Drivers for School Improvement ‘Why, What and How’ Blue Sky Questions on each wall mounted flip chart page

Action Learning

Closing the gap challenges and school sponsors; matters arising Confidential, safe environment, trust essential In two groups explain your matters arising for discussion and decide which to work on together in further detail.

Work your way around each person.

Shane and Shelley to be time keepers.

Break

6 Key Elements

A3 copy provided of 6 Key Elements Page 7 Final Assessment Guidance for tick boxing / cross referencing

Draft Assessment

A3 copy provided of Final Assessment Task One for drafting bullet points Signing off on Module One completion.

This will trigger an email from the National College to evaluate.

Evaluation

In what ways have your views of Senior leadership altered?

What have you gained from Module One?

What went well Even better if

NPQSL: Additional Slides

NPQSL: Overview

March 2013 – April 2014 2 essential and 2 elective modules 2 F2F days per module (8 days) 50 hours ‘blended’ learning per module (200 hours) Includes F2F, 360 diagnostic, facilitated discussions online, workplace leadership challenge & self directed study online going through the module links.

Level 2:Foci

NPQSL – Level 2 Modular Curriculum Leading beyond a team within an organisation.

Educational Excellence Operational Management Strategic Leadership

Essential and Elective Modules

Essential Modules (both) dates decided

Closing the gap Succeeding in senior leadership

Elective Modules (2 only) dates to be arranged when selected

Improving the quality of teaching Research and development in teaching Effective whole-school management School self-evaluation Leading professional development Leading change for improvement Leading in a diverse system Effective partnership working

Assessment: Registering

Task one: Closing the gap Task two: Leading a school improvement priority In writing present your; selected priority, sources of information, critical analysis, plans and school evidence, knowledge of learning theories and self awareness. Your effectiveness in leadership will be verified by a Sponsor and Head Teacher.

Final Assessment: Sponsor

You will need a Sponsor (Senior Leader) who will verify your work and the evidence provided in your final assessment submission.

They complete your written submission to help to confirm your effectiveness as a senior leader. Your Head Teacher will need to agree to the sponsor and also verify evidence.

NPQSL Competencies: 19

Your effectiveness will be assessed against competencies that define characteristics needed to be successful school leaders.

These include some specific technical knowledge, skills, motives and abilities which are expressed in actions or behaviours.

Your Sponsor will give examples of meeting these competencies.

Strategic Leadership

Self awareness and self management Personal drive and accountability Resilience and emotional maturity Conceptual thinking Future focus Impact and Influence

19 Competencies

Educational Excellence

Delivering continuous improvement Modelling excellence in teaching Learning focus

Operational Management

Efficient and Effective Analytical thinking Relationship management Partnership and collaboration Organisational and community understanding Holding others to account Developing others

Competencies

Educational excellence Strategic Leadership Learning focus

(Task 1: Document 3 download forms &4)

Self-awareness

(Task 1: Document 5 using framework 9As) Modelling excellence in leadership of teaching and learning Delivering continuous improvement Impact and influence Personal Drive

Operational Management Information seeking

(Task 1: Document 1)

Analytical thinking

(Task 1: Document 2) Holding others to account

360: Self awareness

You will send the NCSL 360 diagnostic to your colleagues who will rate you. You will also rate yourself by the same measures.

This will lead to some self diagnoses of your skills, attributes, areas of strength and those for development. It may influence your school improvement project.

Access to: 360 online

Accessing the 360 Home My College My Programmes Bottom left

NCSL: Online Community

Respond to the email invitation to become a member of the NCSL to see the Licensee Community and the NPQSL module materials.

Update your membership personal profile if you are already a member of the NCSL.

Iain Barnes: Lead Online Facilitator [email protected]