Transcript 11 -1 MOORMAN Case study status ISL2 2007

Innovative practices strand: Case studies of
innovative practices
Question A: New models of school organisation
and management that distribute leadership roles
and responsibilities in innovative ways
Question B: Promising programmes and practices
to prepare and develop school leaders
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Innovative Distribution of Leadership Roles and
Responsibilities
UK October 30-November 2, 2006
--Department for Education and Skills
--Outwood Grange College, Wakefield, W. Yorkshire
--Federation of Chalvedon School & Sixth Form College and
Barstable School, Basildon, Essex
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Finland January 16-19, 2007
--Ministry of Education and National Agency for Education,
Helsinki
-- Tampere City School System and school
--Jarvenpaa municipality and General Upper Secondary School
Belgium, April 2007
--To Be Determined
Initial findings
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United Kingdom
-- Clear, powerful national vision and coherent,
aligned national policy system,
-- Head teachers: Transformational, strategic,
adaptive
-- High performance schools
-- Distributed leadership
-- System leadership
-- Policy implications
Initial Findings (cont’d.)
Finland
 Finnish approach to leadership: embodies the systemic and
distributed approach.
 Features of the systemic approach:
 -steering by curriculum
 -governance structure reform processes
 Trust in teaching profession: high quality and well
respected (collective teacher efficacy)
 -Drive for special needs education
 -Municipality, subsidiarity and community: Investment in
public education and public life
 -General and political consensus on investment in education
 -Assessment based only on self evaluation, resistance to
heavy inspection
-Culture of lifelong learning
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Next Steps
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Complete Question A case studies
Select and complete Question B case studies
Selection criteria:
(1) Country representativeness, breadth of
stakeholders, scope, duration, promise of impact
(2) Focus on leading for learning, theory of action,
apply principles of adult learning and leadership
development
Sites under initial consideration
International workshop