01.ClassroomNextDoor

= Executive Induction Program:= =Professional Learning and Leadership Development Directorate=

= Leadership: Making a difference in the classroom next door! 100 mins =

PART ONE ; INTRODUCTION 25mins

Slides 1-4 Outcomes: Note : "To be in hell, is to Drift..to be in heaven is to Steer" George Orwell.

As a result of this session, participants will:


 * Develop a shared understanding of effective leadership
 * Explore the link between leadership and improved student outcomes
 * Further their understanding of the role of executive in schools in relation to school leadership Capability Framework (SLCF) and Leading and Managing teh school.
 * Reflect on their current capacities as leaders.

Activity 1.1 Slide 5 Getting to know you. 5 mins
Introduce yourself to others at your table.

You could include a brief statement on what excites you about your new role and what challenges you about your new role.

Think about a Head teacher, Assistant Principal or Deputy Principal who has influenced your growth as a teacher. What was the most significant leadership action or habit by which he or she achieved this? Write this on a post-it note. When you are ready attach your post-it to the whiteboard, clustering similar ideas.

**Activity 1.3 Slide 7 Reflection. 10 mins. **

Hand out 1.1 Individual

PART TWO: EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP- THE RESEARCH EVIDENCE 25 mins for this section.


Making a difference in the classroom next door: How do effective executive leaders achieve this?

** The importance of the teacher in the classroom 15 mins. **
John Hattie a newzelander reseacher, conducted a meta-analysis of studeis on over 500,000 schools to identify actors influencing variances in student achievement. his findings can be represented by the pie graph.

students 50% Home 5-10 % Peer Effects 5-10% schools 5-10 % TEACHERS 30 %




 * Directly- where the leaders' actions directly influence school outcomes
 * Indirectly- where leaders affect outcomes directly through other variables
 * Reciprocally- when the leader affects teachers AND teachers affect leaders and through these processes, outcomes are affected.
 * Hallinger and Heck assert that indirect effects are the largest and most common and that effective school leaders __work directly on their indirect influences.__



**SLIDE 8 Direct and indirect leadership influences Pairs**
What could be some examples of direct effects?

What could be some examples of indirect effects?

**Slide 9 Direct and indirect leadership influences**

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Construct a flow chart or mind map that represents how executive leadership can directly and indirectly influence student learning outcomes. Present your diagram to your group. Present to whole group and record these on the whiteboard or flipchart. How can you 'work directly on indirect influences'? Consider Emphasis could be on the main direct influences, main indirect influences. =====

=**PART THREE : ' LEARNING -CENTRED LEADERSHIP'-**= WHAT DOES THAT TERM MEAN? 15 mins.

Characteristics of high performing middle leaders in schools facing challenging circumstances

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