BARTON …

… ON HEADSHIP

Geoff Barton

Headteacher

King Edward VI School, Suffolk

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BARTON …

… ON HEADSHIP

1. 3 stages of headship so far

2. Power quotes

3. 8 final hints

4. Questions and discussion

BARTON …

… ON HEADSHIP

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POWER QUOTES

If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.

Mario Andretti

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1

Only dead fish go with the river

(James Dyson, inventor)

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2

Failure teaches you everything. Success teaches you nothing

Irvine Welsh, writer

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3

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you’re scared to death

(Earl Wilson, baseball player)

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4

Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story

Casey Stengall, Baseball player

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5

We should measure what we value rather than valuing what we can measure

John McBeath

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6

“Don’t bring me problems; bring me solutions”

&

“Don’t underestimate the power of an announcement”

Margaret Thatcher

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7

1. Polish your acting skills2. Be headteacher, not chief executive3. Know your principles4. It’s judgement, rather than experience

that counts5. Be unnervingly visible6. Vision collapses without the detail7. Nourish your ideals - Barber, Fullan, &

Myers et al8. It’s a job

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… ON HEADSHIP

8 HINTS

BARTON …

… ON HEADSHIP

Geoff Barton

Headteacher

King Edward VI School, Suffolk

You can download this PowerPoint from

www.geoffbarton.co.uk