Education LeadershipModule 2

Vision

Introduction

This full day is VERY interactive! You will work alone, in pairs, and in table groups to think about your school and it's future. Vision is about a future, a better tomorrow for your school.

1.Vision-definition

2.School Vision-8 elements of quality education

3.Meditation-seeing the future!

4.Writing up your vision

5.Action Learning Task

Education Leadership

1. VISION (Giving Direction) Having a dream, a view, a vision of a better school Defining and working towards a better quality of

education for your community Having a vision which is clear, written down, shared

with and agreed with by all including staff, SMC, parents

Remember, Gandhi SAW a better future for his country, he had a VISION

Vision

Vision is …... ?

Something you SEE in your mind

A dream

A sighting

The future

An imagining

An ideal

A BIG picture

School Vision

You must become an Education Leader As an Education Leader you have ONE mission:

To develop Quality Education in your school As an Education Leader, your job is to provide your

Community with: A description of that Quality Education A plan for achieving it

This is a Vision So let's first define Quality Education

Quality Education (NSA 2010)

SchoolPhysical

Environment(School)

Learning&

AssessmentStrategies(School)

School Values& Ethics(School)

ContinuousProfessionalDevelopment

(School)

Curriculum(System)

InitialTeacher

Capability(System)

National Standards(System)

Governance(System)

A Vision of Quality

➢ Which of the 8 elements of quality can YOU affect as a school Principal?

➢ The answer is only the 4 which are part of the School System:

➢ Physical Environment➢ Values & Ethics➢ Learning & Assessment Strategies➢ Continuous Professional Development

➢ Let's work on each one NOW to create your VISION

Meditation!

Everyone close your eyes, relax and listen Don't think of anything except what I ask you In your mind, form a picture of your school

environment, TODAY See the building, empty, nobody in it See the land it is on See the yard See the classrooms and furniture See the toilets and water See your resources

Vision-Physical Environment Now in your mind clean or erase that picture, think

of a blank wall! Now think about your school 3-5 years in the

FUTURE What do you WANT it look like?

See the building, empty, nobody in it, no pupils or teachers

See the land it is on

See the yard

See the classrooms and furniture

See the toilets and water

See your resources

Vision-Physical Environment

Now open your eyes, don't speak In your notebook write a description of your “new

school”

See the building, empty, nobody in it

See the land it is on

See the yard

See the classrooms and furniture

See the toilets and water

See your resources

Meditation again! Everyone close your eyes, relax and listen

Don't think of anything except what I ask you In your mind, form a picture of your school teaching

environment, TODAY The school is full and working, TODAY See your teachers teaching What is their teaching style Are they involving children with activities Are they using lesson plans How are children assessed Do they consider child diversity What resources are being used

Vision-Learning & Assessment Now in your mind clean or erase that picture, think of a

blank wall! Now think about how you WANT the teaching environment

in your school 3-5 years in the FUTURE The school is full and working

See your teachers teaching

What is their teaching style

Are they involving children with activities

Are they using lesson plans

How are children assessed

Do they consider child diversity

What resources are being used

Vision-Learning & Assessment Now open your eyes, don't speak In your notebook write a description of your “new

school” The school is full and working

See your teachers teaching

What is their teaching style

Are they involving children with activities

Are they using lesson plans

How are children assessed

Do they consider child diversity

What resources are being used

Meditation again! Everyone close your eyes, relax and listen

Don't think of anything except what I ask you In your mind, form a picture of your school's culture, TODAY

The school is full and working, TODAY Is everyone working as a TEAM Is all behaviour respectful Is there any bullying or corporal punishment Do you have shared school values Do you have examples of model behaviour Have you agreed a meaning and definition of Citizenship Do you have Values posters around the school

Vision-Ethics & Values Now in your mind clean or erase that picture, think of a

blank wall! Now think about your school's culture 3-5 years in the

FUTURE The school is full and working

Is everyone working as a TEAM Is all behaviour respectful Is there any bullying or corporal punishment Do you have shared school values Do you have examples of model behaviour Have you agreed a meaning and definition of Citizenship Do you have Values posters around the school

Vision-Ethics & Values Now open your eyes, don't speak In your notebook write a description of your “new

school culture” The school is full and working

Is everyone working as a TEAM Is all behaviour respectful Is there any bullying or corporal punishment Do you have shared school values Do you have examples of model behaviour Have you agreed a meaning and definition of Citizenship Do you have Values posters around the school

Meditation again! Everyone close your eyes, relax and listen

Don't think of anything except what I ask you In your mind, form a picture of your teachers skills, TODAY

The school is full and working, TODAY Are your teachers implementing things from NSA Are they making and using lots of resources Are they improving themselves Are they motivated to always learn new things Are they improving skills Are they improving English Do you have a professional development programme

Vision-Professional Development Now in your mind clean or erase that picture, think of a

blank wall! Now think about your teachers skills 3-5 years in the

FUTURE The school is full and working

Are your teachers implementing things from NSA Are they making and using lots of resources Are they improving themselves Are they motivated to always learn new things Are they improving skills Are they improving English Do you have a professional development programme

Vision-Professional Development Now open your eyes, don't speak In your notebook write a description of your “new

school teachers skills” The school is full and working Are your teachers implementing things from NSA

Are they making and using lots of resources

Are they improving themselves

Are they motivated to always learn new things

Are they improving skills

Are they improving English

Do you have a professional development programme

Vision-Review 1

How was that, easy or difficult? What was the most difficult part? Could you see the future? Could you remember what you had seen to write

down? Were the four headings useful?

Vision-Share & Write

1. Now sit with your school colleague

2. Swap notebooks and look at each others vision notes

3. Now take one of my Vision Documents and start to fill it in

4. Note how each section should be written, there is one example in each section

5.Take your time, use the time wisely, you are learning AND working to develop your school as you do this activity

Vision Task

➢ Tomorrow➢ In your school➢ With your teachers➢ Describe today and what we did➢ Share your school Vision with them➢ Ask for suggestions they want to add➢ Ask for their commitment and effort➢ Prepare some notes to share with us all on next day