The Truth about The Truth about Headship Headship (But… only the good bits!)(But… only the good bits!)

NCSL Leadership NCSL Leadership ConferenceConference

Wednesday 24Wednesday 24thth March March 20102010

Leader’s LeadLeader’s Lead

““He who thinks he He who thinks he leads, but has no leads, but has no followers , is only followers , is only taking a walk”taking a walk”

Leaders LeadLeaders Lead

… … if you have to tell if you have to tell people you are, you people you are, you aren’t”aren’t”

Margaret ThatcherMargaret Thatcher

““Being in power is like Being in power is like being a lady…being a lady…

Outstanding LeadershipOutstanding Leadership

““Ofsted have found that all Ofsted have found that all outstanding headteachers outstanding headteachers had one factor in common had one factor in common they all had a deep sense of they all had a deep sense of moral purposemoral purpose””

Christine Gilbert March 2010Christine Gilbert March 2010

Leadership or Management?Leadership or Management?

Delivering the National Delivering the National Curriculum throughout a Curriculum throughout a school is management not school is management not leadershipleadership

People don’t follow managersPeople don’t follow managers

Moral PurposeMoral Purpose

What is moral purpose?What is moral purpose? StarbucksStarbucks Hewlett PackardHewlett Packard CadburyCadbury Jon Lewis Jon Lewis Richard BransonRichard Branson

Moral PurposeMoral Purpose

Moral purpose transcends the Moral purpose transcends the external visible purpose of the external visible purpose of the organisation – which by definition organisation – which by definition will be both organisational and will be both organisational and management based.management based.

What is your vision for a school?What is your vision for a school?

My Vision for SchoolMy Vision for School

Teacher – The desire to see each Teacher – The desire to see each child in my class enjoy school and child in my class enjoy school and enjoy being in my classenjoy being in my class

Headteacher – The desire to see Headteacher – The desire to see each teacher/child develop a each teacher/child develop a richness richness of relationship that builds a of relationship that builds a powerful sense of communitypowerful sense of community

The school as CommunityThe school as Community

““This school is the family I This school is the family I don’t have at home”don’t have at home”

Teaching AssistantTeaching Assistant

Moral Purpose is not Moral Purpose is not something you do it something you do it is something you areis something you are

That’s a good idea I think I’ll

do thatYou

can’t

Traits and Core Belief Traits and Core Belief Systems Systems

Outstanding LeadersOutstanding Leaders

““It is impossible to separate It is impossible to separate the role of the leader from the role of the leader from the leader as a person”the leader as a person”

Developing Outstanding Leaders (2009)Developing Outstanding Leaders (2009)

John West BurnhamJohn West Burnham

Leaders LeadLeaders Lead

““People don’t at first follow worthy People don’t at first follow worthy causes. They follow worthy leaders causes. They follow worthy leaders who promote causes they can who promote causes they can believe in. People buy into leaders believe in. People buy into leaders first and then the leader’s vision”first and then the leader’s vision”

John MaxwellJohn Maxwell

The Purpose drives all you The Purpose drives all you dodo

Two ExamplesTwo Examples

1.1. The secretary chatting with The secretary chatting with the elderly gentlementhe elderly gentlemen

2.2. The redesigning of the The redesigning of the curriculumcurriculum

What do we want What do we want children to leave children to leave with from their with from their time at The time at The Wyche?Wyche?

Towards a new Towards a new CurriculumCurriculum

The National The National CurriculumCurriculum

The The School CurriculumSchool Curriculum comprises all learning comprises all learning and other experiences that and other experiences that each school plans for its pupils. each school plans for its pupils. The National Curriculum is The National Curriculum is an important element of an important element of the the School CurriculumSchool Curriculum

The School CurriculumThe School Curriculum

General EthosGeneral Ethos

1a 1a Happy Memories Happy Memories

1b 1b Enjoyment and FunEnjoyment and Fun

1c 1c Love of learningLove of learning

1d 1d Friendship and CommunityFriendship and Community

The School CurriculumThe School Curriculum

Relating to SelfRelating to Self

2a 2a Self Esteem and ConfidenceSelf Esteem and Confidence

2b 2b Reaching PotentialReaching Potential

2c 2c Developing a sense of Developing a sense of SpiritualitySpirituality

2d 2d Being HealthyBeing Healthy

The School CurriculumThe School Curriculum

Relating to OthersRelating to Others

3a3a FriendshipFriendship

3b 3b Understanding RelationshipsUnderstanding Relationships

3c3c Developing RelationshipsDeveloping Relationships

3d 3d TeamworkTeamwork

3e3e Global Awareness/ResponsibilityGlobal Awareness/Responsibility

3f 3f Cultural AppreciationCultural Appreciation

The School CurriculumThe School CurriculumManaging LearningManaging Learning

4a 4a Improving learning and performanceImproving learning and performance

4b4b CommunicationCommunication

4c4c Application of NumberApplication of Number

4d4d ICTICT

4e4e The Arts and SportThe Arts and Sport

4f4f Thinking SkillsThinking Skills

4g4g Creativity and Problem SolvingCreativity and Problem Solving

The School CurriculumThe School Curriculum

Managing SituationsManaging Situations

5a5a Managing conflict Managing conflict

5b5b Managing Disappointment Managing Disappointment

5c5c Managing Time and Resources Managing Time and Resources

5d5d Managing Risk and UncertaintyManaging Risk and Uncertainty

The VehicleThe Vehicle

The “vehicle” is the The “vehicle” is the means we used to means we used to describe how we would describe how we would deliver the Wyche deliver the Wyche CurriculumCurriculum

Farmers MarketFarmers Market

Future RecordzFuture Recordz

ScenesScenesWe went on We went on Mission Maker and Mission Maker and looked at space looked at space props, scenes, props, scenes, and characters.and characters.

BD BD HomesHomes

BD BD HomesHomes

WSR Radio StationWSR Radio StationWSR went live on air in Spring 2009WSR went live on air in Spring 2009

TanzaniTanzaniaa

Running a SupermarketRunning a Supermarket

If I ran a If I ran a supermarket my supermarket my philosophy would philosophy would be the samebe the same

Leadership is Leadership is who you arewho you are

The School becomes you The School becomes you and you become the and you become the

schoolschool““The school is just like a The school is just like a little version of Geoff”little version of Geoff”

Friend and Colleague from KentFriend and Colleague from Kent

““There is no blueprint for There is no blueprint for headship the role is a headship the role is a varied as those who do it”varied as those who do it”

The Power of LeadershipThe Power of Leadership

““The true meaning of The true meaning of leadership is influence – leadership is influence – nothing more, nothing less”nothing more, nothing less”

John MaxwellJohn Maxwell

SAT scores in Year 6SAT scores in Year 6

Leadership from the heartLeadership from the heart

Teachers Teachers changechange the world, the world, one child at a time” one child at a time”

Headteachers Headteachers transformtransform the world one school the world one school at a timeat a time