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Key Leadership Theories and Defintions in Education

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"What is the leader's role in complex learning environments?", by John MacBeath

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"What is the leader's role in complex learning environments?", by John MacBeath

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MLL ISP Role profile

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At ISP, everyone is a learner. As a middle leader, you are also a learner. Your ability to embrace and model a growth mindset, demonstrating a desire to learn and build on your capabilities, as well as fostering the learning and growth of your team, will be fundamental to your and your team's success.

Learner (ISP definition)

Everyone at ISP is a learner. As learners, we recognise that our mindset, experiences, and actions drive our learning outcomes. With this awareness, we exercise voice, choice, and ownership over our process of learning - leading our own learning and the learning of others.

Begin with our children and students. Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply, their success is our success. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore, we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.

Treat everyone with care and respect. We look after one another, embrace similarities and differences and promote the well-being of self and others.

Operate effectively. We focus relentlessly on the things that are most important and will make the most difference. We apply school policies and procedures and embody the shared ideas of our community.

Learn continuously. Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.

Culture Building. You nurture and drive a learning-focused culture within your team. You notice, support, and provide opportunities for each team member to develop professionally and acknowledge and celebrate successes and achievements. You support, encourage, and inspire students and your team so that they give their best. You have the sensitivity, awareness and skill to understand the values, behaviours, attitudes and practices across cultures that support your team and all students to learn and collaborate effectively.

Leadership for Learning. You continually model your own learning and keep current with best-in-class practices. You actively lead and participate in learning visits, learning conversations, and team meetings to support learning in real-time and learning over time. You engage in ongoing inquiries into learning and use outcomes to improve your own learning and learning of others. You empower self and team members to leverage technologies and digital skills in practice to enhance learning.

A Focus on Learners and Learning. You are an expert in your learning area. You actively lead planning and evaluation of learning in your area and are strategic and collaborative in creating solutions for identified learning issues. You and your team make decisions about the factors that affect learning based on evidence and learning needs.

Communication and Collaboration. You model open, respectful, skillful dialogue about practices and behaviours that impact learning, and how these can be improved. You influence others through coaching and mentoring conversations to help them become self-directed learners and practitioners. You build a high-impact team where members collaborate to continually improve learning for all. You recognise the strengths and talents and provide opportunities for individuals to grow. You are confident in your communication with your team and with others, including those in senior posts, to articulate the learning needs and successes in your area of the school.

Change Process. You craft strategies to innovate, lead, and manage change that positively impacts learning. You establish and monitor systems and structures for your team to support their learning and motivation to continually improve. You gather, analyse, and report on evidence and use the findings to inform decisions and monitor team goals to contribute to your school's learning improvement plan.

ISP Middle Leadership Competencies

Adapted from the ISP Leadership Competencies for Emerging Leaders

Collaboration. You actively engage in leading your team; you are collaborative and is a genuine team player, developing positive and supportive relationships with colleagues to solve problems and maximise opportunities.

Learning & Getting Better. You c ontinually demonstrate personal commitment and passion for learning and getting better using evidence and feedback; supporting others in their continual learning, development and growth.

Innovation Leadership. You help create an environment where ideas for learning initiatives and services are generated and is able to motivate and inspire others through the process of creation through to completion.

Resilience. You can deal with setbacks and challenges calmly and effectively.

Community Focus. You are committed to meeting and exceeding the needs and expectations of your students and their families.

Integrity & Ethical Management. You work ethically and with integrity; help others feel valued; uphold and model the ISP Vision, Purpose and Principles.

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ISP Middle Leadership for Learning Role Profile At ISP, everyone is a learner. As a middle leader, you are also a learner.

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What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)

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What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)

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Although most people believe that they are self-aware, true self-awareness is a rare quality. In this piece, the author describes a recent large-scale investigation that shed light on some of the biggest roadblocks, myths, and truths about what self-awareness really is — and what it takes to cultiva…