Essential Questions: thinking about leadership for innovation and change
Consider the aspects of leadership capacity outlined in the diagram below. Reflect on your learning and achievements to date.
What is the essential learning that you need now to deepen your leadership capacity?
How do you plan to develop that capacity?
What is the essential learning that you need now to deepen your leadership capacity?
How do you plan to develop that capacity?
Essential questions: thinking about the next cycle
Now that you have assessed the learning innovation and the initial professional learning you are ready to reflect on what this means for you and your school. In this cycle you will:
As you prepare to make this transition it is important to keep student learning and teacher collaboration at the core of every conversation and process.
What needs to happen next?
How do you ensure continuing innovation within your program?...and avoid just doing more of the same.
What thinking supports innovation? What actions and processes are significant in supporting innovation?
What opportunities for change of direction are evident? What will you see happening? How often?
Consider.....
How do you stay in touch with 'what's over the horizon' and with new and emerging technologies?
What structures/ processes do you need? How do you decide what should inform the next stage of your plan and action? How do you know that it is right for your school? How is 'the next big thing' communicated to the school community? How is it embedded in the next cycle of practice? What impact will this have on the learning environment/spaces/classrooms in your school? How do you ensure that you and your team stay excited and engaged?
How do we share what is innovative and successful in teaching and learning practice within the whole school and across our community?
What opportunities exist for genuine collaboration and sharing? Who do you involve? What role is there for students? What is the process for communicating and receiving feedback? How will you act on that feedback?
- deepen your learning about leadership and support others to build their leadership capacity
- focus on the next phase of the innovation so that you can continue to improve student learning
- ensure that 100% of the school community is involved and communication is effective and ongoing. This means students as well as teachers.
As you prepare to make this transition it is important to keep student learning and teacher collaboration at the core of every conversation and process.
- What is the leader's role in building and embedding a culture of innovation across the whole school?
- What do you need to know and be able to do to lead the next cycle?
- What role do you see for your teachers, leaders and students? How will this support the development of future leaders?
What needs to happen next?
How do you ensure continuing innovation within your program?...and avoid just doing more of the same.
What thinking supports innovation? What actions and processes are significant in supporting innovation?
What opportunities for change of direction are evident? What will you see happening? How often?
Consider.....
How do you stay in touch with 'what's over the horizon' and with new and emerging technologies?
What structures/ processes do you need? How do you decide what should inform the next stage of your plan and action? How do you know that it is right for your school? How is 'the next big thing' communicated to the school community? How is it embedded in the next cycle of practice? What impact will this have on the learning environment/spaces/classrooms in your school? How do you ensure that you and your team stay excited and engaged?
How do we share what is innovative and successful in teaching and learning practice within the whole school and across our community?
What opportunities exist for genuine collaboration and sharing? Who do you involve? What role is there for students? What is the process for communicating and receiving feedback? How will you act on that feedback?