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Perspectives On School Leadership : Taking Another Look, Thomas J. Sergiovani
Perspectives On School Leadership : Taking Another Look, Thomas J. Sergiovani
APC Monographs
The author argues that in many respects leadership has failed us. Not that we should be overwhelmed by this. We just need to know, so we can work on it. There are, I believe, three reasons for the failure of leadership. First, we’ve come to view leadership as behaviour, rather than action; as something psychological rather than spiritual; as having to do with persons rather than ideas. Second, in trying to understand what drives leadership, we’ve overemphasised bureaucratic and personal authority, neglecting professional and moral authority. In the first reason we separated the hand of leadership from the head and …
Schooling The Yuk/Wow Generation, Erica Mcwilliam
Schooling The Yuk/Wow Generation, Erica Mcwilliam
APC Monographs
Working as I do in a university setting, when I talk to school teachers and school leaders I feel like I have come home. Teachers have seen wave after wave of ideas come through. Haven’t we all. We’ve watched them arrive, and we’ve seen the initial excitement that comes with them. We maintain our passion for teaching, even though we have seen the failure of many of these ideas over time. We are sceptical, and we do not indulge in mindless optimism. I like good teachers’ ‘nonstupid optimism’ and I like working in context, where that is possible. Mind you, …
Sustainable School Improvement : Building A System-Wide Vision, David Jackson
Sustainable School Improvement : Building A System-Wide Vision, David Jackson
APC Monographs
Discusses the idea of networked learning communities, where groups of schools work together to solve the problems of one child - any child, in any classroom, in any school in the network.
Conversations For School Improvement : The Value Of Relational Learning, George Otero
Conversations For School Improvement : The Value Of Relational Learning, George Otero
APC Monographs
The author argues that improvement, at any level, boils down to personal agency. And the effectiveness of personal agency depends upon the quality of relationships.
Leading Improvement In Schools By Embedding And Sustaining Change: It’S All About The Learning, Lorna Earl
Leading Improvement In Schools By Embedding And Sustaining Change: It’S All About The Learning, Lorna Earl
APC Monographs
Developing leadership, sustainable leadership is a huge issue in education and will become even more significant. All over the world, as the “baby boomers” near the ends of their careers, we have large numbers of senior, respected administrators retiring. A lot of us came in on that same wave several decades ago. They were exciting times. What benefitted us was mentoring, support and direction. It is now up to us to ensure that our younger successors develop the confidence and the competence to be able to sustain change in their schools.
The Apc Summer Institute, 2003 : A Two-Day Workshop With Professor Paul Bredeson, Paul Bredeson
The Apc Summer Institute, 2003 : A Two-Day Workshop With Professor Paul Bredeson, Paul Bredeson
APC Monographs
A shift is taking place, away from the idea of 'professional development' and towards a concept of 'professional learning'. This paper has been prepared in that context, looking at the intersection between professional learning and work, and taking into account the capacity of participants to engage with the acquisition of knowledge for personal growth and to meet the needs of their institutions. It addresses a number of themes including: professional development as part of leadership; learning, leadership and work; and the exploration of professional learning using the metaphor of architecture.
Learning Centered Leadership : The Only Way To Go, Geoff Southworth
Learning Centered Leadership : The Only Way To Go, Geoff Southworth
APC Monographs
Three themes are the focus of this paper: change, leadership and learning organisations (in particular, learning schools). The author offers a synthesis of these three themes, so that each is considered in relation to the others, rather than as a discrete entity.
Education Helping To Build Social Capital : The British Experience, Estelle Morris
Education Helping To Build Social Capital : The British Experience, Estelle Morris
APC Monographs
The author, a former secondary teacher, now Secretary of State for Education and Skills in the UK government, reflects on the necessity to share ideas about education internationally.
Leading And Managing For High Performance, John West-Burnham
Leading And Managing For High Performance, John West-Burnham
APC Monographs
This paper explores some of the changing perceptions of leadership in education. It focuses in particular on the issue of 'performance', which is at the heart of much educational reform.
The Apc Summer Institute, 2002 : Reconfiguring Schooling For The 21st Century, Brian Caldwell, Bruce Wilson, Bert Van Halen, Gabrielle Leigh
The Apc Summer Institute, 2002 : Reconfiguring Schooling For The 21st Century, Brian Caldwell, Bruce Wilson, Bert Van Halen, Gabrielle Leigh
APC Monographs
The APC Summer held in January 2001 aimed to provide: a two-day intensive program that linked theory and practice in a chosen area relevant to school leaders in their day to day work; an opportunity for practising school leaders to develop an operational framework to be applied to strategy planning or to the management of key projects in their school; a big picture framework in which school leaders can contextualise their work; and a series of exemplary practices whose underlying principles can be adapted for use in other settings.
Contemporary Developments In The Law Relating To Personal Injury, Negligence And Compensation, Bernard D. Bongiorno
Contemporary Developments In The Law Relating To Personal Injury, Negligence And Compensation, Bernard D. Bongiorno
APC Monographs
Looks at contemporary developments in the law relating to personal injury, negligence and compensation, with a discussion of duty of care, and some examples of cases.
Values In Educational Leadership : Do They Really Matter?, Paul Begley
Values In Educational Leadership : Do They Really Matter?, Paul Begley
APC Monographs
The author discusses values and their importance in decision-making in environments where value conflicts are common - for example in terms of racial, ethnic and religious diversity, and where there is a lack of consensus on the purposes of education.
Preparing To Face The Challenges Of Principalship : The 'Prism' Model, Bruce Barnett
Preparing To Face The Challenges Of Principalship : The 'Prism' Model, Bruce Barnett
APC Monographs
The author discusses challenges facing principals and identifies two of the major ones being isolation, which prevents principals from being exposed to new ideas, and the relentless pace of their jobs which inhibits the use of reflective practice to assist them in becoming more expert problem solvers.
Mentoring For Practising And Aspiring School Leaders : The 'Sage' Model, Bruce Barnett
Mentoring For Practising And Aspiring School Leaders : The 'Sage' Model, Bruce Barnett
APC Monographs
Discusses functions of mentoring, characteristics and roles of mentors, benefits and problems of mentoring, and the 'SAGE' mentoring program.
Contemporary Developments In The Law Relating To Children And The Children's Court, Jennifer Coate
Contemporary Developments In The Law Relating To Children And The Children's Court, Jennifer Coate
APC Monographs
Outlines developments in the law relating to children and the Children's Court. Focuses on two topics: mandatory reporting, and children stalking children.
Developing Effective Learning Programs For Adults, Rosemary Cafarella
Developing Effective Learning Programs For Adults, Rosemary Cafarella
APC Monographs
Discusses the challenge of designing and delivering professional development that has an impact on the participants, not only at the time of the activity, but also transfers into their practice, and into that of others around them.
Building Leadership Capacity In Schools, Linda Lambert
Building Leadership Capacity In Schools, Linda Lambert
APC Monographs
The author discusses a broad concept of leadership that is distinguished from person, role and a discrete set of individual behaviours, and that needs to be embedded in the school community as a whole, which suggests a shared responsibility for a shared purpose of community.