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Just listened to @pna1977 and thinking about leaders’ responsibilities for managing culture in schools. What should leaders explicitly do to really make a shift in their schools? (Obviously buy ‘Running The Room’ @tombennett71).
At @DRETnews we started with a focus on systems:
At @DRETnews we started with a focus on systems:
Every system in a school should be set up to support teachers.
Consider the unintended consequences of your systems - if your system allows the return of a child to a class after they have been sent out by their teacher, you tell the class that children/others make the rules.
Consider the unintended consequences of your systems - if your system allows the return of a child to a class after they have been sent out by their teacher, you tell the class that children/others make the rules.
That is very undermining, so the likelihood is that teachers will avoid using the pathway in future and will reluctantly accept poor behaviour in their classrooms. Learning slows, students feel a vacuum of leadership and this is stressful for all concerned.
