🧵Here's a summary thread 1) The DfE's recent 'Green Paper' consultation gives an honest appraisal of the many challenges that exist within the SEND system.
A flurry of posts this week relating to school leadership. Here's a short round-up thread if, like me, you haven't got around to reading them all yet.
1⃣ First up, here's @mfordhamhistory announcing his return to blogging & a focus on leadership.
(For some of us, this is like when Gandalf returns at The Battle of Helm's Deep.)
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One of the things well established in leadership and management is 'leading change'. It seems accepted that you should learn about 'change management' on your journey to be a school leader and on leadership training, it's common to see generic change processes featured.
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Jul 8, 2019 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
Thanks for this Steve. As always, appreciate your engagement and feedback. A few thoughts in response. Have quoted so I can thread them together.
1. Importance of Context - I agree we shouldn't use context as an excuse. There are lots of schools showing us that schools in tough communities can achieve well. Also agree that collaboration is super important and we should learn from each other across the system. 👍
Apr 29, 2019 • 22 tweets • 6 min read
1. *School Leadership Research Thread*
11 years ago, an influential article was published making '7 strong claims about successful school leadership' (Leithwood, Day, Sammons, Harris & Hopkins, 2008). This was a significant paper & has been heavily cited in the years since. 2. In the paper, the authors...
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Yep. They make 7 strong claims about successful school leadership.
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Apr 18, 2019 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
1.***Primary Assessment Thread***
After lots of chat and announcements about SATs, I thought I'd share an alternative proposal.
Firstly, I think it's great to consider both the value of primary assessment and also the unintended consequences they have on schools and teachers.
2. KS2 SATs probably need rethinking. They've become problematic. But if we're going to scrap something, we have to have an alternative. It's been pretty chaotic for primary staff in the last few years on the assessment front. More uncertainty is an unhelpful distraction.
