It's impossible to be agile enough for the current climate without quality leaders throughout the system. Middle Leadership has been poorly used in most schools, for decades.
It’s sometimes seen as a thankless stepping stone to senior leadership, a necessary
administrative function to keep a small team organised, and conduit for senior
leadership’s missives. This programme transforms the role.
We created a technology platform and leadership curriculum based on relational leadership, taking middle leadership training from "how to run a meeting" to "how to identify needs, create concrete ideas, recruit teams to develop them, and measure your impact". Our first Cohort metrics show an increase of 5-12% in key skills.
The programme is built around three sprints. Each sprint begins with a five-day online intensive to explore the key themes, followed by four weeks of creating change on the ground in school:
BE THE LEADER: Find your cause; Create your vision; Research your context; Looking, Listening, Learning; “Just do it…” - Personal efficacy
USE YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILL: Make your ideas better through creative conflict; Objectives and key results; Recruit for an idea; Act agile; Build momentum, build the sprint.
TAKE LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITY: Act collaboratively; Generate trust; Build relationships; Negotiating and Hard conversations; Influencing the system
We thought we'd attract 20 participants in our first iteration. We had 124 sign up before we had to close the doors. Cohort 2 launches in September. We've partnered with the Association for Advancement of International Education (AAIE), SCIS (in Scotland), with a prototype undertaken across 23 ESF Schools (HKG)
We've just started, but we've seen 124 projects develop across 23 settings, with a broad range of 'causes':
- Curriculum redesign
- Personalisation and self-paced learning
- Play and Hands-on learning
- Inquiry
- Positive Behaviour
- Wellness
- Organisational excellence
- Increasing Collaboration
- Improving student attitudes to writing
- Diversity, equity and inclusion
- Technology development
- Leadership development in students
- Finding meaning beyond the classroom
We've partnered with many membership associations to offer up to 40% off the cost, and we're aiming for accreditation with national agencies of education to help underwrite costs for those who might not be able to afford it today.
https://learn.notosh.com/leading_from_the_middle
