1.
Project partners
Twycross
School
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GeoCapabilities
Leadership - Management

2.
Project partners
Twycross
School
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Leadership & Management
• Leadership and Management are two
distinctive, complementary action
systems
• Each has its own functions and
characteristic activities
• Both are necessary for success
• They necessitate different activities
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3.
Project partners
Twycross
School
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Management Practices
Effective managers carry out four essential
management practices:
–they plan
–they organize
–they implement
–they monitor and evaluate
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4.
Project partners
Twycross
School
http://www.geocapabilities.orghttp://www.geocapabilities.org
Leadership Practices
Leadership has four main practices:
–they scan
–they focus
–they align / mobilise
–they inspire
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5.
Project partners
Twycross
School
http://www.geocapabilities.orghttp://www.geocapabilities.org
Leadership Or Management
Management is about:
• coping with complexity
• providing stability, order and consistency
- It is transactional
- It promotes the status quo

6.
Project partners
Twycross
School
http://www.geocapabilities.orghttp://www.geocapabilities.org
Leadership Versus Management
Leadership is about:
• having vision
• a clear sense of direction and
• aligning people to it
• helping people cope with change
- it promotes transformation and drives change

7.
Project partners
Twycross
School
http://www.geocapabilities.orghttp://www.geocapabilities.org
Curriculum leadership

8.
Project partners
Twycross
School
http://www.geocapabilities.orghttp://www.geocapabilities.org
Curriculum Leadership
Curriculum leadership is defined as:
• coordinating the development of curriculum,
• overseeing pedagogy,
• leading and managing curriculum delivery,
• providing service for students to ensure
quality outcomes (D’Agostino & O’Brien, 2010)
Do you agree with this? Is anything missing?
D’Agostino F and O’Brien, M (2010), The University of Queensland, as part of the ALTC project report Closing
the Gap in Curriculum Leadership Australian Learning and Teaching Council,
https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/329895/Curriculum-leader-framework.pdf

9.
Project partners
Twycross
School
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Curriculum Management
• Try to define curriculum management
• What do you think the main differences
between curriculum leadership and
management of the curriculum are?
• Compare your ideas with the following
diagram

10.
Project partners
Twycross
School
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Leading, Managing Curriculum

11.
Project partners
Twycross
School
http://www.geocapabilities.orghttp://www.geocapabilities.org
Manager? Or Leader?
In terms of the curriculum you teach:
• Which roles do you mainly play?
• Which ones are most important?
• Are they mainly management or
leadership roles?

12.
Project partners
Twycross
School
http://www.geocapabilities.orghttp://www.geocapabilities.org
Manager? Or Leader?
In terms of the curriculum you teach:
• As a leader, which important areas do
you need to develop?
• As a manager, which ones are most
challenging?
• Are you a curriculum Manager or
Leader or both?

13.
Project partners
Twycross
School
http://www.geocapabilities.orghttp://www.geocapabilities.org
Manager? Or Leader?
In terms of the curriculum you teach:
Make a mind map to summarise the roles
you play in the curriculum

14.
Project partners
Twycross
School
http://www.geocapabilities.orghttp://www.geocapabilities.org
Manager? Or Leader?
In terms of the curriculum you teach:
Identify which of them belong to
leadership and which are management

15.
Project partners
Twycross
School
http://www.geocapabilities.orghttp://www.geocapabilities.org
Manager? Or Leader?
To improve the quality of learning
experience of your students, which are
the most important roles?

16.
Project partners
Twycross
School
http://www.geocapabilities.orghttp://www.geocapabilities.org
Manager? Or Leader?
Now, in terms of the curriculum you teach:
Reflect on this and consider making your
own definition of curriculum leadership