The presentation by Dr. Coleen R. Jackson „Time for Leaders: COnsultint, Leading and Learning“ for the training course of the Project „Time for Leaders 3“ personnel , 17-18 April 2019

1. Time for
Leaders:
Consulting
Leading and
Learning
Dr Coleen R Jackson

2. How do professionals
get better at what they
do?
• https://youtu.be/Gqz2NQoMrb
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3. Can 10,000 hours of practice make you
an expert?
• The 10,000-hours concept can
be traced back to a 1993 paper
written by Anders Ericsson, a
Professor at the University of
Colorado, called The Role of
Deliberate Practice in the
Acquisition of Expert
Performance.

4. Can 10,000 hours of practice make you
an expert?
• The 10,000-hours concept can
be traced back to a 1993 paper
written by Anders Ericsson, a
Professor at the University of
Colorado, called The Role of
Deliberate Practice in the
Acquisition of Expert
Performance.

5. Deliberate practice not just repetition
and you also need the help of others
– Mediation

6. Ruta Meilutyte
and Jon Rudd:
Swimming's
perfect
partnership?

7. Andy Murray
reunited with
coach Ivan
Lendl

8. Inputs
Financial, Human,
material
resources
dedicated to a
development
intervention
Activities
Tasks undertaken
or work
performed
through which
inputs or
resources are
mobilsed to
produce specific
results or outputs
Outputs
Direct and
immediate results
which result from
a development
intervention
Outcomes
IMPACT
The likely or
achieved short
term or medium
term effects of an
intervention’s
outputs
Long term widespread
changes or effects
produced by a
development
intervention (directly or
indirectly

9. CPPL
Every teacher needs to
improve, not because they
are not good enough, but
because they can be even
better
Dylan Williams

10. CPPL
Every teacher needs to
improve, not because they
are not good enough, but
because they can be even
better
Dylan Williams

11. Supportive accountability
What is needed from
teachers
• A commitment to
continual improvement
of practice and to focus
on the things that make
a difference to students
What is needed from leaders
is a commitment to engineer
effective learning
environments for teachers by:
• Creating expectations for
continually improving
practice
• Keep on focusing on things
that make a difference to
students
• Providing the time, space,
dispensation, and support
for innovation
• Supporting risk taking
So what do we need from
consultants to make this
happen?

12. Fixed Mindset v Growth Mindset (Carol Dweck)
Fixed Mindset
(Intelligence is static)
Growth Mindset
(intelligence can be developed)
Leads to a desire to look smart and and therefore a tendency
to:
• Avoid challenges
• Gets defensive or gives up easily
• Sees effort as a waste of time
• Avoids useful negative feedback
• Feels threatened by the success of others
As a result they plateau early and achieve less than their full
potential
Leads to a desire to learn and therefore a tendency to:
• Embrace challenges
• Persists in the face of setbacks
• Sees effort as the path to mastery
• Learns from criticism
• Finds lessons and inspiration from the success of others
As a result they reach even higher levels of achievement

14. How do we think as
consultants?

16. Making meaning from
knowledge in practice
This is about
professionals learning
in context to improve
student outcomes
• Content knowledge
• Pedagogical
knowledge
• Technical
knowledge

18. How can we
use the
results from
research in
our work?
Education
CK PK TK

19. What have you learnt from your consultancy so far?
Quick wins
Changes in
practice
Sustainable
growth

21. A caricature of the polarised approaches
Performance focussed
Global Education Reform Movement (GERM)
(Pasi Sahlberg)
Potential Advantages:
- Improvements in basic standards?
Maths/English?
- “Failing schools” disappearing ?
-
Potential Disadvantages:
- Only value what can be measured
Fear of failure/ lack of risk-taking and
creativity
Lower morale/recruitment and retention
issues?
Person-centred
Michael Fielding
Potential Advantages:
- Child centred
- More risk-taking and creativity
- Higher morale/recruitment and
retention issues ?
Potential Disadvantages:
- “Failing schools” not challenged
- Lower basic standards ?

22. Facing the future – the central role of the
consultant

23. Moving from 20th to 21st century consultancy
WHAT IS NEW IN PRACTICE?

24. Adding Value
This short video explores how
Nancy White brings value
creation, stories and evaluation
comes together:
http://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?feature=player_embedded
&v=0wi5fhHXbk0
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25. Identifying Value
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27. World cafe

28. What is your
plan?
So what next steps
do you need to
take? What is your
‘call to action’?
What is your action
plan

29. The new landscape for T4L
as we complete the project