How to Run a School
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A light-hearted inside look at School Leadership, based on 10 Irrefutable Laws School Management What does a Head of School do? So you want to run a school?
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- 1. Strategizing the Heuristic Empowerment of a Professional Learning Community mickpurcell
- 2. How to Run a School mickpurcell
- 4. How to Run a School mickpurcell mickpurcell@gmail.com slideshare.net/mickpurcell 2 September, 2018 Warhorse Stable Talk thanks to Vishal for the idea
- 5. A light-hearted inside look at School Leadership, based on 10 Irrefutable Laws ● School Management ● What does a Head of School do? ● So you want to run a school?
- 6. 1st Irrefutable Law of School Leadership: Everybody knows how to run a school My kid was not taught subtraction properly! 😠
- 7. 2nd Irrefutable Law of School Leadership: Nobody knows how to run a school John D. Rockefeller: Captain of Industry
- 8. Beware of people who call themselves “educationists” Nobody knows how to run a school Wikimedia: soldier
- 10. Watch out for anyone who calls herself an “educationist”
- 11. Get a Ph.D. or an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership at your own risk. It might help you GET the job, but will it help you DO the job? Wikimedia: Cambridge You will learn a lot of jargon
- 12. Maybe I should get a PhD? For about 10 years, I have been thinking: “maybe I should get a PhD in Educational Leadership!” 3 problems Educational Leadership: Cambridge?
- 13. The Cambridge Leadership for Learning Fan an innovative hand held resource that captures the key LfL principles and framework elements and stimulates debate and reflection in educational context
- 14. 3rd Irrefutable Law of School Leadership: Communicate frequently and honestly in plain English Wikimedia: Communication
- 15. William Zinsser His chapter on professional writing gives examples of how not to write: like a principal!
- 17. “At 21st Century Global School, we will innovate hands-on articulation through high impact practices and facilitate collegial competencies with synergistic effects. Our dedicated collaborative of passionate facilitators will streamline meaning-centered problem-solving via self- reflection and prioritize metacognitive multiple intelligences through the use of centers. Our exciting and dynamic philosophy will leverage student-centered professional learning communities within the new paradigm.”
- 18. And how does that help me?
- 19. If you’re going to run a shirt factory . . . you better know something about collars and cuffs
- 20. 4th Irrefutable Law of School Leadership: If you want to run a school, first spend 20 years as a teacher Years of being a classroom teacher gives you credibility
- 21. Lee S. Shulman
- 22. So you want to be a teacher? Doctor and nurse (MD and RN) Counseling Psychologist (Psy D) Scientist (M.S.) Historian and Futurist (Ph D) Technologist (B Tech) Business Administrator (MBA)
- 23. So you want to be a teacher? The 5 “Approaches to Learning Skills” from the IB (what we SHOULD teach to Middle Schoolers, or young teens: ● Self-management skills ● Social skills ● Thinking skills ● Research skills ● Communication skills A teacher makes about 1000 decisions per day that have a direct impact on the happiness of families
- 24. And that’s the easy part . . . . Teachers are experts in Human Behavior
- 25. 5th Irrefutable Law of School Leadership: being a head of school is like cleaning the toilets . . . if you do your job well, nobody notices, but if you mess up, they scream like hell
- 26. “Putting out Fires” What does a Head of School REALLY do?
- 27. In theory, what is a Head of School supposed to do? The Strategic Plan: 1. Health & Safety 2. Teaching & Learning 3. Governance 4. Finance 5. Communications 6. Human Resources 7. Professional development 8. Admissions 9. Operations 10.Legal
- 28. 6th Law of School Leadership: A school leader must be able to teach teachers The story of Mr Fish Hat http://www.sciencegeek.net/lingo.html
- 29. Is the Dancing the Macarena appropriate Professional Development for teachers?
- 30. Lee S. Shulman It’s bad enough to re-invent the wheel what really hurts is when the re-invent the flat tire
- 31. 7th Irrefutable Law of School Leadership: Collaborate and Distribute the Leadership “Keeping the books” is not my favorite part of the job.
- 32. 8th Irrefutable Law of School Leadership: Read, read, read: choose your own learning path The first management book I ever read
- 33. What does a Head of School actually do? forget all that
- 34. 9th Irrefutable Law of School Leadership: Support the teachers
- 35. 10th Irrefutable Law of School Leadership: Be nice
- 36. THANK YOU! Any questions? Extras for How to Run a School 1. Science of Learning 2. Teaching Math 3. Strategic Planning 4. What is a School? 5. What is an International School? 6. The Importance of Jargon 7. Social Constructivism 8. PEN Principles 9. The International Baccalaureate 10. Cambridge Assessment 11. The Inquiry Cycle 12. University Admissions
Editor's Notes
- Please, by a show of hands, how many of you have been to a school? You will have angry parents. You will have parents who complain about teachers and tell you what to do. You will have parents who say, “we should teach more of this and less of that.” Because everybody has been to school and everyone thinks they are an expert in how to run a school.
- You will have angry parents. You will have parents who complain about teachers and tell you what to do. You will have parents who say, “we should teach more of this and less of that.” Because everybody has been to school and everyone thinks they are an expert in how to run a school.
- You will have angry parents. You will have parents who complain about teachers and tell you what to do. You will have parents who say, “we should teach more of this and less of that.” Because everybody has been to school and everyone thinks they are an expert in how to run a school.
- You will have angry parents. You will have parents who complain about teachers and tell you what to do. You will have parents who say, “we should teach more of this and less of that.” Because everybody has been to school and everyone thinks they are an expert in how to run a school.
- You will have angry parents. You will have parents who complain about teachers and tell you what to do. You will have parents who say, “we should teach more of this and less of that.” Because everybody has been to school and everyone thinks they are an expert in how to run a school.
- You will have angry parents. You will have parents who complain about teachers and tell you what to do. You will have parents who say, “we should teach more of this and less of that.” Because everybody has been to school and everyone thinks they are an expert in how to run a school.
- You will have angry parents. You will have parents who complain about teachers and tell you what to do. You will have parents who say, “we should teach more of this and less of that.” Because everybody has been to school and everyone thinks they are an expert in how to run a school.
- You will have angry parents. You will have parents who complain about teachers and tell you what to do. You will have parents who say, “we should teach more of this and less of that.” Because everybody has been to school and everyone thinks they are an expert in how to run a school.
- You will have angry parents. You will have parents who complain about teachers and tell you what to do. You will have parents who say, “we should teach more of this and less of that.” Because everybody has been to school and everyone thinks they are an expert in how to run a school.
- You will have angry parents. You will have parents who complain about teachers and tell you what to do. You will have parents who say, “we should teach more of this and less of that.” Because everybody has been to school and everyone thinks they are an expert in how to run a school.
- You will have angry parents. You will have parents who complain about teachers and tell you what to do. You will have parents who say, “we should teach more of this and less of that.” Because everybody has been to school and everyone thinks they are an expert in how to run a school.
- You will have angry parents. You will have parents who complain about teachers and tell you what to do. You will have parents who say, “we should teach more of this and less of that.” Because everybody has been to school and everyone thinks they are an expert in how to run a school.
- You will have angry parents. You will have parents who complain about teachers and tell you what to do. You will have parents who say, “we should teach more of this and less of that.” Because everybody has been to school and everyone thinks they are an expert in how to run a school.