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- 1. Professional Development Service for Teachers Fáilte Go Misneach 21st Century Leadership
- 2. Professional Development Service for Teachers PDST is committed to improving and enriching the professional practice of Irish school leaders through support and professional development. “A good school for me is a place where everyone is teaching and everyone is learning simultaneously, under one roof” Barth 1990 21st Century Leadership
- 3. Professional Development Service for Teachers Misneach – newly appointed Principals Tánaiste – newly appointed Deputies Forbairt – School Leadership teams (Principal, Deputy and Middle Leaders ) Cumasú National Seminar for DEIS school leaders Tóraiocht - Leaders of the future – Post Graduate Diploma in conjunction with NUI Maynooth Cothú - Leaders of Special Schools . Other work….. 21st Century Leadership
- 4. Professional Development Service for Teachers Starting on a journey of learning ….. 5 Residential Sessions 2010-20101 Aug 19th – 20thth Nov 11th-12th Feb 10th-11th 2011 – 2012 Sept and Jan 21st Century Leadership
- 5. Leadership Profile 21st Century Leadership
- 6. Misneach: 4 Strands from School Leadership – a profile Personal Leadership Instructional Leadership Organisational Leadership (Leading Learning) Transformational Leadership (Leading People) 1. Unpacking 1. Managing 1. Managing 1.Human leadership 2. Stress management 3. Managing self 4. Personal well being curriculum 2. Leading learning 3. On line learning 4. Special Needs 5. Timetabling 6. Promoting positive behaviour finance 2. Timetable 3. School Development Planning 4. Time management 5. School self evaluation resources 2.Team building 3.Leading people / communication 4.Conflict management 5.Distributing leadership 6.Leading change 21st Century Leadership
- 7. Misneach Programme Five Residentials Mentoring Tús Maith Neartú Leathnú Saibhriú Nascú On-line learning 21st Century Leadership
- 8. Building Learning Communities.......... “opportunities for networking” One of the factors which contributed to the success of Misneach. Morgan and Sugrue (2005) Relationships Supporting each other Learning together 21st Century Leadership
- 9. Previous Participants said…. “Helped me to develop ideas about my role as leader” “Helped me think about the main priorities for my school “ “ Gave me insight into my own strengths and weaknesses” “Enabled me to work with colleagues in a supportive way “ Evaluation of the Misneach Programme: Morgan and Sugrue (2005) 21st Century Leadership
- 10. Residential 1: Tús Maith Aims for this session, 1.To help new Principals to make a good start in their new role 2.To develop understanding of the concepts of leadership, management and administration, and the differences between them 3.To explore the importance of good relationships, including basic skills of communication and conflict management 4.To build confidence in participants’ ability to lead (and competence in the area of personal leadership) 5.To provide participants with practical tips and skills 21st Century Leadership
Editor's Notes
- Slide 1 Welcome all and congratulate them on their appointment as principal. Acknowledge that there may be some people who have attended some previous Misneach sessions or who have been in the position of Principal for a short time but majority are about to begin in September. It may also be useful to ask how many have been appointed within their own school and how many are going to a new school. Invite each person to give their name and school and whether new to the school or not. We will then look at the Misneach Programme within that context and outline the overall aims for Misneach. Briefly explain the structure and content of the modules of this Misneach session. Then we will begin the “Unpacking Leadership” module
- LDS Mission statement. Comments may include the fact that the team was set up in 2002 and is a joint primary-post primary initiative and includes full-time and part-time(Associate) members. The team has now been expanded and will comprise 18 full time and over 60 part-time members in 2007-2008. The National Co-ordinator is Paddy Flood. While well aware that the leadership roles of Principal and Deputy require administrative and managerial tasks, we must remember that learning is at the heart of everything we do in school and Principals and Deputy should see themselves as leaders of learning. It applies not only to student learning, but also to supporting and developing the learning of staff, as well as modelling it themselves!
- Briefly outline the existing programmes and other work done by LDS. You may remind participants of the brochure that was sent around to all schools in May and also that there is information available on the website. Generally, Tánaiste’s participants are in their first or second year in the role of Deputy and Forbairt particpants have completed at least 3 years. We will introduce them to LDS LIVE and possibly invite any participants who would like to explore the on-line element of the programme to attend a separate session for training and give them their passwords and User names to set them up.
- Venue = Heritage Hotel Portlaoise The Misneach Programme Rationale and Overview:- Develop a leadership vision and style true to the values of the school Develop professional management skills Misneach aims to:- Support principals in effectively leading their schools Develop skills for leading and managing the school as an organisation Build competencies in the area of working with people Extend knowledge in a wide variety of areas Provide opportunities to share good practice and create effective learning networks.
- Expand on each of these. This is currently being revised by LDS with a view to having a nationally agreed profile. Revised headings being considered are: Leading self and others Leading the organisation Leading in the community Leading learning Leading change It is envisaged that the revised profile document will outline some qualities/dispositions for leadership and that each of these headings will be expanded to address knowledge, skills and practices. This type of model is in use in many countries (sometimes called standards for school leadership) – however LDS wish to create a profile that will be specific to the Irish context and that will be useful in terms of developing leadership capacity, selection and recruitment of leaders and designing and delivery professional development. The education partners are consulted on an on-going basis.
- School Leadership – A Profile (LDS 2002)Misneach Modules (Current) The Misneach programme is based on the Profile and the modules generally correspond with the 4 strands. Each residential session addresses elements from these strands but Misneach is more than a set of modules – it is a programme which offers opportunities to share views and experience with colleagues, find support from facilitators and colleagues and raise particular issues of concern throughout the course of the programme. The on-line and mentoring (see next slide) elements provide for on-going contact with colleagues, members of LDS team and experienced principals (Mentors). There are also opportunities for participants to make suggestions as to what they would like included in the programme. Links with other agencies are made, as appropriate. LDS work on developing the profile (see previous slide) will inform the development of the Misneach programme over time, as will emerging issues from research (including the OECD) and experience from other programmes and courses (e.g. Middle leadership and Tóraíocht) Ask participants to reflect briefly on this slide. Leadership development is an dynamic and evolving process – are there gaps in this framework? Are there other issues you would like to see addressed? Should some elements be prioritised? Does each strand require the same amount of time?
- The purpose of LIVE is to support each other in our work and our learning. It aims to build communities of learning. It gives you a convenient way of keeping in touch and networking with colleagues in between the residential sessions.
- This slide is intended to encourage the use of LDS LIVE blog. The discussion forum can be used to share ideas, work (e.g. Policies), advice, ideas about how to get work done, or simply as a sounding board or a forum for letting off steam! This slide and the next one give a few sample quotes from the blogs (0708). They can be read and commented on. Some of these issues will be raised for further discussion on Tuesday morning in the “Story of a new Principal” and “Mentoring” sessions.
- Key outcomes of this session, Tús Maith: to help new Principals to make a good start in their new role to develop understanding of the concepts of leadership, management and administration, and the differences between them to explore the importance of good relationships, including basic skills of communication and conflict management to build confidence in participants’ ability to lead (and competence in the area of personal leadership) to give participants practical tips and skills