This document outlines ideas for strengthening a school leadership team. It discusses developing a leadership team goal of inspiring and supporting the community to realize the school's vision. It suggests the team focus on readings related to leadership and student development. The document also recommends ways for leaders to increase their visibility, such as modeling lessons and providing teacher feedback. Goals for individual leaders are proposed as a way to focus efforts on improving student outcomes through high-quality instructional leadership.

1. •Principal as VIP Leader
•Visible
•Improvement
•Pro-active …
elements

3. •Management /Task orientated
•List of jobs/ to do list (agenda)
•Pro-active-management/procedural/
organisational
•Dedicated time each week
Previous Leadership meetings

4. • Team identity/purpose was
unspoken
• Committed to projects
• Very good comm. &work
procedures/ethic
• Very good personal r/ships

6. Ideas to strengthen our leadership
team.
Develop a goal
Leadership Team Goal
•
• The leadership team inspires and
supports all within the community
in working towards realising the
school’s Vision.

7. Leadership Focus!
• Reading is chosen on a focus/theme
• 8th
Habit/ Emotional Intell./ Fish!/who moved my
Cheese/ Learning Matters/ Student Centered
Leadership
• Agenda-Spheres
• AAP
• Data analysis
• Termly resource allocation-Aides etc
• MySchools analysis of local schools
• Affirmation!!
• Termly Parent meetings
• Review web-page
• Literacy focus
• Divide the school into four-L/ship members

8. Visibility of Leaders:
• Leadership Goal –Fortnightly
related to a sphere
• ‘Model Godly play lesson,’
‘Observe and provide feedback to Year
5/6 teachers on Literacy structure,’ ‘
Monitor bullying hotspots in the yard,’
• Raise leadership profile
• Report back to leadership
team
• Working in an area of the
school

9. Leadership Team Meeting
Actions/Decisions
Leadership Sphere
Hattie-Chapter 6
•Prep issues
•Term 2 busyness-calendar!
•Prep 2015 Open Mornings
•Myschools
•Reports June 2014-3trial reports
•In-service days –Social?
•Drinks-last Thurs?
•Google docs letter
•Concert times/dates
Education in Faith
•Resurrection Day Mass
•Sacramental workshop
Well-Being (Student/Staff)
•Surveys update
•CASEA –Term 2-Help???
•Mum night out.
Learning & Teaching
•Work programs –update
•In-service day f/back
•Conceptual Framework
•Staff Meetings
School Community
•Busy Box
Management
• Budgets -review
Affirmation
WHO???

10. Pro-active
• Hattie Book
• Appraisal
• Literacy/ Numeracy
Leadership meetings
• Co-ordinators meetings
• Level Leaders meetings

11. Leadership in Catholic Schools
ARM

12. My Goal:
(What you hope to achieve)
How will I address my
goal?
(Strategies & Support)
How did I go?
(Monitor Progress)
Name:

13. Why?
For staff to develop and be
aligned to the goals & priorities
so as to ensure students outcomes
improve. So that
HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP BY
LEADERSHIP TEAMS LEADS TO
WELL EDUCATED AND RESOURCED TEACHERS
LEADS TO
HIGH QUALITY DELIVERY OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS
LEADS TO
WELL EDUCATED CHILDREN
Prepared for life

14. Pro-active
• Goals
• Setting goals is the first
step to making the invisible
visible
• 8th
Habit
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umXFI

16. Improvement
Annual Action Plan-
• Term 4 planning-Overview
• Sphere areas 2013
• Challenges/Strengths/
Recommendations 2014

17. • In-service Day
• Session 1
• Identify other 2013/ 2014 school needs
• Discuss 2011-2015 School Improvement
• Plan-Focus on Goals & Intended
outcomes
• Staff to analyse 2013 Insight
SRC data- and begin to formulate
Recommendations & Implications for
2014?

18. • Session 2
• All staff working in Spheres
look at what the needs &
data are for their Sphere
• Analyse needs & data
prioritise for 2014
• Begin to write 2014 AAP

19. • Session 3
• Complete writing of the
2014 AAP
• Staff review the work to
date in other Spheres and
provide feedback