A map for school creativity and
success
Tim Brighouse
Fullan’s Prescrition
• Hope…energy….enthusiasm
• Moral purpose, Understanding ‘change’,
Relationship building, Knowledge Creation and
Sharing, Making coherence
• Internal and external commitment
• ‘More good things happen and fewer bad
things happen’
An example of a map for school
improvement?
• -leading creatively
• -managing creatively and effectively
• -reviewing creatively
• -developing creative staff
• -focusing on teaching, learning, assessing
• -creating an environment fit for learning
• -involving parents and community creatively
• -involving pupils creatively
You know you are in a good school when….
• Teachers TALK about teaching
• Teachers OBSERVE each other teach
• Teachers plan, organise and evalauate
TOGETHER
• Teachers teach each other
compliance philosophy
small matters
quiet life
embodied, real learningone offs, special events
exercising trudge
A futures learning outlook for schools?
(Mick Waters)
big questions

Tim brighouse closing plenary

  • 1.
    A map forschool creativity and success Tim Brighouse
  • 2.
    Fullan’s Prescrition • Hope…energy….enthusiasm •Moral purpose, Understanding ‘change’, Relationship building, Knowledge Creation and Sharing, Making coherence • Internal and external commitment • ‘More good things happen and fewer bad things happen’
  • 3.
    An example ofa map for school improvement? • -leading creatively • -managing creatively and effectively • -reviewing creatively • -developing creative staff • -focusing on teaching, learning, assessing • -creating an environment fit for learning • -involving parents and community creatively • -involving pupils creatively
  • 4.
    You know youare in a good school when…. • Teachers TALK about teaching • Teachers OBSERVE each other teach • Teachers plan, organise and evalauate TOGETHER • Teachers teach each other
  • 5.
    compliance philosophy small matters quietlife embodied, real learningone offs, special events exercising trudge A futures learning outlook for schools? (Mick Waters) big questions