Professor Sir Tim Brighouse

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Association of Northern Ireland Education and
Library Boards Annual Conference 2009 The
Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle Thursday 19 and
Friday 20 November 2009

• Professor Sir Tim Brighouse

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Whats new in school improvement?

• SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS
• Nouns and Adjectives
• SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
• Verbs and Adverbs
• - leading successfully
• - managing effectively
• - reviewing regularly
• - developing staff
• - focusing on teaching, learning, assessing
• - creating an environment fit for learning
• - involving parents and community
• BUTTERFLIES
• Punctuation
• DEFINING THEMES
• Chapters

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Whats new in school improvement?

• WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROCESSES
• CAT . Pupil Voice . Learning Walks . AfL .
  APP .
• CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING no panaceas
• Time
• - toehold on achievement culture
• - tenuous hold on achievement culture
• - strong hold on achievement culture
• Place
• - prosperous suburban
• - crossroads schools
• - estate schools
• - settled rural
• People

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Whats new in school improvement?

• DATA MEASURED and ENABLED
• Changes in OFSTED
• RAISEONLINE
• Families of schools
• LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES (ICT)
• E-Learning Platforms
• ICT Potential
• - tool
• - library
• - CAT/L/Assessment
• - communication

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• Some general qualities of leadership not
  context bound

• MORAL PURPOSE
• UNDERSTANDING CHANGE
• RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
• KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND SHARING
• COHERENCE MAKING

Encircled by ENERGY, ENTHUSIASM and HOPE Backed
by EXTERNAL and INTERNAL COMMITMENT Michael Fullan
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Who Makes it happen?

• The teacher/member of staff
• The school as an organisation
• The other parts of the education system
• Other influences

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Teachers TALK about teaching Teachers OBSERVE
each others practice Teachers plan, organise
(teach) and evaluate TOGETHER Teachers teach
each other
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Staff TALK about learning Staff OBSERVE
children learning Staff plan, organise and
evaluate TOGETHER Staff LEARN from each other
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• The impact of governance
• At the level of the school
• Beyond the school