M267 - Mind the Gap: creating the "critical bridge" to improved student learning

Sessions	Dates	Start	Finish
1	14 Feb 2011	09:30 AM	04:30 PM

School leaders at different entry points: teachers, middle and senior management
School agents concerned about teacher professional development and students' effective learning

- to discuss questions about the implications of a focus on learning for school leadership roles;
- to discuss questions about the dynamics and viability of specific role definitions;
- to develop action plans and strategies for transformation and change with a focus on student learning and achievement

Session 1 – Part 1:
- Quality in student learning: factors at play
- Foundations of effective learning
- Increasing learning opportunities

Session 1 – Part 2:
- Educational leadership: the exercise of school leadership in relation to learning
- Quality leadership: roles, responsibilities and authority of school leaders
- Leading for relevant transformation: factors at play

Session 2 – Part 1:
- Distributing and redesigning leadership roles: practices and strategies
- Implications of a focus on learning for school leaders’ roles
- Case studies
Session 2 – Part 2:
- The exercise of school leadership in relation to learning
- Leading for results: driving transitions, transformation and change
- Case studies

Bulach, C. R., Boothe, D., & Pickett, W. (1998). Mistakes educational leaders make. ERIC Digest, No. 122.
Knapp, M.S. et al. (2006). Leading, Learning and Leadership Support. CTP.
Leithwood , Kenneth et al. (2004) How Leadership Influences Student Learning. CAREI

McCallon, R. (1995). The influence of the principal's leadership style on school climate and student achievement. People in Education, 3(3).
Ross , John A. & Gray, Peter. (2006) School Leadership and Student Achievement: The Mediating Effects of Teacher Beliefs. Canadian Journal of Education 29, 3.

Leadership for Student Learning: Redefining the Teacher as Leader. School Leadership for the 21st Century Initiative. A Report of the Task Force on Teacher Leadership. April 2001.

- input sessions followed by reflection and discussion - analysis of case studies - workshop tasks