Middle Leadership Imperative -NSWPPA Professional Learning Office

Middle Leadership Imperative SYDNEY ULTIMO PROGRAM A four day Professional Learning Program designed for Middle Leaders.

Venue:

Phase 1: Term 2 Week 6 Day 1: Thursday 6th June Day 2: Friday 7th June

NSWPPA Professional Learning Office

Phase 2 : Term 3 Week 7 Day 3: Thursday 5th September Day 4: Friday 6th September

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Middle Leading for Learning Focus: Middle Leader definition What the research says…

Grootenboer, P. Edwards-Groves, C. & Ronnerman, K. (2014). Leading practice development: Voices from the middle

Middle leaders are those who have an acknowledged leadership position but are also involved in teaching in the classroom.

Middle leaders practice their leading close to the ‘hot site’ of education – the classroom.

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THE MIDDLE LEADERSHIP IMPERATIVE SYDNEY ULTIMO PROGRAM 2024 Program four days of Professional Learning Cost: $1125 per participant A four day Professional Learning Program designed for Middle Leaders.

Phase 1: Term 2 Week 6

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Checklists for success

Day 1: Thursday 6th June Day 2: Friday 7th June Phase 2 : Term 3 Week 7 Day 3: Thursday 5th September Day 4: Friday 6th September Expectations

Planning Considerations

Engage with the learning Suspend judgement Be in the room, participation Step up and Step Back Do something with the learning Confidentiality Respect – for experience and opinions Intellectual property -Library

Research Informed - enables the contextual transfer of learning Peer support model – collaboration, facilitators Time conscious Mentors – ongoing support Learning journal – capture the learning Table Groups – Why?

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THE MIDDLE LEADERSHIP IMPERATIVE

Times

Guidelines of format

8:20am

Sign on/ Tea Coffee Seating allocations

8:30am

Acknowledgement of Country Welcome & Reflection Course Overview

8:45am

Session 1: Middle Leading Guided Reflection

10:45am

Morning Tea

11:15am

Session 2: Collaborative Professionalism Guided Reflection

12:45pm

Lunch

1:15pm

Session 3: Ideas in Action Guided Reflection

3:25pm

Finish: Closing

Checklists for success Start Participants your 2024 willingness to Planning learn, share and apply their knowledge.

Room suitable for Professional Learning Space at venue to walk and talk outside of room.

Principals to facilitate tables (Ratio 1:6 maximum) Table groups ideally in a circle formation AV and audio equipment Catering sourced Minimum of 16 participants Maximum of 32 participants

THE MIDDLE LEADERSHIP IMPERATIVE

2024 COURSE OVERVIEW

Middle Leading

Collaborative Professionalism

Ideas in Action

MLI Middle Leading for Learning

CP1 Collaboration

IA1 Theories of Action

ML2 Middle Leadership Praxis

CP2 Trust

IA2 Leading Inquiry

ML3 Middle Leading and Management

CP3 Professional Dialogue

IA3 Leading Inquiry

ML4 The Leader

CP4 The Art of Middle Leading

IA4 Celebrating Change

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The Middle Leadership Imperative Expectations

Planning Considerations

Engage with the learning Research Informed - enables Suspend judgement the contextual transfer of Be in the room, participation learning Step up and Step Back Peer support model – Do something with the learning collaboration, facilitators Confidentiality Time conscious Respect – for experience and Mentors – ongoing support opinions Learning journal – capture the Intellectual property -Library learning Table Groups – Why?

Exploring collaborative professionalism Task

Table Groups

5 minutes

Why should we collaborate?

How do people collaborate?

What kinds of collaboration are there?

Quadrants of collaboration What the research says…

Hargreaves, A. (2018) Leading collaborative professionalism. Centre for Strategic Education:Seminar Series 274

Collaborative Professionalism Collaboration (high trust, high precision) Teachers have strong relationships, trust each other and feel free to take risks and make mistakes In place are tools, structures and protocols of meeting, coaching, feedback, planning and review that support practical action and continuous improvement of the work undertaken together

Positioning of the Middle Leader Leadership Middle Leaders Teaching

Middle leaders can have the greatest impact on teacher learning and development and more directly impact classroom practices

Grootenboer (2019)

Middle Leadership Imperative Evaluations GOOD BECAUSE......

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Practical aspect/strategies to practice

great professional discussions

such interesting learning

conversations with people in the same role

Good developing networks across schools

time to reflect on my leadership skills

lots of resources to use at school

good focus on ideas in each session

Facilitator helped at table keep on track and have good discussions

reflection on mine and other settings

very relevant to my role

good sharing

lots of time to process , no info dump

self reflection gave me confidence and enthusiasm

good opportunities for discussion i dont have

loved the design of the slide show

enjoyed working with like minded professionals

informative

lots of opinions and ideas

loved how you displayed the task etc.

excited about the library

pair chats and speed dating was really good

small steps!

conversations with people in the same role

engaging presenters

confirmed my skills

lots of great discussion

good focus on ideas in each session

activites mixed up

focus on small stepd to creat/maintain teams

great we are meeting up again

good sharing

I now know the steps i can take to improve myself

i am taking ideas back

valuable info given by experienced practitoners

would highly recommend

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Led by Facilitator's

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Louise Green and Margret Charlton

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Middle Leadership Imperative Facilitators With 43 years of experience in NSW Public Schools, Louise Green has served in various roles, including ART OF LEADERSHIP MASTERCLASS TEAMPrincipal, and Executive teacher, executive member, Coach. She has demonstrated dedication to developing future leaders and supporting colleagues for the benefit of NSW Public School students. Louise's extensive leadership experience spans from serving as Assistant Principal, Deputy Principal, to Principal in schools across South West Sydney, including Artarmon Public School in Sydney. Currently, she contributes as a mentor/facilitator in the NSW School Leadership Institute's Aspiring Principals Leadership Program, where she continues to mentor and coach aspiring leaders, relieving, aspiring, and substantive Principals. Louise's commitment to the ongoing development of educational leaders within NSW Public Schools is evident throughout her career.

Margaret Charlton , With a strong commitment to public education Margaret has been a principal of 28 years’ experience in a number of varied school contexts. Starting her leadership career as a teaching principal she has led six different primary schools, including both high and low SES and high multicultural communities, from south-west, western and northern Sydney areas. Margaret has supported principals and leadership through coaching and mentoring in her role as Principal School Leadership. Throughout her principalship she has been committed to enhancing the leadership capacity of colleagues to be empowered leaders within their individual school contexts.

Margaret has held the position of Professional Learning Officer with the NSW Primary Principals’ Association. She has been active within the NSWPPA at both Area Council and State levels. Margaret’s passion for growing effective leaders has seen her contribute to authentic leadership development for Principals and leadership teams across NSW. Her commitment to the NSWPPA and the development of effective leaders has been recognised through the award of the ACEL NSW Leadership Award, the John Laing Award for Professional Learning for Principals and Life Membership of NSWPPA

The moral purpose of NSW public education ​ The commitment ‘to prepare young people for rewarding lives as engaged citizens in a complex and dynamic society’1 underpins the moral purpose of the NSW public education system.

Assistant principals and head teachers enact this moral purpose by placing every child and young person at the centre of all decisions.

THE MIDDLE LEADERSHIP IMPERATIVE

A four-day professional learning opportunity for Assistant Principals addressing the three key themes of middle leading, collaborative professionalism and ideas in action.

Who will benefit Principals and school executive Program Overview

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The middle leader has become increasingly more important to the work of schools through increased accountability and responsibility of principals (Dinham 2016). The role of the middle leader is evolving with specific purpose in facilitating collegial professional learning and in the development of quality student learning (Ronnerman 2014). However, ambiguity still exists in relation to what middle leaders are expected to do (Fluckiger et al 2005).

Participation in this course will empower middle leaders through a practical understanding of the environmental and personal inputs into middle leadership, the key roles middle leaders play and the potential outputs in relation to teachers and students. This course will address an extensive review of available research on middle leadership leading to an effective undertaking of the middle leadership role in NSW schools through the recognition that middle leadership is teacher driven, site responsive and encompasses team based professional learning COURSE COMPONENTS MIDDLE LEADING This module will examine the role of the middle leader within the leadership structure of schools; leadership and management as a set of abilities and skills; as well as the impact of school context on the middle leadership role. Leadership qualities and character strengths will be viewed in line with a developing theoretical model of middle leadership (De Noble 2018).

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