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June 2012

Dear colleagues,

Summer events (all at the IOE)

Although we have some way to go to our own Diamond Jubilee, we th continue to celebrate our 15 anniversary year with a wealth of programmes and events as seen in this edition.

Next two lead events for your diaries:

We have exciting and new opportunities to support your development or that of your colleagues, team and organisation. Our work is research informed, structured around high quality approaches to professional learning and designed to help you ensure maximum impact on your practice and outcomes: we are always interested in such impact so keep in touch with us at londoncentre@ioe.ac.uk The Olympic Games (27 July-12 August) media centre will be sited in Russell Square, right next to our building, so if you are coming to the IOE for an event or programme, during that time, please build in extra time to get to us as it will be very busy.

Enjoy an action packed summer and we look forward to seeing you soon at one of our forthcoming events or programmes.

Vivienne Porritt Executive Director, LCLL ______________________________________________________

Latest news and opportunities Leadership in London and the South East LCLL are delighted to be awarded licenses in London and the South East for the National College’s Modular Curriculum working collaboratively with st our outstanding school partners. We were ranked 1 out of all license holders in both regions and offer high quality and research informed opportunities in leadership development. This begins with NPQH. Headship, the best job in the world?

The only NPQH application round this year is now open. rd Deadline is 3 July. Need help with an application? Call Jenny Francis (NPQH Leader, Coach, Assessor) 020 7612 6411. Click here to find out more.

Contact: Colab@ioe.ac.uk LCLL Annual Lecture

Leading collaborative learning - Tuesday 12th June, 1.30 - 4.30pm – Click here for full information and booking details This seminar will explore how to turn a collaborative or cluster of schools into a powerful learning community. Participants will look at how to move beyond sharing ideas and actually change practice through the key features of effective collaborative leadership. £70.00; £60.00 for LCLL members Leadership and management in the new OFSTED Framework - Tuesday 26th June, 5.00 - 7.00pm Click here for full information and booking details What are the essential aspects you need to know about leadership in the new Ofsted framework starting in January 2012? What do you need to do to succeed in the new framework? £40.00; £30.00 for LCLL members Full details of all events Booking form Contact: londoncentre@ioe.ac.uk

LCLL Membership Membership for next year now open Benefit from:  professional learning communities and research updates  invitations to IOE events  free and reduced rates for LCLL events  discount at the IOE bookshop Membership information Our events are always discounted or free to members.

Contact: londoncentre@ioe.ac.uk Tel: 020 7612 6689/6245

CPD bespoke opportunities These opportunities and a wide range of CPD

In March, we were delighted to welcome Ben Levin from OISE, Toronto, who led our Annual Lecture. As a LCLL member, you can access his presentation through the LCLL web site at http://www.lcll.org.uk/ IOE London blog This is now live. The blog will carry the views and news of IOE academics, practitioners and occasional guest writers, and is one of the ways the IOE contributes to policy, practice and debate.

You can find it if you click here.

Call for articles from new Editor Dr Karen Edge, LCLL Senior Lecturer, has been appointed as incoming Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability. The journal is dedicated to exploring current issues and policy debates and welcomes articles from academics, practitioners and policy makers. Click here to read online.

Accredited and professional programmes for Summer 2012 and beyond 21st century tools for teaching and learning Friday 15th June 9.30 - 3.30pm Internet based communication and collaboration tools are part of everyday life, particularly for the younger generation. Do these tools have potential for teaching and learning? See for yourself in this fun and practical handson session where you will:  learn about different types of tools and how to find them  practice using a variety of tools including back channels, notice boards, digital storytelling, word clouds and collaborative bookmarking  discuss and reflect on ways of using the tools in your school and in classrooms  learn about Web 2.0 and its impact  explore the relationship between internet based tools and VLE’s  join a session website to use as a resource on the day and thereafter  utilise your own laptop/notebook/tablet in a classroom context To see an outline of the programme click here. £150.00; £135.00 for LCLL members Information (pdf) Booking form (pdf)

Doctoral School short courses If you already hold a masters, LCLL’s doctoral level course is now open to applications: Leadership and Learning in Educational Organisations (features contributions from renowned educationists), 29-30 June, 6-7 July and 1213 October 2012. Contact: Professor Peter Earley, London Centre for Leadership in Learning, p.earley@ioe.ac.uk / 020 7612 6824 The course runs as a 6-day doctoral level course (also offered as Doctor in Education (EdD) specialist course). Cost £800 per course.

For more information click here.

IOE Summer School Monday 18 - Friday 29 June

support programmes can be offered in your school/cluster.

Improving performance management: improving learning An innovative approach to leading PM that motivates your staff and supports you to approach the new PM regulations in September 2012.

Impact evaluation The LCLL approach to impact evaluation tackles tough issues of planning for, and evaluating, the successful impact of organisational initiatives and developments.

Classroom based action research Using action/enquiry research to bring about improvements in practice and pupil learning.

Effective lesson observation and feedback Explores how a coaching approach can make a difference to the culture around lesson observation and help ensure improvement is sustained.

Feedback from the above includes: ‘I am now seen as a key player in school.’

‘I had a very hazy idea of what being a leader meant…now I know I can be a leader and make a difference.’

‘The superb quality of every single session was repeatedly highlighted, especially the consistently excellent standard of facilitators.’

Contact: e.konstantinidou@ioe.ac.uk Next free information session!!

Professional Development Quality Mark Award – Wednesday 27 June, 2.00-3.30pm or 4.00-5.30pm – Click here for full information and booking details Learn about the benefits for you of the London Quality Mark Framework. It supports school self evaluation through the free self evaluation tool, you can seek external recognition of your practice and join schools across London who have gained the Quality Mark, validated by the IOE. 'What I like is that the Quality Mark is developed for teachers by teachers who bring their own experience to it … you can show how professional development impacts on the children's learning and how teaching and learning can impact on your school in OFSTED inspections.' Barbara Haydon, Hillingdon School Contact : e.konstantinidou@ioe.ac.uk

International

LCLL is offering two master’s level modules within an intensive summer school, running as daytime sessions, 0900 – 1700 daily.

Use this link for information about all our international leadership programmes.

Doing and Using Leadership and Management, 2 – 5 July. This module will

Internationalisation of education: paths and

draw on relevant and research critiques to encourage participants to reflect on and critically examine their own practice as educational leaders.

This course can be taken as a short course or accredited option.

To enrol r.palmer@ioe.ac.uk Coaching and Mentoring Principles, Theory and Application to Practice, 9-13 July This is an excellent opportunity to understand how coaching works and to become an accomplished practitioner. The course has recently been described as ‘the best of the best’ in its field. Click here to find out more.

To enrol a.williams@ioe.ac.uk For details of all Summer school courses click here.

Participants who engage in four days of CPD at the IOE are eligible for further accreditation through the Independent Study Module and a 50% discount on course fees.

Fulfil your leadership potential! Starts September 18 Are you a new middle leader? Or applying for your first leadership role in the near future? Then let us help you release your leadership potential! Our Early Leadership Programme is valued by participants ‘The course has been invaluable and I would recommend it to anybody who is new to leadership’ . . . and SLTs alike . . . ‘I am confident that the programme has better equipped my staff member to take on greater responsibilities in the future. I wish that such an opportunity had existed when I was seeking promotion!’ Book your place via this link.

Contact Maggie Woods m.woods@ioe.ac.uk

NEW MA Inspection and Regulation (distance learning) recruiting NOW! Our flexible programme developed with OFSTED is only offered at the IOE. It will develop your reflective capacities to connect self knowledge and understanding to the changing demands of the inspection systems and contexts in your own country.

Click here for info!

Contact: a.williams@ioe.ac.uk

Applied Educational Leadership and Management (distance Learning) MA Flexible masters through online learning.

Contact : i.bowditch@ ioe.ac.uk Click here for info!

New publications School Leadership for Public Value: Understanding valuable outcomes for children, families and communities by Denis Mongon, Visiting Professorial Fellow, LCLL and Charles Leadbeater, April 2012, IOE Press Read an online interview with Denis Mongon: School Leadership and Public Values.

A timely contribution to the debate about the purpose and structure of schooling in England. The book describes how some schools enhance pupil attainment by creating strong alliances with their neighbourhood

perspectives Dr Raphael Wilkins, LCLL Director and Assistant Director (International Consultancy and Knowledge Transfer) gave a keynote presentation on the internationalisation of education to GEduc 2012, the tenth Brazilian Congress of International Education Leaders, Sao Paulo, 28-30 March. Read the presentation, click here.

Coaching programme to promote equal access to education in Colombia This year, LCLL has been selected as provider of choice for an exciting project in South America. The Republic of Colombia has launched 'educacion de calidad' initiative, providing education for 2.3 million children in schools identified as being the most disadvantaged in the country. Many of these schools are in rural areas, some without roads or basic electrical supply. At the programme’s core are 100 local facilitators who work with the schools for whom LCLL is providing coaching and leadership development programmes. This is a courageous programme, demonstrating tremendous political will to promote equal access to education with which the LCLL is proud to be associated. We were honoured when Maria Fernandes (the Minister for Education for the Republic of Colombia, shown above with Max Coates, LCLL) said ‘We researched a provider carefully and are secure that we have brought in the best of the best'.

For more information on how our coaching development work can respond to your needs.

Contact c.to@ioe.ac.uk

Equity and Quality in Education: an international conference in Beijing, 2324 October 2012 Organised between the IOE and Beijing Normal University, this biennial event, which in 2010 attracted 250 participants and submissions from 42 countries, provides a dynamic international forum for sharing research and good practice in education. This year's conference addresses equity in education practice; moral and citizenship education; inclusive education; the role of research and researchers in enabling equity and quality in education; and communication, culture and identity. Further information and to register

Comparative education website now available for your research The Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), run by the OECD, is a large-scale education international comparison web site

communities. The authors argue that schools working like these are writing a 'new story' for education which recreates powerful and positive relationships between communities and their schools. Click here to buy

publically available. LCLL led focus groups for London heads and teachers to contribute to the study. http://www.talis.org.uk/

IOE publications update IOE corporate brochure and publications catalogue See the online corporate brochure, IOE in Focus, or contact e.brewer@ioe.ac.uk for printed copies. The IOE Publications catalogue is available online at ioe.ac.uk/publications

Other recent publications Research engaged schools by Dr Raphael Wilkins, IOE Press Read more Click here to buy LCLL members benefit from a 10% discount

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