In Contact December 2010

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December 2010

December message from the Executive Director Autumn has seen us and you, I am sure, at full speed in exploring the changing landscape for educational organisations and the implications for continuing, quality development and capacity building. Central to this are questions about the appropriate responses to the challenges of the government spending review and this week’s White Paper. We value all the conversations we are having with you in these areas so that we move forward in a collaborative way. Our website highlights current and future possibilities so do keep checking into this: www.lcll.org.uk Our calendar of events is based around the theme ‘Leading together’ and our annual lecture speaker is Sir Michael Barber on 8th March 2011. (See below).

Our full offer and activity is described in our IOE web pages www.ioe.ac.uk/lcll

Vivienne Porritt

Membership of the LCLL – ‘You don’t have to be a member to learn here but it helps!’

Benefit from our professional learning communities, regular updates on research findings, invitations to IOE events and reduced rates for events and the IOE bookshop.

We have membership categories for schools, clusters, organisations and local authorities. Our events are always discounted or free to members and see below for some of the events we have lined up for you. For all other events click here for info!

Join now! £20.00 off annual LCLL membership: Visit our membership information page here!

Call: 020 7612 6689 or Click here!

Forthcoming lead events Fast tracking educational leaders – what works and why?

Date: Monday 6 December 2010 For: Senior and middle leaders, policy makers and LCLL members

Cost: £40.00; free to members Click for info!

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Evaluating impact Date: Wednesday 19 January 2011 For: Senior leaders, CPD leaders, ASTs, local authority advisers, LCLL members Cost: £70.00; £60.00 for LCLL members Click for info! Click to book!

LCLL annual lecture: The path to high performance: strategy and implementation Presented by Sir Michael Barber Date: Tuesday 8 March 2011 For: Education practitioners, leaders at all levels, local authority advisers, policy makers and LCLL members Cost: £40.00; free to members Click for info!

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Shape your development in 2011 We have more useful and practical development for you this year at the IOE. Leading people for effective learning – flexible learning opportunity. Still booking!

This 4-day module will be running from December – January 2011, over three Fridays and Saturdays. Take it as a free-standing single module or combine it with other modules to receive a diploma or go on to achieve the full MBA (see next item).

Contact: a.williams@ioe.ac.uk Enrol on the MBA Educational Leadership to keep ahead in today’s collaborative working environments Places are available on our well-established MBA Educational Leadership (International) programme. Read participants’ experiences of this programme in London InstEd. Click here!

Contact: a.williams@ioe.ac.uk Leadership programmes to develop your expertise Now in their second year, we offer three effective leadership programmes; Early leadership for new school leaders, Developing leaders for middle leaders and Widening leadership for those new to senior leadership. These give school professionals leadership development opportunities from the early stages of their career to the point where they are ready to move into senior leadership.

Click here for more details!

Contact: m.woods@ioe.ac.uk NEW !

Introduction to Mentoring and Coaching – (Spring term) 26 and 27 January 2011, optional 3rd day on 18 March 2011 Participants will gain an understanding of the concept of mentoring-coaching and will have the opportunity to practice the key skills required including establishing rapport, empathic listening and dialogic questioning. This is offered as a 2 or 3 day course.

Cost £440 for 2 days, £550 for 3 days (discount offered for LCLL members). We can also tailor this course for larger groups, please enquire for more details.

Contact: c.to@ioe.ac.uk Foundations for successful mentoring and coaching - DVD-based learning programme Develop ‘hands on’ skills and a good understanding of underlying theory.

Available as a disc and study materials for learning at your own pace, this is the first of two modules on mentoring and coaching, the second exploring coaching at organisational level, but both can be studied as a stand-alone course. The programme leads to an IOE certificate of completion.

Contact: c.to@ioe.ac.uk

Recently held events Hot Topic: learning, performance and improvement session Here is what some of the 33 delegates said after attending this October event, where Chris Watkins’ shared his latest report on performance versus learning. 

‘A very interesting and useful presentation. Thought provoking and reinforcing what we are already doing. Great time of day for a session. Many thanks.’

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‘Skilful presentation, excellent knowledge and research. Thank you.’

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‘Given me another framework for promoting active learning and developing a more creative curriculum, assessment for learning and building learning power.

Fantastic, thanks.’

Were you unable to attend the event? No matter. To purchase a copy of Research Matters, (Issue No. 34) on which the presentation was based.

Contact: londoncentre@ioe.ac.uk Cost: £10; £7.50 for members.

Research and resources Accelerated Leadership Development: fast-tracking school leaders by Peter Earley and Jeff Jones, IOE Publications How can schools plug the staff gap with large numbers of headteachers and senior staff either retiring early or leaving education altogether? This highly topical new book addresses the issue of talent management.

Click here to browse the IOE Publications catalogue or place an order for further titles.

Pick up a discount at the IOE bookshop Pep up your reading. Looking for a Christmas present for a colleague – or perhaps yourself? Here is the list of top LCLL and LCLL associate authored titles this year. All are available at the John Smith bookshop. Until the end of the December term take advantage of a 15 % discount for LCLL members (instead of the normal 10%) and 10% for non-members.

1) Helping Staff Develop in Schools, Bubb & Earley, Sage £22.99 (ISBN 9781849200264) 2) Educational Leadership and Management, Coleman, Open University Press,

£22.99 (ISBN 9780335236084) 3) Leadership and Management in Education, Coleman & Earley, Oxford University Press, £24.99 (ISBN 9780199268573) 4) Distributed School Leadership, Harris, Routledge, £18.99 (ISBN 9780415419581) 5) Leading and Managing CPD, Bubb & Earley, Paul Chapman, £23.99 (ISBN 9781412948289) 6) Research Methods in Educational Leadership, Coleman, Paul Chapman, £24.99 (ISBN 9781412923545) 7) Getting to the Heart of Leadership, Crawford, Sage, £21.99 (ISBN 9781847871701) 8) Management Skills in Schools, Jones, Paul Chapman, £22.99 (ISBN 9781412901109) 9) Passionate Leadership in Schools, Davies and Brighouse (Eds) Paul Chapman, £21.99 (ISBN 9781412948623) 10) Effective Practices in Continuing Professional Development – Lessons from schools, Earley and Porritt (Eds), IOE Publication £19.99 (ISBN 978-0-85473883-0) Click here to place an order quoting promotional code DECLCLL. 10 strong claims about successful school leadership by Christopher Day, Pam Sammons, David Hopkins, Alma Harris, Ken Leithwood, Qing Gu and Eleanor Brown, National College, 2010. This report summarises the findings of a three-year national research project on the impact of leadership on pupil outcomes, with particular reference to the leadership of the headteacher.

Click here for more details!

Educational Leadership and Management: developing insights and skills

by Marianne Coleman and Derek Glover, Open University Press This accessible book demonstrates the insights and skills needed by leaders in education in an increasingly diverse society. To purchase this, and many other leadership titles. Click here to place an order.

Did you know that 233 languages are spoken by London’s school children?! For an in-depth study of London’s languages read Language Capital, mapping the languages of London’s school children (CILT, 2010), published in October. This is a key reference for policymakers, planners, practitioners and researchers containing 29 pages of full colour maps.

ISBN-13: 978-1-904243-95-3, price £40.

To order click here www.cilt.org.uk/shop.aspx

London Education Research Unit (LERU) LERU’s newly revamped website contains presentations, resources and publications that deal with London education issues. Keep checking for new resources, such as ‘Surviving and

Thriving as an Urban leader by Kathryn Riley’.

If you are a London researcher or practitioner, this site is for you. Visit us at: http://www.leru.org.uk/

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