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Leading learning through developing the capacity of teaching assistants Celine McKinley shares the results of a course designed to enhance classroom contributions As a class teacher and newly appointed Year Team Leader at the British School Jakarta I was fortunate enough to take part in the International Leadership and Management Programme (ILMP), which is designed to offer professional development for practitioners and to improve student learning in schools. For the past few years, British School Jakarta has chosen to implement this bespoke ILMP course that includes coaching on specific leadership projects. The ILMP programmes are based on current research combined with evidence and collective experience. They have been designed to impact on learning by improving knowledge, skills and understanding of school leadership and management. The focus of school leadership should be learning, which is its core business. Autumn
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“School leadership is second only to classroom instruction among all school-related factors that contribute to what students learn at school. While evidence about leadership effects on student learning can be confusing to interpret, much of the existing research actually underestimates its effects. Total (direct and indirect) effects of leadership on student learning account for about one quarter of the total school effects”. (Leithwood, 2004)
Being new to the role of Year Team Leader, I was keen to lead a team in a positive way that enabled us to achieve improved outcomes in teaching and learning. With this at the forefront of my mind, I asked myself: ‘How effective is the
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