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This book provides an insight into the most significant changes ever in the understanding of the nature and purpose of educational leadership. The concept of 'Systems Leadership' is not yet recognised and this book is the first to explore in detail the rationale and implications it will have for educational leadership.The focus of this book is one of the most significant changes ever in the understanding of the nature and purpose of educational leadership.For a generation, educational leadership has been understood in terms of institutional leadership: responsibility for the success and effectiveness of a specific school or college. A primary component of effective leadership was the implementation of national and local education authority policies at school level.A range of forces are now challenging this model. There is increasing emphasis on the development of policy at 'local' level and recognition of the need for local solutions to local problems. At the same time there is a growing emphasis on 'leadership beyond the school', with school leaders becoming increasingly active across the system.System leadership is not yet 'bedded' as a concept but it would appear at present to involve school leaders in: advising on the formulation of national policies and projects; working with local authorities; collaborating and cooperating with leaders of other public services; leading a cluster or federation of schools; leading extended services; working on community initiatives; and, acting as executive headteachers. This book will be the first to explore in detail the rationale for, and the implications of, systems leadership.
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Pat Collarbone taught for 28 years in inner London and established a reputation for innovation and achievement during her headship at Haggerston School in Hackney. In 1996 she established the London Leadership Centre at the Institute of Education, University of London. In 2002 she was seconded from the IoE as Director of Leadership Development Programmes at the National College for School Leadership (NCSL), a post she held until December 2004. She was a Director of NCSL and the Director of the National Remodelling Team within NCSL until March 2005, continuing in this role when the NRT transferred to the Training and Development Agency (TDA). In 2006, she set up Education Change Associates Limited, a private consultancy firm, but is also a principal advisor to the TDA, and is involved with work for NCSL on the ECM agenda, and with the Innovation Unit and the DfES. Pat is noted as an outstanding speaker and frequently delivers presentations on leadership development and remodelling at national and international conferences. She received a DBE in 1997 as an acknowledgement for her services to education. John West-Burnham is a teacher, writer and consultant in leadership development. He worked in schools, further and adult education for 15 years before moving into higher education, where he has worked in numerous universities and colleges. He was Senior Research Adviser at the National College for School Leadership. John is Senior Adviser, Centre for Relational Learning, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Leadership Adviser, Kambrya College, Berwick, Victoria, Australia and consultant to the Leadership Development Schools project, Ministry of Education, Republic of Ireland. He is Honorary Professor of Education at Queens University, Belfast; Honorary Professor at the Centre for Educational Studies, University of Hull; Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Faculty of Education, University of Manchester; Associate Professor at Liverpool Hope University; Visiting Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Cyprus and Visiting Professional Associate at the Regional Training Unit, Northern Ireland. He is a sought after international speaker and coordinator of the European School Leadership Project.
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Are you listening, Mr Gove?,
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Here is a superb book that helps define and develop the new leadership of schools.
It contains a mixture of theory and practice which any and every new leader should consider. School leadership is well beyond being the 1 person/pyramid model, and the authors demonstrate a profound understanding of the needs of schools and the ways in which they might be met through systems leadership. Since the book was published we have changed government: the new regime should read this book carefully, and apply its scholarship and insight rather than throw in some opportunist ideas culled from other national systems. In my experience, there are a lot of good to great leaders in our schools system: we should let them flourish and this book will help that happen. We need our leaders to be learners - what a great chance this book provided to adopt this maxim!
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