Prepare Teacher Leaders to Lead Learning in the Fall, Now!
Lead by Michael Iannini
Why you need to know this now
Unfortunately, the selection process for middle leaders is often limited to only senior leaders and not allotted sufficient time to seek feedback from other relevant stakeholders. This happens because one school year hasn’t finished, but preparations for the next school year have begun. In the myriad pressing tasks, most senior leaders will not take time to critically assess who should be the middle leader, let alone account for the time it takes to prepare middle leaders for their role in the coming year. Even if there is no change in grade-level leader or department head roles, we should not assume the next school year will be business as usual. In fact, NEXT YEAR won’t be anything remotely similar to this year.
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What you will learn
Understand how the role of the leader must change throughout the school year.
Understand the 3-dimensions that influence middle leadership success.
Draft a Success Profile that explicitly outlines how success in the middle leadership role will be defined.
Michael Iannini is ACAMIS's Contracted Leadership Development Facilitator and an affiliated Council of International School’s consultant with the following areas of expertise: appraisal and professional development, leadership training, school governance, and strategic planning.