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GLOBALIZATION, LEADERSHIP AND IMPROVEMENT IN SCHOOLSChristopher GreenExecutive Director Schools Review UnitNAQQAETKingdom of Bahrain
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MACRO AND MICRO LEVELS OF IMPROVEMENT
The macro level
The micro level
Political and culture
will
Economic commitment
Improvement in systems
Similar social circumstances
Leadership and
management challenge is
local
Improvement in schools
Creating the
will to change
is more
achievable
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LET’S SIMPLIFY THINGSat both macro and micro levels
School improvement
Leading and managing
schools effectively
Positive change in the personal
behaviour & academic
achievement of students
Teaching that brings about real
learning
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LEARNING PYRAMID
10%
20%
30%
50%
75%
90%
Lecture
Reading
Audiovisual
Demonstration
Discussion
Practise doing
Teach others
Average student
retention rates
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QUESTION
Apart from information technology, what has had
significant impact on
improving the quality of education
in schools in the last five years?
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ANSWERS
Systematic school review
Incisive school leadership
Student-focused teaching & learning
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SOURCES FOR THESE ANSWERS
1. Policy and practice in improving school leadership, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Vol. 1 & 2 2008
Lessons in leadership development, Barber, M. 2010
Education systems keep getting better, McKinsey & Co, 2010
2. Highly effective schools in ten systems, Chris Green, 2012
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SOURCE 1 OECD, BARBER AND MCKINSEY
22 systems in 19 countries
SOURCE 2 CHRIS GREEN
10 systems in 9 countries
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SOURCE 2 A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS IN TEN SYSTEMS
England Sweden USA
Saudi Arabia UAE (Abu Dhabi & Dubai)
Tanzania
India New Zealand Kingdom of Bahrain
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Wymondham College, Norfolk, England
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Thomas Telford School, Shropshire, England
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Greensward Academy, Essex, England
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Walsall Academy, Walsall, England
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St. Christopher’s School, Bahrain
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British School, Bahrain
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Hutteen Primary Boys’ School, Bahrain
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Rabe’aa Primary Girls School, Bahrain
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Khawla Secondary Girls School, Bahrain
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Um Salama Intermediate Girls School, Bahrain
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British School, Riyadh, KSA
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Bhavan British School, Baroda, India
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Tweedsmuir School, Invercargill, New Zealand
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Kunskapsskolan School, Stockholm, Sweden
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Al Ain Junior School, Abu Dhabi
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Cambridge High School, Abu Dhabi
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Tarpon Springs Culinary School, Florida, USA.
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Albuqueque Academy, New Mexico, USA
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Mvumi Secondary School, Dodoma, Tanzania
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MICRO AND MACRO INTERPLAY
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GLOBALIZATION, LEADERSHIP & IMPROVEMENT
We are learning more from each other
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GLOBALIZATION, LEADERSHIP & IMPROVEMENT
Learning via e-communication is swift and cheap
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GLOBALIZATION, LEADERSHIP & IMPROVEMENT
Acting locally, but thinking globally
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GLOBALIZATION, LEADERSHIP & IMPROVEMENT
Impact at both system and school levels, but there is wide variation from place to place
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GLOBALIZATION, LEADERSHIP & IMPROVEMENT
Systems do not consistently support individual efforts
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THE CONTINUUM OF IMPACT
Global innovationLocal adaptation Anxiety about being outstanding
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SCHOOL REVIEW
Accurate school review is critical as the informant of priorities for improvement
Rigorous school self-evaluation as routine
in-school management
Regular and frequent external review to benchmark and moderate school self-evaluation
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LEADERSHIP
Leadership vision and action
Innovative ‘can do’ people
Change that is the norm
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DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP
Outstanding leadership at
a range of levels is
the ‘key’ to sustaining improvements
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The must be
on leading learning
inside conventional classrooms and
beyond
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IMPACT is where there is
direct and practical leadership of learning
inclusive, distributed and within a culture of lifelong learning
in and out of school
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LEADERSHIP AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT IN BAHRAIN
What are the salient issues to address?
What does leadership need to do to be outstanding?
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SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAMS
Bahrain Schools Agenda
Bahrain Centre of Excellence
Ministry of Education Strategies
(particularly Literacy & Numeracy)
National criteria for leadership performance
Tracking students’ progress
Comprehensive performance
data
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COMPARING BAHRAIN’S SCHOOLS IN CYCLE 1 AND CYCLE 2 OF REVIEW
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COMPARING BAHRAIN’S GIRLS’ SCHOOLS IN CYCLE 1 AND CYCLE 2
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COMPARING BAHRAIN’S BOYS' SCHOOLS IN CYCLE 1 AND CYCLE 2
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COMPARING BOYS' SCHOOLS & GIRLS’ SCHOOLS IN CYCLE 1
6% 48% 41% 5%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
2008-201199 schools(Cycle 1)
1-Outstanding 2-Good 3-Satisfactory 4-Inadequate
6 47 41 5
Figure 3: Overall effectiveness – comparing boys’ schools in Cycles 1 and 2
1% 13% 51% 35%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
2008-2011103 schools(Cycle 1)
1-Outstanding 2-Good 3-Satisfactory 4-Inadequate
1 13 36 53
BOYS' SCHOOLS
GIRLS' SCHOOLS
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GENDER PARITY AND GENDER SEGREGATION IN NATIONAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS
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CLOSING THE GAPS
By improving schools’ self-evaluation and identifying priorities for action
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COMPARISON BETWEEN SCHOOLS’ JUDGEMENTS & REPORT JUDGEMENTS
2008-2011202 schoolsin Cycle 1
2008-201151 schoolsin Cycle 1
2011-201251 schoolsin Cycle 2
-10%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
26%
33%
27%
48%51%
39%
-1%
-6% -6%
25%
10%
24%
4%
Exact1 Point Difference2 Points Difference3 Points Difference
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IMPROVING INSTITUTIONAL SELF-REVIEW
Shifts in leadership attitudes and skills
hierarchy empowerment
control accountability
secrecy transparency
bureaucracy strategic action
blame learning development
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IMPROVING INSTITUTIONAL SELF-REVIEW
Shifts in learning attitudes and skills
subjectivityassessment-
based learning
analysis synthesis
fragmentation coherent purpose
administrative focus learning focus
passive attendance active learning
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GAPS THAT NEED CLOSING
Boys’ and girls’ achievement
Examination validity & reliability
Distributed leadership
Lifelong learning culture
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LIFELONG LEARNING CULTURE
personal
responsibility
reflective practice and
appraisalformati
ve assess
ment as central
trusting
relationships
passion for improvemen
t
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But always within a culture of
Students’ focused learning
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MINDSETS AND ACTION
Delivery mindsets
Learning mindsets
Consequentaction
Effective leadership is about moving people
from
to
with
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