CRI TI CAL PERSPECTI VES I N

EDUCATI ONAL LEADERSHI P

Developing sustainable leadership Professor Brent Davies
Systems leadership Professor David Hopkins
Leadership for the self-evaluating school Professor John MacBeath
9 November 2007,London
6March 2008,London
13 March 2008,Leeds (Brighouse) Business School
Three Professors Three Insights
DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP
Professor Brent Davies
The em phasis on short-term accountability m easures has often prioritised
the use of short-term m anagem ent strategies to m eet test and O fsted
m easures. M oving aw ay from short-term ism to the m ore fundam ental
consideration of sustainable leadership is the focus of this presentation.
W hile it w ould be naive or unrealistic to suggest that school leaders do not
have to respond to short-term accountability targets and m anagerial
im peratives,it is im portant that these responses are set against sustainable
leadership factors.I propose nine sustainable leadership factors that should
be developed and deployed to battle w ith the dangers of m anagerial short-
term ism ! These factors have been draw n from recent research of sustainable
and strategically successful schools.
SYSTEM S LEA D ERSH IP
Professor David Hopkins
H ard Federations,executive headships,partnering schools in challenging
circum stances are all exam ples of the changing role of leaders in schools.
These system leadership roles are part of the landscape of w ider school
im provem ent approaches being adapted.This em ergent practice w ill be
articulated and patterns of system leadership w ill be explored.H eadteachers
and schools exam ining these future roles and contributions w ill find this a
valuable insight as they contem plate new challenges.
LEA D ERSH IP FO R TH E SELF-EVA LU ATIN G SC H O O L
Professor John MacBeath
In England,there is a new relationship w ith schools,w ith self-evaluation now
seen by O fsted as the key to im provem ent and sustainability.M aking self-
evaluation an integral part of day-to-day classroom practice rem ains a
longer-term proposition,how ever,as it is still regarded as an event and an
extra im position.The challenge for leadership is to help teachers,pupils and
parents to tell the school's ow n story,in the language of w hat professionals
value and not w hat can be easily m easured.Inspirational exam ples from
school practice in this and other countries w ill be draw n on to illustrate w hat
a genuinely new relationship m ight look like.
H ull U niversity Business School presents
About the speakers
Professor Brent Davies is Professor of International Leadership
D evelopm ent at H ull U niversity Business School.H e is also a Professorial
Fellow at the U niversity of M elbourne,Visiting Professor at the Institute of
Education (U niversity of London),Special Professor at the U niversity of
N ottingham and a Faculty M em ber of the C entre on Educational
G overnance at the U niversity of Southern C alifornia.H e is an A ssociate
D irector of the Specialist Schools and A cadem ies Trust.
Professor David Hopkins is the inaugural H SBC C hair in International
Leadership,w here he supports the w ork of iN et,the International arm of the
Specialist Schools Trust and the Leadership C entre at the Institute of
Education,U niversity of London. Betw een 2002 and 2005 he served three
Secretaries of State as the C hief A dviser on School Standards at the
D epartm ent for Education and Skills. Previously, he w as C hair of the
Leicester C ity Partnership Board and Professor of Education,H ead of the
School, and D ean of the Faculty of Education at the U niversity of
N ottingham .
Professor John MacBeath is C hair of Educational Leadership at the
U niversity of C am bridge in w hich capacity he has continued to w ork closely
w ith schools, local authorities, the N ational U nion of Teachers and
governm ents on self-evaluation. H is self-evaluation books have been
translated into 13 languages.H is research and consultancy has helped to
shape policy in 20 countries in Europe and the Pacific Rim .H e is President
of the International C ongress on School Effectiveness and Im provem ent.H is
recent book School Inspection and self-evaluation:working the new relationship
offers a critique of current policy and suggests how schools can be m ore
successful in asserting their ow n professional priorities.
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Current educational developments provide education
leaders with new challenges and opportunities.How to
evaluate,sustain and share leadership practice is a key
issue for all leaders.This focused conference provides a
unique opportunity to explore this issue with international
experts in the field of education leadership.

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Programme for the day
9.15 9.50 Arrival and registration
9.50 10.00 Welcome
Introduction to Hull University
Business School
10.00 11.15 Developing sustainable
leadership
Professor Brent Davies
11.15 11.30 Refreshment break
11.30 12.45 Systems leadership
Professor David Hopkins
12.45 13.50 Lunch
13.50 15.05 Leadership for the self-
evaluating school
Professor John MacBeath
15.05 15.10 Conclusion
Professor Brent Davies
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