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Creativity and Leadership at educational institution
Dr.paed. SANDRA RONE
Director of Jūrmalas Valsts ģimnāzija Assoc. prof. Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy
Jūrmala,16.08.2016
Four pillars of education in UNESCO 21st Century report:
Learning to learn Learning to doLearning to live togetherLearning to be
Illiterate in the 21st century is not the one who cannot read or write, but he who does not know how to learn; to forget what he had been taught and then learn again from scratch. Alvin Toffler
Creative leader of school- innovator
What to do?
Application problems
Problem solving
Who am I ?
Target audience:7th to 12th grade students- innovation adopters:
subject teachers, class teachers Questions: What do you already know about it?What is your experience?
What will be our children's future orientation ?
Model Creativity in Educational Establishment
7 STEPS
1. Open citizen
2.Knowledge
citizen
3. Problem solving
citizen
4.Communicative
citizen
5.Creative citizen
6.Cooperation citizen
7.Thinking and
activecitizen
Who are you? Why are you here?
Sers Kens Robinsons
At present- in the world every education system is being reformed, but it is not enough. Reforms are no longer necessary because they are just trying to improve completely broken model. That's what we need, is not evolution, but a revolution in education. It must be transformed into something else.
The quality of education in the 21st century
The quality of education today and in the future largely depends on
effective, strong and creative leader.That is why so important to activate
the role of the school leader.Actualized is the role of a creative
leader as well as distributed leadership.
Kingsland Elementary School Director David Lawrence paid £ 20,000 per aircraft (half of the £ 40,000) as a mobile classroom
Theoretical basis
Built on the British school leadership expert Tony Bush;
West University Professor David James - Latvian University lecturer;
Warwick University, UK Professor Ron Richie;
School leadership of the national college of Leeds in the UK expert Maris Pūlis’s lectures - workshops-practical workshops.
The quality of education in the 21st century
Theoretical basis
Methodological material "Fifteen Principles of Leaders and Leadership Development" of other Latvian school leaders and stakeholders.
Good practice: City Academy Bristol
This school is good, development-oriented. The school provides the visibility of a harmonious and orderly environment, differences in values, students feel safe.
Good practice: The school where the children are not taught how to learn.
The quality of education in the 21st century
During the period of 2011 to 2013, The Centre of Management Sciences of Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy conducted a study within the frames of the project "Education management: motivation to improve educational leadership competences for the comprehensive school directors and deputy heads”.
The quality of education in the 21st century
In 2013, 11 educational leaders who conduct schools up to 5 years, were interviewed on educational management issues. 11 questions were included in the interview serving as the basis of theoretical knowledge.
The main aim of the research
To raise awareness of what it means to be a school-head today.
If a school leader is able to provide creativity, what is considered to be
the basis of the quality of education.How should a school leader lead the
school today to promote the quality and efficiency of the educational institution?
Theoretical basis
To conduct analysis according to the fifteen leadership principle improvement methodology, as the basis of educational quality assurance, the Leading team of the researchers of Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy prepared the interview questions for the school directors.
KEY WORDS
Participation in school management
LeadershipDistributed leadershipCreative leaderChallenges
Director and permanent changes
The world's constantinnovations are introducedinto educational system,occupying the schools’administration efforttime, the schools’ resourcesbut the results remainalmost unchanged.
From 1980 to 2005,(McKinsey report, 2007)the US costs for educationincreased by 73%.
bringing a positive development in students’ academic achievements.
Conclusion of McKinsey research
The McKinsey study authors believe that the positive dynamics of student achievement will be - when in classes will work educators-practitioners; - the director will be one of them.
NCSL research results (2006,England)
43% of deputy directors would not want to take the place of director;70% of teachers do not want to take the place of director.
To find directors for schools in deprived areas and disadvantaged social environment is very complex.
The biggest part of the new directors leave their jobs and professions during the first 5 years of work, or do not bear the stress and pace of work.www.nationalcollege.org.uk
What is the role of leaders?
Leadership is attributed to learning together, but that does bring possible targeted changes. This learning should be directed towards higher aspirations and common goals;
Leadership is a complex task that requires skills, but every school
employee engaged in it can acquire knowledge, if the school receives guidance;
After all, leadership is democracy in action. Be given to the value of
young people's views and opinions, which form the real school life experience.
If the school is suffering from setbacks
Sometimes new leaders do not pass the psychological burden, and they often leave their jobs because they do not meet their expectations.
In society there is an opinion that school failure is the cause of being lead improperly.
School failure is seen as a leader / director personal failure and he alone is called to account.
What is leadership?
Leaders have moral courage to gradually restructure their schools, putting the higher level goals and priorities in value terms.
Schools where efforts are united in wish to learn together, school leaders renounce the power, divide leadership among the other staff to enable the school to succeed.
” We cannot save education, saving schools one at a time”(Harris and Lambert, 2003)
The principles are designed both for the beginners starting work in one of the leading positions in school, as well as for those who work with young leaders.
The principles might be interesting also for the teachers’ educators and future teachers. They are rooted in the theory and practice. On their basis are the ideas created in leadership practices.
The principles are based on the need of school leaders to explore closer the current situation, taking into account the rapidly changing situation in education in Latvia.
Principle
The principles are attempt to solve the paradox, although in many cases the people agree on what a "good practice ” means, but when it comes to professional work, often what is very useful in one place, really fails in the second, but in the other - not suitable at all (James and Biesta, 2007).
The principles are meant for leaders who want to build and develop their practice as leaders, offering a possible action research plan or steps. They are certainly not self-sufficient, and to be truly useful, it is necessary to use the principles in practice and talk about them, exchanging experiences with other colleagues in a spirit of friendly criticism.
Principle
At this fast moving time arises a burning question about each individual's ability to adapt to changing requirements. Consequently, more complex become the tasks of educational institutions, and a crucial role plays skilful (creative) operations of the leader, able to shift to a community-oriented organization structure, and respond accordingly to the time and demands of the society.
Points of view
The content of the interview included 11 questions about:
work experience in educational management,
director candidates criteria,continuing professional development,necessary knowledge in management,management of creativity in today's
economic situation,school functioning fundamentals.
Research
Director (Director candidate) criteria:
Education in school management.Education in business administration.Experience in management.Experience in organizational work.
Research: Schools operating framework
To be a director-creative leader - is a mission to serve their school, teachers, students, and community.
Democratic management style means distributed leadership, teamwork.
School should be:1. Capable of change, and should be flexible towards changes in the society.2. Open to new ideas: e.g. e - class, the EU-funded education projects, etc.
Research: Schools operating framework
3. Well-organized environment - positively influence personal development.4. Smart, knowledgeable teachers who are engaged in activities not only in Europe but also in the world.5. School staff collaborates, continuously improving their competences.
Very important is the school status in the community
City, region,community, cultural and sports centre
Research: Cooperation
Regular exchange of experiences with other school directors of the city, local community, within the framework of the region and the country.
Exchange of experiences with partner schools in other countries.
Successful cooperation with the city, regional municipalities together to achieve the targeted goals.
Lack of time
Stress
Directors devote too much time to maintain order in the
documents rather than school management (Leadership)
School Director
How?• Skills in management
Why?• Skills in strategic planning
Whom?• Teacher’s competences
The main points what directors need for further Professional Development
Project management;Accounting;Record-keeping data.
Why do we have these problems?
There exist both the competition and cooperation among schools. One cannot develop a modern educational system leading only a narrow scope of activities.
The school can only be developed mutually co-operating with other schools. Successful school leader can be appointed to another school to help to recover from the set- back.
All school activities must be based on social values.
Ideal situation
Sshools
Distributed Leadership
Cooperation
Common ValuesFair Competition
Conclusions
A good theory deserves that it is an expression of respect that has been tested in practice. I think it is important to look for opportunities to implement these ideas in some places outside the organization, as well as to build models for other educational establishments.
In Latvia today, we all should seek the ways to do so, creating a leadership capacity in an ambitious scale, using the inter-school cooperation, to put
creativity on the basis of leadership to ensure the quality of education in schools.
Leadership is inseparable with setting goals, leading, drawing conclusions, and moving forward.
Kas jādara?
Decline of one person responsibility. Responsibility should be shared.
Leadership / Management must be a process with the involvement of every employee.
Its efficiency is not the collective management abilities, but the capacity to be formed in collaboration among employees.
This brings the common responsibility that promotes the leader’s self-regulation.
Does participation in management promote
innovation?
When have you beena participant in your school
work and development?
Innovative activity of public opinion
Innovative activity of public opinion
Innovative activity of public opinion
Does advertising impact on the formation of innovation?
STRĀDĀT
PIRKT
PATĒRĒT MIRT
We will continue to consume "live in the old way" - but everything is in order!
Edvards de Bono:
«Think outside the box, outside the limits !»
Benefits closer and further perspective.
Open question discussions with students:
What are the causes of migration?What does migration mean to the people who stay at home?What does it mean for the people who leave theirhomeland and live in other countries?What does it mean for the people who are permanentresidents?What is the treatment of migrants?What happens with the migrants’ children?
"The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the coast of wonder ”.
Let’s wonder about all possibilities of Creativity in Leadership!
Thank you for your attention!
