Middle Leaders Program 2024 | Intuyu Consulting

Middle
Leaders
Program

AEU Professional
Learning Centre

Facilitator

Dr Adrian Bertolini
Intuyu Consulting

BACKGROUND

“Effective schools build an improvement culture by developing the capabilities of their leadership team. Schools do this by using evidence-based data, implementing proven coaching and feedback techniques, and strengthening succession planning and induction of new teachers.”

“In turn, leadership teams are driven by the moral purpose of improving the educational outcomes of all students. They empower and develop their staff, collectively and individually at their point of need, expect consistency of practice and establish high levels of accountability. They create safe environments where teachers are able to develop their practice with others.”

“Effective leaders contribute to a school culture where learning can flourish through quality communication, high expectations, collaboration, challenge, trust building and support. They create the conditions where leadership thrives by building team capacity, collectively and individually, with a shared purpose based on the school's vision and values, context and data.”

AEU Middle Leaders Program

The Building Leadership Teams initiative of FISO is defined as:

Highly effective schools have three key foundational qualities – they are clear about their purpose or WHY they exist, the school community OWNS the purpose and are its champions, and they are clear what they are working on and have ALIGNED their systems, process and policies to achieve those strategic aims.

In my experience this is the work to be done with most schools and school leaders. Clarity, empowered collaboration and alignment are the key to achieving long term change and goals. Middle leaders are the critical lynchpin and agents in a school sustainably delivering the desired outcomes.
The challenge many schools face is finding a leadership developmental program that is cost and time-effective while empowering and enabling the middle leaders in their existing roles.

MIDDLE LEADERS

Develop their capacity to coach so as to empower and enable each member of the team.

Develop their capacity to become transformational leaders who build trust and co-create a collaborative, high accountability environment of learning and support.

Develop their capacity to strategically plan and lead curriculum and pedagogical change.

The 3 day AEU Middle Leaders program is designed to have middle leaders;

The program involves a significant amount of discussion, interaction and self-reflection and is supported by a range of leadership, behavioural and instructional research. The materials and structures align with preparing middle leaders for the VAPA program if they are interested in becoming Principals.

Who should participate?

Teachers, Teacher Leaders and Middle Leaders including HODs, Year Level Coordinators, Literacy / Numeracy / Pedagogy Coaches

The design of the program requires the 3 days to be spread across the year so that the middle leaders can be in action practicing between the workshops.

Program Intentions

Developing middle leader capacity to become transformational leaders who build trust and co-create a collaborative, high accountability environment of learning and support.

Day One

Intentions

To begin to explore what being a transformational leader means
To have the middle leaders reflect on their current teams and discuss what is working, the challenges, the causes and the future they would like in their teams
To have explored what taking a stand as a leader means and the concept of socially constructed leadership
To develop the capacity of middle leaders to create and communicate a vision and a future that inspires and empowers those around them
To discuss some of the hidden influences on teams, including learning readiness, beliefs and mindset, deficit vs developmental contexts, tribal leadership, and collaboration vs cooperation
To develop the capacity of the middle leaders to build self-trust and radical candour
To give an opportunity for the middle leaders to select an area to develop themselves in

Day Two

Developing middle leader capacity to coach so as to empower and enable each member of the team

To explore the purpose of coaching and the current reality of coaching their teams
To discuss the principals of coaching and stages of skill development
To have the middle leaders go through the GROW model of coaching
To deepen the capacity of middle leaders to listening actively
To provide an opportunity for the middle leaders to practice coaching, observing and being coached

Day Three

Developing their capacity to strategically plan and lead curriculum and pedagogical change

To discuss strategic thinking and planning and its link to leading change in a school
To discuss the John Kotter’s two “operating systems” and eight step change model
To discuss the process of strategically leading curriculum and pedagogical change
To have the middle leaders critically review and reflect upon the progress of their team towards the previous Annual Implementation Plan
To support the middle leaders to begin creating an action plan based on the AIP
To discuss how the action plan could be used

Intentions

Middle Leaders Program testimonial background

Middle Leaders Program Participant 2023

“In the coaching workshop: having the time to reflect and dig deeper with root concerns to find better solutions was really valuable”

“Being able to unpack the concepts and ideas with our own examples and current challenges was really useful. My confidence is already growing!”

Middle Leaders Program Participant 2023

Middle Leaders Program Brochure

Contact Andrew Augerinos
Manager, AEU Professional Learning Centre
0439 482 323