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Twycross School

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GeoCapabilitiesLeadership - Management

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Leadership & Management• Leadership and Management are two

distinctive, complementary action systems

• Each has its own functions and characteristic activities

• Both are necessary for success• They necessitate different activities

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Management PracticesEffective managers carry out four essential

management practices: – they plan– they organize– they implement– they monitor and evaluate

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Leadership Practices

Leadership has four main practices:– they scan– they focus– they align / mobilise– they inspire

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Leadership Or ManagementManagement is about: • coping with complexity • providing stability, order and consistency

- It is transactional- It promotes the status quo

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Twycross School

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Leadership Versus ManagementLeadership is about:• having vision• a clear sense of direction and • aligning people to it• helping people cope with change

- it promotes transformation and drives change

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Twycross School

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Curriculum leadership

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Twycross School

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Curriculum LeadershipCurriculum leadership is defined as:• coordinating the development of curriculum,• overseeing pedagogy,• leading and managing curriculum delivery, • providing service for students to ensure

quality outcomes (D’Agostino & O’Brien, 2010)Do you agree with this? Is anything missing?

D’Agostino F and O’Brien, M (2010), The University of Queensland, as part of the ALTC project report Closing the Gap in Curriculum Leadership Australian Learning and Teaching Council, https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/329895/Curriculum-leader-framework.pdf

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Twycross School

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Curriculum Management• Try to define curriculum management• What do you think the main differences

between curriculum leadership and management of the curriculum are?

• Compare your ideas with the following diagram

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Leading, Managing Curriculum

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Manager? Or Leader?

In terms of the curriculum you teach:• Which roles do you mainly play?• Which ones are most important?• Are they mainly management or

leadership roles?

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Twycross School

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Manager? Or Leader?In terms of the curriculum you teach:• As a leader, which important areas do

you need to develop?• As a manager, which ones are most

challenging?• Are you a curriculum Manager or

Leader or both?

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Twycross School

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Manager? Or Leader?In terms of the curriculum you teach:Make a mind map to summarise the roles you play in the curriculum

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Manager? Or Leader?In terms of the curriculum you teach:Identify which of them belong to leadership and which are management

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Manager? Or Leader?To improve the quality of learning experience of your students, which are the most important roles?

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Manager? Or Leader?Now, in terms of the curriculum you teach:Reflect on this and consider making your own definition of curriculum leadership