Values and vision for change was the first E-Resource I attenpted today.
The purpose of a vision for the school … is to inspire everyone connected to the school to focus action and to have all stakeholders pulling in the same direction.
Next I am learning the value of vision. Is this something that can really be taught? First the tutorial outlined the terminology and assessed our ability to accurately define the reality. A passable task, but a little boring. Next we were lead through’ action planning’ – somewhat disappointing. An hours learning, I am not sure it was credible. Next, ‘Leadership Capabilities and Styles.’
Summarised duties of a middle leader, Leadership, Management and Administration. To which point we were offered the important/urgent matrix and some online resources (not visible on the screen but the icons were hyperlinked) to help us manage our time and decisions.
After a long intro (which put into perspective how important our vision actually was) before we get to the focal point, what is good leadership. Within this introduction, there was little inspirational content, but as with most things, there were a few interesting take aways. Fullan talks about the importance of relationship building with leadership and notes;
Effective leaders constantly foster purposeful interaction and problem solving. They also strive to involve others in the goal setting and goal getting process; so they have ‘internal commitment.’
Again more prospective links, but the links are not visible and I am not prepared to play pot luck with my time. Come on NCSL. Inspriational, sadly no.