Supporting professional learning: A key role of leadership
There is much written about 'Leadership Styles' but less on the purpose of leadership; certainly less on the 'enabling learning' as an aspect of leadership.
In education, and I suspect in most industries, it is certainly true that the quality of the institution cannot exceed the quality of the staff. In schools this translates as the quality of the school cannot exceed the quality of the teaching.
And yet, how often is the role of developing professional learning delegated down from the top and not seen as a key role of the most senior leaders in the school?
Viviane Robinson, in her book 'Student Centred Leadership' (2011), identified from research that facilitating and enabling adult learning had the most significant effect size on pupil outcomes. Have a look at this article:
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7 年Agree, Joyce. There is a quote in one of the McKinsey reports from a Canadian Principal - the role of the teacher is to teach children and the role of the principal is to enable adult learning. I need to dig it out. I know you agree but does enough school leadership development acknowledge this! Graham
我在教育领域有35年的工作经验；我曾经担任过教师、顾问、讲师、管理人员、教练、导师、教师培训师及促进师。我热爱旅游与学习，这也使我得以将自己的工作经验与兴趣爱好相结合，并将之发展成为我的事业。
7 年Thanks for sharing - reinforces the shift the school leader undergoes from pedagogy specialist to andragogy specialist