Leading a Project Principles Planning Execution Ted Wragg

Leading a Project – Principles, Planning, Execution Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust Leadership Development Programme 16 th October 2019

Donna Short West Exe School Lead Practitioner, Maths NPQSL Laura Jacobs West Exe School Assistant Principal, Head of Maths NPQSL

Aims of the Session • Understand the requirements for the LDP Project • How to identify an area for improvement, then investigate • Principles of change management and the practicalities • Case Studies

Requirements for the LDP • Identify your in school mentor • Agree the outcome of the project and the audience you will present your findings to. • Project to be completed within the year but length is flexible.

Steps for Project • • Review current practice Identify an aspect you wish to improve Imagine a way forward Action it Monitor and reflect what happens Modify if required Evaluate the modified action Continue until you are satisfied with that aspect of your work

How to identify an area to improve, then investigate Analyse data Atkinson reports, ASP (Analyse School Performance), 4 Matrix (Ask your mentor for advice) Review current practices Are they efficient? Collect evidence through questionnaires. Discuss with colleagues

How to identify an area to improve Task: Considering your project, how might you identify an area for improvement? Take some time to think now where you might collect evidence from. What do you need to do gather the required information?

Principles of Change Management Leaders and followers

Stay focussed

Look after your team

Typical Response to change Robinson and Rogers

Leading Change, John Kotter

Practicalities of Change Management Communication Plan Who? Who will you need to communicate with for your project? e. g. Team members, HT/Senior staff, Finance officer, Parents/Pupils, Governors, Whole staff What? What messages/information will each of these audiences need? e. g. Vision and benefits, Outline Plan, Resources/cost, Timescale, Operational Plan, Assigned tasks/roles

Practicalities of Change Management How? What medium will be most appropriate for each audience? How will you take feedback? e. g. Face to face, Powerpoint, Text, Email, Social Media, Meetings, Website, Letter When? Think about how you will schedule communication for each of your audiences. How frequently will you need to communicate with each? Concerns? What concerns might each audience have? From their point of view: What’s against my interest? What’s in it for me? How will you address these?

Practicalities of Change Management Communication Plan Task: Draft a communication plan for your project.

Practicalities of Change Management Timeline

Case Studies Business Support Teaching and Learning Trainees arriving without MPAG students having completed underperforming in necessary admin tasks. Maths. Review of information, clarified information from Df. E, spoke to trainees. Investigation through learning walks and data analysis. Supergroup created to Introduced a ‘Welcome raise students Pack’, more frequent attainment through contact with trainees. good teaching and no Setting a timeline. sink set. Much faster registration, improved start to the year. Still not perfect but tweaked for the Pastoral MPAG boys identified as underperforming. Investigation through round-robins. A group of around 15 boys selected. Contact with parents, home visits, rewards, alert on Class Charts for off task behaviour. Improved outcomes through relentless positive reinforcement.

Project Accountability Log on to the moodle by 15 th November and post an outline for your project. One sentence regarding what you are going to do and why.