Quality Leadership Transactional or Transformational A Principals Perspective

Quality Leadership – Transactional or Transformational? A Principal’s Perspective Mike Jutsum Principal Kensington & Chelsea College June 2004 Presentation to LSDA Summer Conference syndicate session 15. 06. 04 1

A Model for College Success – Curriculum Design and the Learner COLLEGE ETHOS Values – external perception Partnership working – business/ voluntary / sector / other providers Community led and embedded Capacity building Creative Teachers Staffing mix CPD Celebration of success and progression Culture of success Open and honest communication LEARNERS FINANCE Sound overall College finance Student support finance Capital investment in building & equipment Human capital investment in creative teachers who do not give up when faced with underachievement Presentation to LSDA Summer Conference syndicate session 15. 06. 04 CURRICULUM DESIGN & DELIVERY Community interaction Consideration of learning styles Integrated learning support Differentiation Time and place – flexible Community delivery Distance learning / back up Employer involvement Language development & support ICT – all aspects Flexible accreditation Early experience of success Credit framework Informal Learning Foundation to HE Co. VE(s) ACTIVE SUPPORT - INDIVIDUALS Initial assessment Active involvement of learner in personal target setting Clear & reviewed learner agreements & Individual Learner Plans Learner Services Tutorial Systems Exciting learning opportunities Retention Team Learning Support Partnership working 2

Widening Participation – a challenge to an incremental/optimisation approach “There is a world of difference between…offering courses of education and training and giving some students…(help) to gain access to those courses and…redesigning the very process of learning, assessment and organisation so as to fit the objectives and learning styles of the students. But only the second philosophy can claim to be inclusive” John Tomlinson Presentation to LSDA Summer Conference syndicate session 15. 06. 04 3

Learning and Course Correction Model of Transformational Change Presentation to LSDA Summer Conference syndicate session 15. 06. 04 4

Vision Change Plan Ch a n g e Course Correct P r o c e s s Learning Wake –Up Calls: Feedback Telling You to Learn and Course Correct Current Reality Presentation to LSDA Summer Conference syndicate session 15. 06. 04 5