Growing Leadership Potential: the
leadership profiles
Keren Caple and Julie Hyde
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
Passion and Purpose – setting the learning agenda
Australian Council for Educational Leaders Conference - 3 October 2014
AITSL’s mission is to promote
excellence in teacher and school
leader practice for the benefit of
all young Australians
Context: School, sector, community: socio-economic, geographic: and education
systems at local, regional, national and global levels
The standard for principals : The role in action
Leadership requirements
Professional
practices
Vision
and
values
Knowledge
and
understanding
Leading teaching and learning
Developing self and others
Leading improvement, innovation and change
Leading the management of the school
Engaging and working with the community
Personal
qualities,
social and
interpersonal
skills
High quality
learning,
teaching
and schooling
Successful
learners,
confident
creative
individuals
and active
informed
citizens*
For individual leaders:
o provided a common language of
leadership
o enabled better understanding of the role
o focused leaders own professional learning
For systems:
o influenced current system initiatives
o shaped professional learning frameworks
o reflected in workforce policies and
processes
o directly linked to the
Standard
o supported by broad
consultation
o launched 2013 – extensive
uptake from school and
system leaders
o resource for aspiring and
current leaders
o Assists in gaining an
understanding of the
components of
leadership, current skills
and individual capacity
o Provides a road map for
ongoing professional
development
o Linked to school leader
network or education
system
o Enables group leaders to
define learning needs
o Assists to focus future
professional learning
opportunities
User Guide includes:
o overview of the process
o assistance to interpret
feedback
o an action planner
Leadership Strengths - Australian school leaders
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The Profiles will assist school leaders to build their
leadership capacity by enabling them to:
o identify their current leadership practice
o reflect on the context of their current practice
o plan their next stage of development
Nov 13
Profession - consultations shaped draft Profiles
o Expert Steering Group
o Project Reference Group
o Expert Practitioners Group
March 14
Uni Melb team - validated draft Profiles
o survey gained 1600+ school leader responses
May 14
Profession - consulted on draft Profiles
o 300+ school/system leaders
o 9 locations across Australia
Jun/Aug 14
Profiles finalised – reflecting feedback
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The Profiles have been based on the Standard and are
made up of sets of statements that progressively increase
in complexity
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• Show Profiles diagram – standard view
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Progressive and increasing in complexity:
o Principals promote the benefits of professional learning to all staff
and make sure that their willingness and efforts to learn and
improve are recognised. The develop and implement an
organisational vision which links all learning and development
activities to better student outcomes ………
o Principals create challenging roles, responsibilities and
opportunities for senior leaders that leverage and grow
the talents of others. They build and sustain a
coaching and mentoring culture… and have a system
of peer review and feedback in place ………
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…AND are able to be viewed through a number of lenses
o Professional Practices - of the Standard
o Leadership Requirements - of the Standard
o Leadership Emphasis - context of leadership
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Focus on the Professional Practices of the Standard
o Leading teaching and learning
o Developing self and others
o Leading improvement, innovation and change
o Leading the management of the school
o Engaging and working with the community
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• Show Profiles diagram – standard view
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Focus on the Leadership Requirements of the Standard
o Vision and values
o Knowledge and understanding
o Personal qualities, social and interpersonal skills
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Focus determined by time, place and stage of development
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Operational
Relational
Strategic
Systemic
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With the person next to you:
o Read and consider your school
leader persona.
o What is the current issues or
concern for them? What
Professional Practice is their major
focus?
o What resources linked to the
Profiles would support their next
leadership actions?
Connecting with AITSL
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o 1,100+ leadership resources
o full electronic format
o local and international journals
o reports and articles
o topical reading lists
o websites/multimedia
o Monthly eNews links
http://clearinghouse.aitsl.edu.au/
o My Standards app
o Classroom Practice Continuum
o Self-Assessment Tool
o Illustrations of Practice
o Teacher Toolkit
Teacher Toolkit
• Leadership
• Pedagogy
• Assessment
• Technology
• Community/parent
partnerships
• Learner agency
Connecting with AITSL
@aitsl
www. facebook.com/aitsl
www.youtube.com/aitsleduau
www.linkedin.com/company/2911909
http://www.aitsl.edu.au/school-leaders