The Principals Australia L5 Leadership Framework
The L5 leadership framework is an easy accessible professional development
for leadership teams or individual leaders. It is available in different ways to
suit your needs - in hardcopy booklets, through live professional development
sessions and
as online units.
The L5 leadership framework has been designed around five statements
about leadership development and how leadership capability is built.
L5 Leadership Framework Statements with their
expansions
1. Leadership starts from within
In this statement the aim of the learning is to raise the awareness and
understanding of the self as leader.
This statement offers the opportunities for exploring, amongst others, the
following ideas:
What leadership is and is not
Values and beliefs and their impact on leadership
Integrity, authenticity, commitment
Personal autonomy and responsibility
Self-direction and self-management
Professional judgement and decision-making
Ability to accept and deal with ambiguity
Reflection
Concept of taking responsibility, commitment
Courage
Emotional intelligence, resilience, health and wellbeing
Optimism and sense of humour
2. Leadership is about influencing others
The aim of this second statement is to raise the awareness and understanding of
the nature of power and change.
This statement offers the opportunities for exploring, amongst others, the
following ideas:
Authority, power and influence
Presence and persuasion and being politically savvy
Consultation, information, consultation and engagement
Developing trust, creating respect, developing a positive culture
Leading people through building positive relationships
Building and sustaining a compelling vision with others in the school community
Managing change
Challenge, conflict and resolution
Advocacy
3. Leadership develops a rich learning environment
The third statement focuses on leaders as learners and as leaders of learning and
how professional learning supports organisational improvement and growth and
student outcomes.
This statement offers the opportunities for exploring, amongst others, the
following ideas:
Teaching and learning as the main business of the school
Leadership of teaching and learning through a whole school approach
Creating effective learning environments for all students
Student centred learning and learning how to learn
Designing flexible curriculum with scope and sequence across the school
Collaboration, reflection, dialogue and openness for improving teaching practice
Provision of multidisciplinary learning interventions
Rigour, inquiry and the use of evidence and school data to build practice
The design of supportive professional development
Mentoring, coaching, peer observation and support
Integrated behaviour management
Assessment that builds learning for students and reporting that informs students
parents and carers
4. Leadership builds professionalism and management
capability
The fourth statement focuses on the leader’s role in effectively and efficiently
managing the school as an organisation, and the professionalism that must
underpin this work. In particular, processes should include those in which people
can develop the requisite understandings, skills and abilities, and critical
reflective practices.
This statement offers the opportunities for exploring amongst others the following
ideas:
Schools as complex systems,
Service leadership
Efficiency and effectiveness, quality assurance and accountability,
Monitoring, reviewing and evaluating,
Data management,
Ethical and legal obligations,
Risk management,
Planning, implementing and evaluating school improvement,
Financial management, including probity, legal requirements and budget
development,
Human resource management, including performance management and
industrial relations,
Physical resource management.
5. Leadership inspires leadership actions and
aspirations in others
In the final statement the focus is on the responsibility of educational leaders to
promote and support widespread and sustainable leadership throughout the
school. In particular, processes should enable people to engage in the
observation and practice of leadership through sharing, critical reflection, and
celebrating success.
This statement offers the opportunities for exploring amongst others the following
ideas:
Change and innovation
Risk taking
Effective and empowering delegation
Providing opportunities
Mentoring and coaching
Empowering others
Community partnerships
Student leadership
Networking
Sustainability
Enjoyment
Legacy