Effective Leadership, Collaboration, Professional

Learning Team Development, Maintenance and

Administration for Improved Learning Outcome

Working Definition
Learning outcomes are statements of
what a student should know,
understand and/or be able to
demonstrate after completion of a
process of learning
The learning activity could be, for example, a
lecture, a module or an entire programme.
Learning outcomes must not simply be a wish
list of what a student is capable of doing on
completion of the learning activity.
Learning outcomes must be simply and clearly
described.
Learning outcomes must be capable of being
validly assessed.
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What are learning

outcomes?
Learning Outcomes are specific statements of what

students should know and be able to do as a result of

learning (Morss and Murray, 2005)
Learning outcomes are statements of what is expected
that a student will be able to DO as a result of a learning
activity.(Jenkins and Unwin).
Learning outcomes are explicit statements of what we
want our students to know, understand or to be able to do
as a result of completing our courses. (Univ. New South
Wales, Australia)
Learning outcomes are statements that specify what
learners will know or be able to do as a result of a learning
activity. Outcomes are usually expressed as knowledge,
skills or attitudes. (American Association of Law
Libraries).
Learning outcomes are an explicit description
of what a
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learner should know, understand and be able to do as a

Relevance of topic
EVERYTHING RISES
AND FALLS ON
LEADERSHIP
John Maxwell

Research shows a direct Correlation

between
Leadership

Performance

&

Leadership Misconceptions
The man with all the
perks

Commander

Leadership MisConceptions

The Oga at the top

The
enlightened
one

MisConceptions

The Man with the big

stick

The Big man

Leadership Misconceptions
The ability to impose
one's will on
another(Paraphrase)
NICCOLO
MACHIAVELLI

DefiningLeadership
Leadership
W.C.H.
PRENTICE(1961)
defines leadership as
The discipline of
deliberately exerting
special influence
within a group to
move it towards
goals of beneficial
permanence that
fulfills the groups real

Research shows
Organisation
Pathways

Effective
Leaders
set
direction
effectively.

Research shows
Effective
Leadership
gains
commitmen
t
effectively.

Research shows
Effective
Leaders
create
alignment
effectively.

Effective Leaders create alignment.

People

Processes

Effective Leaders create alignment

Organisational/Divisiona
l Culture

&

Organisational
Objectives

Leaders are considered effective

when:

Their group performs well

Followers experience
satisfaction
Significant change occurs with
successful implementation

Leadership effectiveness &Success

Vectors of Leadership?

By Growing
Vectors

The basic descriptives

which determine the
direction and impact
of your leadership.
Knowledge
Vision
Execution
Leadership Over Self
Leadership over
others

Student Learning Begins

with Staff Learning
teacher knowledge, skill and
collaboration contribute to
improved instruction and student
achievement.
Staff members within these
schools who learn together create
a spirit on which improvement
efforts thrive.
Joellen Killion

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Eric Hoffer

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What is a Professional Learning

Community (PLC)?

Highly effective teams that are

committed
to
Collective inquiry
Action experimentation
Continuous improvement
Results

Elements of PLCs
The professional learning community is an
ongoing process in which educators work
collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective
inquiry and action research to achieve better
results for the students they serve.
PLCs operate under the assumption that the
key to improved learning for students is
continuous, job-embedded learning for
educators.

What PLCs Do?

Develop an understanding of academic
content
Support the implementation of curricula and
instructional activities
Integrate and give coherence to a schools
instructional programs and practices
Identify a school wide instructional need
Study the research on teaching and learning
Monitor the impact of instructional initiatives
on students
Examine student work

What Do We Know About the

Worlds Best School Systems?
The best school systems in the world recognize
that the quality of an education system cannot
exceed the quality of its teachers. The only way
to improve outcomes is to improve instruction.

So, high-performing systems use the

professional learning community process to
support powerful professional development
through teacher collaboration (Barber and
Mourshed, 2007).

If We Implemented What We Know

to Be Best Practice
Schools would be organized into
collaborative teams in which
members work together
interdependently to achieve
common goals for which
members are mutually
accountable.

What is a Team?
Team

A small group of

people with
complementary
skills, who work
together to
achieve a shared
purpose and hold
themselves
mutually
accountable for
performance

What is team?

In a team,

People
depend
on each
other

What is team?

In a team,
May or may
not work in the
same physical
location,
Combine to
achieve
something
together

Team Concepts?
Synergy

The creation of
a whole that is
greater than
the sum of its
parts.

Team Concepts?
Teamwork

The process of

people actively
working
together to
accomplish
common goals

Why Teams?
Improve retention and morale
richer variety of tasks
opportunity to learn
greater responsibility

Greater flexibility
quicker orientation/integration of new

staff
wider capability new/different work
interoperability within process

Why Teams?
Effective Teams can do more than
the same number of individuals
(synergy)
improvements in productivity
improvements in quality and

responsiveness
improvements in creativity

Build capacity
diminish threat due to skills shortage or
concentration through cross-learning

Why Teams?
More resources for problem solving.
Improved quality of decision making.
Greater commitments to tasks.
Higher motivation through collective
action.
Better control and work discipline.
More individual need satisfaction.

Unified
Commitment

Clear Goals

Relevant
Skills

Negotiating
Skills

Good
Communication

Effective
Teams

Mutual Trust

Effective
Leadership
Internal
Support

External
Support

Effective teams are not accidental

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Key Factors defining team

performance

Vision
Purpose
Goals

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Purpose and Performance

Teams perform best when they define a true sense
of purpose and consistently work towards it
Most teams do not take the time necessary to
define their purpose
Even if they do, many do not actually use it as a constant
reminder of who they are and what they are after

Focus on Purpose happens at three levels of

motivation:
1. Organization Purpose: Why should we come to
together as a team for the organization?
2. Team Purpose: Why should we come to together as a
team for our group?
3. Team Member Purpose: What is my purpose on this

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Sense of Purpose Strengthens

Teams
Performance Increase
TP

OP

OP

A team working
solely towards an
Organization
Purpose

A team with a
clear sense of
Team Purpose,
working towards
an Organization
Purpose

TP

TM

OP

A team with
declared Team
Member Purposes,
a clear sense of
Team Purpose,
working towards an 3
Organization
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Purpose

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Key Factors defining Team Success

Understanding the
Team Dynamics

Attitudes

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Coming together is a
beginning
Keeping together is progress;
and
Working together is success

Henry Ford
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THANK YOU
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Group Exercise
Using your schools as examples In
groups of five determine the biggest
challenges that Leaders will face in
achieving effective learning teams.
Acting as a taskforce of Leaders come
up with a plan listing the 4 most
important things to be implemented
for overcoming them and implementing
it in your school (20 mins)