SCEL Framework for

Educational Leadership
Objectives

During the session we will:

• reflect upon the concept of

educational leadership

• develop knowledge and

understanding of the SCEL
Framework for Educational
Leadership

• consider the ways in which the

Framework could be used to
support professional learning.
Teaching Scotland’s Future
(Donaldson, 2010)

Recommendation 50:

“A virtual college of school

leadership should be developed to
improve leadership capacity at
all levels within Scottish
education”.
Collaborative task:
What do we mean by
leadership?
Diamond nine

• Discuss each statement and

select nine that you believe are
most relevant to your role as an
educator

• Rank the statements with those

that are the most important at
the top - continue to form the
shape of a diamond

• Report the key elements of

your discussion to the larger
group
Diamond nine

Cultivates a Demonstrates Demonstrates a

Demonstrates
range of authenticity and strong moral
trust and respect
partnerships empathy purpose

Is able to Committed to Leads by

Is self-aware and
persuade and improving learning example and
reflective
influence others and teaching values others

Uses data
Sees things from Understands their
Sets consistent effectively to identify
the perspective of context and
high expectations clear strategies for
others improvement
adapts to this
All teachers are leaders…

“All teachers should have

opportunities to be leaders. They
lead learning for, and with, all
learners with whom they engage.
They also work with, and support
the development of, colleagues
and other partners”.

GTCS (2012). Standards for Registration: p2

Reflection:
Which aspects of leadership
would you like to develop?
SCEL Framework for Educational Leadership
Learning activities
Teacher leadership Middle leadership School leadership System leadership

Adopting a practitioner enquiry
approach to developing classroom
practice
Effectively sharing practice and
learning in public
Exploring teacher leadership
Ag àrdachadh dòighean-obrach
proifeiseanta ann an ceannardas
ann am Foghlam tro Mheadhan na
Gàidhlig (FMG)
Developing a collaborative culture
Exploring middle leadership
Developing leadership capacity Transformative and pedagogical
throughout an establishment leadership for school improvement
Developing an inclusive approach to Exploring system leadership
improvement planning
Leading a digital learning strategy
Developing social and emotional
learning across a setting Leadership and legislation

Involving learners in planning Developing an inclusive approach to Exploring school leadership Leading cultural change to effect
learning improvement planning improvement
Implementing a shared vision for
Leading a specific change project Leading effective pedagogy improvement Multi agency collaboration to
improve health and wellbeing
Leading a collaborative practitioner Leading professional review and Leading a digital learning strategy
enquiry development Self-evaluation for school and
Leading the professional learning of system improvement
Leading learning through Optimising RC cluster and parish colleagues
professional partnerships links Self-evaluation to develop as a
Leading teams for school school or system leader
Planning and evaluating professional Self-evaluation for middle leaders improvement
learning Supporting collaboration between
Effectively sharing practice and Self-evaluation for schools
Professional partnerships learning in public organisational improvement
Understanding current legislation
Using coaching approaches
Self-evaluation for professional Using improvement methodology for and national policy
learning school improvement
Using improvement methodology for Using coaching approaches to lead
school improvement colleague development
Supporting the professional learning Undertaking reading of research,
of a student or probationer teacher legislation and policy
Using data effectively to support
improvement
Undertaking reading of research,
legislation and policy
Key features of the
SCEL Framework for
Educational Leadership
 Key features

• An online learning
resource,
accessible at a
place and time of
your choice

• Includes online
learning activities
and information
about a range of
programmes that
have been endorsed
by SCEL
 Key features
Designed to build leadership
capacity at all levels; teacher,
middle, school and system
Mapped to GTCS standards,
Maintains a personal
activities support effective
record of progress
self-evaluation, PRD and
Professional Update
Key features

• Emphasises professional learning as a key component in

improving outcomes for children and young people
Independent learning

You can

• complete
learning activities
at your own pace

• capture a
summary of your
learning to
support
Professional
Review and
Development
and Professional
Update
Collaborative learning

• Groups of staff can work through learning activities together,

using the reflective questions as a focus for discussion.
Lead professional learning

• Direct colleagues to appropriate learning activities

• Use a specific activity to lead professional learning for a staff

group
Task:
Access the Framework and
engage with your first
learning activity…
 Enrich your leadership learning journey:

www.scelframework.com
Register for free with your school / work email address or login
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