Target group: teacher trainers/facilitators.
Learning goals
- School leaders learn how to analyze their work context and to identify the relevant professionals who share similar responsibilities
- School leaders will be able to establish cooperation with their peer leaders
- School leaders will be able to communicate with other school leaders who are facing similar challenges
- School leaders will be able to empower their staff for cooperation and sharing
- School leaders will be able to plan and establish a professional network with other schools
Learning fields
Professional learning in:
- Self-evaluation
- Network-analysis
- Networking and collaboration
- Goal setting
- Strategic planning
- Communication
Learning paths
- Establishing positive climate (mutual interviews with peer principals) – Appreciative Inquiry
- Vignette session 1 – analysis and discussion on vignette 1
- Reflection on own school situation - Balance wheel
- Vignettes session 2 (Creating individual vignettes describing their current issues)
- Discussion of similarities and differences in topics in small groups (use Vignette session 2)
- Establishing a partnership with another school leader with similar issue - Dimensions of learning in networks
- Further steps for mutual collaboration (preparation of own school, exchange of ideas, collaboration, evaluation) - Common planning with model GROW - tool 29, Creating powerful intentions - tool 30)
- Action/reflection/learning
Learning methods
- Mutual interviewing (Appreciative inquiry)
- Self-assessment
- Developing vignettes
- Peer consultation
- Turning work into a learning path
Learning environment
- School leaders meeting
- Face to face meetings in pairs
- Opportunities to discuss and reflect
- Moderation by an external moderator
People involved
- School leaders
- Moderator/teacher trainer
Indicators of success/impact
- Vignettes that represent school leaders and teachers issues and dilemmas in situation they recognize and feel professionally challenged by;
- An overview of relevant partners;
- Agreement and action plan of the relevant partners;