A really good day at Hoult's Yard - the time to think about creativity and leadership was invaluable for me as there have been so many changes in my setting recently. I especially liked Liz Harker's talk about leadership and management; it's an area I find we are rarely asked to consider and yet do all the time! The more I thought about my question, the more questions I uncovered and so I have decided upon an intermediate question, (which may stay!) as I need to discuss it all a bit more with the Deputy Head.
Enquiry Question: As the end of our Change School project approaches how can I re-define and develop my role as leader of Creativity and Enrichment in our new setting?
Any thoughts on this greatly appreciated!
Clare
(Context: SEN primary school for moderate learning difficulties and autism, a very strong focus on inclusion. 'Pathfinder school:' Has moved to a brand new school site with another mainstream primary school; the building has been built so that paired year groups are in 'pods' called zones, eg year 3 and 4 in one pod. My ASD Y3 class has Y3 and 4 mainstream next door classes. Shared (fantastic) specialist rooms, (eg Art/DT room, Cookery room, Music room, Sensory room) hall space and play areas, corridoors, though still two separate schools. My TLR role is as lead of creativity and enrichment, and has mainly focussed on managing creative partnerships enquiry and change status in the last couple of years, mainly focussed on devloping our curriculum, embedding creative practice in teaching and learning and supporting the transition to the new setting.)
Your setting sounds amazing, I would love to visit one day! You need time to stand back and think about how you see your role and what you would like to develop particularly as you are in a new building. I would suggest you do something which develops your skills as a creative leader. It is difficult as I am not in your shoes, but what are you keen to develop in terms of creativity and what are the expectations of members of the SMT?
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah, I had a brief meeting with an SMT who is above my strand of creativity and we certainly need to plan future steps when the creative partnerhips is over. My views on creativity have changed a lot through the programme so maybe i need to define what they are and then what roles I can take on and projects I can devleop and run within the school. I used to be viewed as the person who booked zoolab, now its more about pedagogy. It is confusing sometiems as to my exact roles as I seem to get dragged into devloping other things such as inclusion and curriculum - so maybe i need to define where the boundaries are!
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