Change

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Change
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Change
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Vision
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Surfing and Management - Kreigel
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Special School of the Future?
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Special School of the Future?
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Roles
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Training Centres

• Support Staff
• Teachers
• ITT

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Qualities
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Model
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Main site

• Near mainstream sites

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Satellites

• Separate class base
• Team teaching

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Inclusion through Diversity
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Inclusion through Diversity
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ICT
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ICT
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Innovation
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Innovation
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Leadership
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Management
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Curriculum
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Funding
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Boundary Spanning
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Governance
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Professionalism
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Design
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Learning
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Learning
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Integrated Learning Activities
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New Opportunities
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Pupils taking control

• Personalised, individualised programmes
• Learning Mentors

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Personal
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Understanding nature of learning
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Organisation/Community/Centres
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National College for School Leadership (NCSL)

• Research Associateships

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What is a Research Associateship?

• Supports School Leaders in engaging in and with
  research as a means of studying own practice and
  extending their thinking

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Key Programme Areas

• Successful leadership in Urban and Challenging
  Contexts
• Building Capacity for School Development
• New Visions for Early Headship
• Networked Learning Communities
• Learning from Best Practice Worldwide

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Area of Research

• WHAT IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF SPECIAL
  SCHOOLS DO POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE SYSTEM HAVE?

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Focus of Research

• Best Practice Nationally and Internationally
• Looking at future thinking with regard to
  mainstream schools and possible future structure
  of special school systems and individual special
  schools
• Implications for training and professional
  development of school leaders working/wanting to
  work in special schools

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Methodology

• Focus Groups
• ASH (Berkshire Association of Special School
  Heads)
• SCRIP (South Central Regional Inclusion
  Partnership)
• Background reading
• Futures Thinking
• School of the Future

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Methodology

• Interviews with Heads and Gurus
• Face to Face
• Videoconferencing
• International Visit

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Draft Questions

• Tell me about your vision of special schools of
  the future? 
• The following areas have been identified as being
  elements of schools of the future
• ICT
• Distance Learning
• E-learning
• Community Centres
• Flexible Hours
• Can you tell me your views/thoughts on these
  areas with regards to Special Schools.

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Draft Questions

• What do you think the implications are for the
  future structure of the special school system?
• What do you think are the implications for
  individual special schools?
• What might be the implications for training and
  professional development for leaders working or
  wanting to work in special schools?

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Impact and Dissemination

• Seminars
• Special School Heads Conferences South and
  West, NAHT
• ASH and SCRIP conference suggested
• Publication
• NASEN
• Other?

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Impact and Dissemination

• Development and suggestions regarding appropriate
  INSET Materials/training for school
  leaders/headteachers within Special Schools
• Talking Heads Hot-seat
• On-going development of international links
• NPQH input into residential element or through
  virtual heads community

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Benefits to Addington

• Opportunity to look at a range of special school
  models national and international
• Advise Governors regarding future models of SEN
  provision
• Develop contacts/network with leading edge
  professionals
• Raise the profile of Addington on a national
  stage
• Opportunity to be at the cutting edge of
  leadership development

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Feedback and Help

• Thoughts regarding Area for Research
• Thoughts regarding questions
• Knowledge of national/international links
• On-going involvement in the project
• Contact nick.burnett_at_addington.wokingham.sch.uk
  Tel [phone]

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Methodology

• Focus Groups
• SCRIP (South Central Regional Inclusion
  Partnership)
• Background reading
• Futures Thinking
• School of the Future
• Interviews with Heads and Gurus
• Face to Face
• Email
• International Visit

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Partnerships
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Partnerships
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Special Leadership?

• Nick Burnett
• Headteacher Addington School
• Research Associate - NCSL

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Japanese Proverb

• None of us is as smart as all of us

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Special Leadership?
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Change
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Partnerships
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ICT
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Learning
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Qualities
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Innovation
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Special School of the Future?
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Special Leadership?
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• Educational change is like being on a rotten
  boat, with a mutinous crew, sailing into
  uncharted waters.
• Only the person not rowing has time to rock the
  boat.

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Special School of the Future?
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Special School of the Future?
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Roles
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Training Centres

• Support Staff
• Teachers
• ITT

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Qualities
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Model
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Main site

• Near mainstream sites

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Satellites

• Separate class base
• Team teaching