Relationships are Key

Main points from Leading from the Middle:

• Have multiple relationships within the school and community 
• All relationships require trust

Ways you can build trust: 

• Showing an interest in the careers and aspirations, encouragement to take on new roles
• Provide PD
• Provide supporting environment with appropriate resources 
• Open and transparent through the appraisal system 
• Observations and being observed 
• Participating in PD
• Encouraging innovations that improve students learning
• Encourage discussion within teams 
• Developing collective ownership, shared decision making 
• Reflect critically as a team on their progress 
• Taking on new challenges/including changes in relationships

Reflection: 

The areas that I feel I have strength in are:

• The knowledge and the practice and being transparent 
• Trying to encourage discussion within the team 
• I am developing mechanisms that lead to strong discussion or discussion of current practice  

Development: 

• Reflecting together as a team, How well are we doing? Where are we heading? 
• Instead of my passionate opinions driving the team to make a shared decision
• I questions how transparent feedback and support is