Leading change
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Personalising learning represents a significant challenge, in personal and organisational terms, to long-established beliefs, practices, structures and procedures. It is essential that school leaders secure commitment and build confidence in new ways of thinking and working.
The principles of leading change are now widely understood, if not always acted on. Personalised learning is more than another change, it has the potential to be a fundamental reworking of the historic pattern of schooling. It is therefore vital that school leaders use the change process as a model of best practice.
"Some of the elements of personalising learning will be present in every school. It is important to remember that there is no blueprint for its implementation – there is no one best way but certain principles would seem to apply to all schools:
- Build a preferred scenario, a picture of the future, which help people understand what personalising learning will look like.
- Reinforce and extend existing best practice.
- Focus on success and maximum impact , for example, choose the personalising learning strategy most relevant to the school.
- Be parasitic – be unashamed in copying from others.
- Ensure that all stake holders are involved."
(Professor John West-Burnham)
Case studies
The full case studies provide practical examples of how leaders are putting the ideas behind personalising learning into practice. Brief examples (vignettes) relating toleadng change are also available.
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Reflective questions
Q: Do you have a shared vocabulary to talk about learning and teaching in your school?
Q: How will you build leadership capacity on the theme of personalised learning and all its component elements?
Q: How are you developing and maintaining a shared consensus about the values and principles that inform personalised learning?
Q: How will you ensure that any changes are preceded and reinforced by relevant and effective professional development?
Related publications and resources
Leadership for personalising learning: a framework
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