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Free one-pagers for leadership teams: fill them in alone, then put them on the table.

Preview of the one-page: Priorities. Then resources. Then processes.
SLT · Start of term

Priorities. Then resources. Then processes.

Head, a coordinator, a teacher. The mismatches are the meeting.

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How to use

Twenty minutes. No shared document. Write what is true this term. Read aloud. Do not reconcile as you go.

Research

  • Robinson, close to teaching, not the announcement.
  • Marzano, Waters, McNulty, twenty-one responsibilities cannot all be priorities.
  • Fullan, what lasts is Wednesday.
School leaders · SLT meetings

Marzano’s 21 leadership responsibilities

Ranked highest to lowest for leadership teams.

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How to use

About one SLT meeting. Sticky rank, compare, audit the calendar, then write what you actually decided.

Research

  • Marzano, Waters, McNulty, twenty-one responsibilities ranked by their link to student achievement.
  • Wallace Foundation, among school factors, leadership sits second only to classroom teaching.
Preview of the staff check: Trust in our school
All staff · Twice a year

Trust in our school

A 10-minute anonymous staff check on trust, with a short guide for Heads.

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How to use

Ten minutes, anonymous. Staff answer alone. Read the gaps before the averages. Share one change, then run it again in six months.

Research

  • Tschannen-Moran, care, honesty, openness, reliability, competence.
  • Bryk and Schneider, relational trust is what improvement runs on.
  • Sahlberg, small data shows what the averages miss.
Preview of the one-page: The Decision Compass
School leaders · Before a hard call

The Decision Compass

A one-page guide to making hard calls for the whole school.

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How to use

Use it before a hard call in SLT: name the options, check them against vision and values, choose what helps the whole school most.

Research

  • Heifetz and Linsky, leadership means disappointing people at a rate they can absorb.

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