{"id":27,"date":"2022-01-18T09:57:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T09:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/ltaaberdeenshire\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2022-02-28T12:17:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T12:17:34","slug":"leaders-of-learning-middle-senior","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/ltaaberdeenshire\/staff-roles-and-responsibilities\/leaders-of-learning-middle-senior\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders of Learning: Senior\/Middle Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Head Teachers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A key tenet of Teaching Scotland\u2019s Future (2011) was that high quality school leadership was necessary to support effective learning in schools. \u00a0Such a sense is endorsed by the OECD report on leadership in schools 2009 and 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLeadership plays a key role in improving school outcomes. Effective leadership is essential to improve the efficiency and equity of schools.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The establishment of a school as a genuine learning community is a high-level challenge particularly so when the role of school leaders is changing to meet the demands of preparing young people to function in a rapidly changing world. \u00a0The GTCS Standard for Headship 2021 confirms the scope of the role:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Standard for Headship includes a focus on leadership of and for learning, teacher leadership, and working collegially to build leadership capacity in others. Those in, or aspiring to, the headteacher role will develop increasing responsibility and capacity, in relation to the kinds of roles outlined here, including enabling and empowering individuals and teams across the wider learning community.\u201d <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Across Aberdeenshire there are various management in structures. In some schools the Head Teacher oversees all management and leadership responsibilities whereas in other establishments there are Depute Head Teachers, Faculty Head Teachers and Principal Teachers that make up the overall management of the school. In situations where there is a Senior Leadership Team it would be the responsibility of the HT to devolve responsibilities, delegate tasks and monitior practices to ensure they are being carried out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Across our service we would expect that Head Teachers lead, motivate and manage staff by delegating responsibility, setting expectations and targets and evaluating staff performance against them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Senior\/Middle leaders<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The GTCS Standard for Middle Leadership 2021 confirms a range of expectations and new challenges for middle leaders in schools whether they be faculty leaders or principal teachers with specific areas of responsibility.\u00a0 Additionally, the GTCS explicitly confirm the importance of this role:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Standard for Middle Leadership includes a focus on leadership of and for learning, teacher leadership, and working collegially to build leadership capacity in others.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In schools, directing focus towards learning and improving outcomes for learners is critical and is endorsed by the GTCS expectation for middle leaders to take a lead role:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMiddle leaders will work and contribute to the school improvement agenda, particularly in building a culture of high-quality learning and teaching and inclusive practice, while also contributing to the development of colleagues, more generally, across their school and learning community\u201d.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Overall responsibility for the ongoing work of a school is the responsibility of the Head Teacher. To support this, where there is a management team in place, there would be a clear system in place detailing responsibility for different aspects of learning, teaching and assessment.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a senior leader it would be expected that you would contribute in a number of different ways to the overall development of learning, teaching and assessment in ways such as detailed below:<\/span><\/p>\n

Supporting learning and engagement:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n