{"id":242,"date":"2021-10-06T16:37:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T15:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2026-01-13T20:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:33:41","slug":"pl-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/pl-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"PL OVERVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_11\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-last has-background builder-section-full-width builder-text-columns-2 layout-3\" style=\"background-color:#966fba;background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2022\/02\/09165353\/fuzz-white.png&#039;);background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/pedagogical-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7775 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2022\/01\/12154109\/Picture1-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2022\/01\/12154109\/Picture1-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2022\/01\/12154109\/Picture1-1.png 538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-2\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Pedagogical Leadership<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A pedagogical leader is <cite>&#8220;someone who understands how children learn and develop and makes this happen.&#8221;<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>(O\u2019Sullivan, 2015, in <a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/media\/3bjpr3wa\/realisingtheambition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Realising the Ambition<\/a>, Education Scotland, 2020, p. 53)<\/p>\n<p><cite>\u201cEssentially Pedagogical leadership is about Centre Leaders coaching and mentoring teaching and learning. Supporting the teaching team to implement the curriculum and quality improvements for their centres.\u00a0<\/cite><\/p>\n<p><cite>Anyone can be considered a centre leader. In reality, each teacher should be striving to lead their learner\u2026 It\u2019s a teacher&#8217;s professional responsibility to engage in critical inquiry through their Internal Evaluation, personal inquiry and professional conversations. This is what provides a culture where teachers truly optimise learning opportunities for all learners both child and adult. Pedagogical leaders keep the whole learning community focused on the learner and the learning.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/cite><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/best-start.org\/blog\/what-is-pedagogical-leadership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burke<\/a>, 2019)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pedagogical Leadership A pedagogical leader is &#8220;someone who understands how children learn and develop and makes this happen.&#8221; (O\u2019Sullivan, 2015, in Realising the Ambition, Education Scotland, 2020, p. 53) \u201cEssentially Pedagogical leadership is about Centre Leaders coaching and mentoring teaching and learning. 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