A self-improving school system: towards maturity
David H. Hargreaves · Digital Education Resource Archive (University College London) · 2012
School leaders were asked to think of one partnership and mark the cell in the grid in which their school currently sits and then to mark the cell in which they would like to be in several years' time.Finally they were asked to draw an arrow between the two cells.The result yields the direction of travel for the partnership.In Figure 1 the arrow along the top represents the direction of travel of a newly formed hard federation.The task for the federation is now to achieve the depth to complement the structural integration.The line on the right-hand side is the direction of travel for a longstanding and relatively deep partnership, now considering that greater structural integration is in order.However, the majority of schools make their starting point in the bottom four cells on the left, and their direction of travel is to achieve greater depth, which is seen as a desirable precondition for the tighter structural integration that must be approached cautiously. How much trust do pupils/students have in staff?My teachers want me to do well and be successful in school.Yes, this is true No, this is not true I am not sure about this When I have a personal problem, there's a teacher I can talk to in confidence.Yes, this is true No, this is not true I am not sure about this When a teacher tells me my work is poor, I know it's honest feedback to help me, not just getting at me.