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At all levels: Newbattle High School
See the steps taken by this secondary school to develop leadership at all levels. Staff and students talk about how creating leadership opportunities and an ethos of empowerment aided the school's success. See the steps taken by this high school to achieve leadership at all levels. Staff and students talk about how creating leadership opportunities and an ethos of empowerment played a big part in the success of this school.
- Posted on 13 February 2009 under Leadership in Schools, Dimension 4: Leadership, Dimension 3: Vision, Broad area 4: People, Broad area 2: Leadership and vision, Journey to Excellence, Topics, Dimension 4: Leadership, Dimension 3: Vision, Broad area 4: People, Broad area 2: Leadership and vision, The Journey to Excellence, HMIE, Partners, Curriculum.
Transformation to an enriched community: Torphichen Primary School
Find out how parents, students and teachers jointly transformed their school following an HMIE report. Staff and parents describe how students now have an enriched environment and learning community. Find out how parents, students and teachers collaboratively transformed their school following a HMIe report. Staff and parents discuss how, through distributive leadership and the addition of active learning and creative curriculum work, the students now have an enriched school environment and learning community.
- Posted on 05 December 2008 under Leadership in Schools, Dimension 8: Empowerment, Dimension 4: Leadership, Dimension 3: Vision, Dimension 1: Learning, Broad area 5: Culture and ethos, Broad area 2: Leadership and vision, Broad area 1: Learning and teaching, Journey to Excellence, Assessment and Achievement, Topics, Dimension 8: Empowerment, Dimension 4: Leadership, Dimension 3: Vision, Dimension 1: Learning, Broad area 5: Culture and ethos, Broad area 2: Leadership and vision, Broad area 1: Learning and teaching, The Journey to Excellence, HMIE, Partners, Curriculum.
Money trees that promote responsibility: St Michael's Primary School
Explore the ways this primary school has promoted empowerment and distributed leadership among staff, and how these values have been passed on to pupils through an Eco-Committee and banking programme. Watch this primary school encouraging distributed leadership to create an expanse of new skills within the school community. Staff and pupils explain how the school garden and investment banking programmes aid in the development of leadership skills and responsibility.
- Posted on 05 December 2008 under Leadership in Schools, Dimension 4: Leadership, Dimension 3: Vision, Broad area 5: Culture and ethos, Broad area 4: People, Broad area 2: Leadership and vision, Journey to Excellence, Topics, Dimension 4: Leadership, Dimension 3: Vision, Broad area 5: Culture and ethos, Broad area 4: People, Broad area 2: Leadership and vision, The Journey to Excellence, HMIE, Partners, Curriculum.
Distributive empowerment for teachers and students: St Mary's RC Primary School
Find out about how this primary school uses distributive leadership to empower staff, pupils and parents, enabling lessons to develop dynamically and children to explore their areas of excellence. See how this primary school uses distributive leadership to empower staff, pupils and parents in all curricular areas and activities. Staff and parents explain that by encouraging the students in their artistic pursuits, they can further flourish in academics.
- Posted on 05 December 2008 under Parental Involvement, Leadership in Schools, Dimension 8: Empowerment, Dimension 6: Parents, Dimension 4: Leadership, Dimension 3: Vision, Dimension 1: Learning, Broad area 5: Culture and ethos, Broad area 4: People, Broad area 3: Partnership, Broad area 2: Leadership and vision, Broad area 1: Learning and teaching, Journey to Excellence, Assessment and Achievement, Topics, Dimension 8: Empowerment, Dimension 6: Parents, Dimension 4: Leadership, Dimension 3: Vision, Dimension 1: Learning, Broad area 5: Culture and ethos, Broad area 4: People, Broad area 3: Partnership, Broad area 2: Leadership and vision, Broad area 1: Learning and teaching, The Journey to Excellence, HMIE, Partners, Curriculum.
Green thumbs and sharp minds: Kinnoull Primary School
Listen as staff and pupils at this primary school discuss how the school fosters student development and leadership, encourages partnerships through school committees and promotes eco activities. Find out how this primary school fosters student development, leadership and encourages partnerships throughout school committees and Eco-work. Staff and pupils discuss the benefits of pupil committees and school projects, like Eco-work, and how inclusion can empower young people.
- Posted on 05 December 2008 under Leadership in Schools, Dimension 8: Empowerment, Dimension 4: Leadership, Dimension 3: Vision, Broad area 5: Culture and ethos, Broad area 4: People, Broad area 2: Leadership and vision, Journey to Excellence, Inclusive Education, Topics, Dimension 8: Empowerment, Dimension 4: Leadership, Dimension 3: Vision, Broad area 5: Culture and ethos, Broad area 4: People, Broad area 2: Leadership and vision, The Journey to Excellence, HMIE, Partners, Curriculum.
Taking it forward ourselves: Doon Academy
See how this secondary school promotes student leadership as a vital part of education. Staff and pupils talk about how they set up their own leadership school and the benefits it brings. See how this academy promotes student leadership as a vital part of education. The staff and pupils talk about how they set up their own leadership academy at the school and the benefits it brings..
- Posted on 05 December 2008 under Leadership in Schools, Dimension 8: Empowerment, Dimension 4: Leadership, Dimension 3: Vision, Broad area 5: Culture and ethos, Broad area 4: People, Broad area 3: Partnership, Broad area 2: Leadership and vision, Journey to Excellence, Topics, Dimension 8: Empowerment, Dimension 4: Leadership, Dimension 3: Vision, Broad area 5: Culture and ethos, Broad area 4: People, Broad area 3: Partnership, Broad area 2: Leadership and vision, The Journey to Excellence, HMIE, Partners, Curriculum.
Celebrating change video snapshot
Students from the East of Scotland's Schools of Ambition describe projects they undertook that helped them change individually and as a school.
- Posted on 24 October 2008 under Leadership in Schools, Assessment and Achievement, Topics, Curriculum.
- Tagged as transformation, Embracing change, building leadership, building confidence.
A collegiate journey: Giffnock Primary School
Watch staff, parents and pupils describe their primary school's journey to improvement. Changes were led collegiately and the views of all stakeholders were valued. Watch staff, parents and pupils describe their primary school's journey to improvement, which was lead collegiately and valued all stakeholders throughout the changes.
- Posted on 24 October 2008 under Parental Involvement, Leadership in Schools, Dimension 8: Empowerment, Dimension 6: Parents, Dimension 4: Leadership, Dimension 3: Vision, Broad area 3: Partnership, Broad area 2: Leadership and vision, Journey to Excellence, Topics, Dimension 8: Empowerment, Dimension 6: Parents, Dimension 4: Leadership, Dimension 3: Vision, Broad area 3: Partnership, Broad area 2: Leadership and vision, The Journey to Excellence, HMIE, Partners, Curriculum.
Valuing staff: Craigpark School
Listen to parents and staff in this special school describe how the headteacher values all staff and the impact of this on the school. The focus of this illustrative movie is valuing and empowering all staff in a special school. Parents and staff describe how the head teacher values all staff and how this impacts on the school.
- Posted on 24 October 2008 under Parental Involvement, Leadership in Schools, Dimension 6: Parents, Dimension 4: Leadership, Broad area 4: People, Broad area 3: Partnership, Journey to Excellence, Topics, Dimension 6: Parents, Dimension 4: Leadership, Broad area 4: People, Broad area 3: Partnership, The Journey to Excellence, HMIE, Partners, Curriculum.
A team approach: St Patrick's Primary School
Learn how one primary school has been developing excellent leadership at all levels by promoting a participative style of decision making and encouraging ideas and views from everyone involved. Depicts how a primary school has adopted a team approach to developing excellent leadership at all levels. It describes the ways that the school promotes a participative style of decision making and encourages all stakeholders to contribute their ideas and views.
- Posted on 31 August 2007 under Leadership in Schools, Dimension 4: Leadership, Dimension 3: Vision, Broad area 2: Leadership and vision, Journey to Excellence, Topics, Dimension 4: Leadership, Dimension 3: Vision, Broad area 2: Leadership and vision, The Journey to Excellence, HMIE, Partners, Curriculum.