Richard Gerver - Milton Keynes Council

Tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it… Ancient African proverb

www.richardgerver.com


Know your students Know your community Know your staff Who they are… what they need… what they do… is it working?



We need a more professional approach in some governing bodies, especially in our most challenging schools, often serving the most deprived communities.

Given the increasing complexity of school organisation, we need to make sure governors are given the appropriate training.

Many members of governing boards are people with valuable skills who want to contribute a great deal, but are constrained by their lack of knowledge.

Governors must have accessible information and data in order to ask the right questions and make the right decisions.

The best governing bodies know exactly how well their pupils perform across the curriculum and whether they are making sufficient progress in relation to similar schools. Not all governors do know this



LIVE A LITTLE, LEARN A LITTLE, LAUGH A LOT




WHERE DO THEY RANK? France Brazil UK China USA Germany Japan Sweden Russia Australia India Finland Uganda Global Entrepreneurship & Development Index (GEDI)


WHERE DO THEY RANK? USA (1) Sweden (2) Australia (3) UK (13) Germany (16) Finland (17) France (18) Japan (28) Brazil (56) China (58) Russia (62) India (74) Uganda (79) Global Entrepreneurship & Development Index (GEDI)


Global Entrepreneurship & Development Index (GEDI)


A TRANSACTIONAL LEADER Contracts exchange of rewards for effort, promises rewards for good performance, recognizes accomplishments.

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Watches and searches for deviations from rules and standards, takes corrective action. Intervenes only if standards are not met. Abdicates responsibilities, avoids making decisions


A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER Provides vision and sense of mission, instils pride, gains respect and trust. Communicates high expectations, uses symbols to focus efforts and expresses important purposes in simple ways. Promotes intelligence, rationality, and careful problem solving. Gives personal attention, treats each employee individually, coaches, advises. www.richardgerver.com

GARY’S STORY


TRAITS OF GREATNESS Focus Preparedness Conviction Perseverance Creativity Curiosity Resilience Risk taking Independence A sense of higher purpose


21ST CENTURY LITERACY

Play Performance Simulation Knowing how to behave Multitasking Networking Knowing what tool to use Negotiation

Prof. Henry Jenkins



BROADENING HORIZONS



KEY BRAND QUESTIONS What do we stand for? What behaviours do we exhibit?


Where does the creativity go?




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Questions:

WHAT IS OUR VISION FOR OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE DO THEY NEED TO BE?

HOW EXPLICIT IS THAT IN WHAT WE DO?


Questions:

WHAT SHOULD EDUCATION FEEL LIKE FOR OUR KIDS?

HOW DO WE NURTURE INDIVIDUALITY?

HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT OUR TEACHERS UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES OF THE WORLD BEYOND THE SCHOOL GATES?


Questions:

HOW DO WE DEVELOP REAL COLLABORATION?

WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL COMMITMENT MOVING ON FROM TODAY?
