Successful Middle Leadership in Secondary Schools

Peter Fleming has been involved in running training programmes for middle leaders for over twenty years. He has experience as a head of department, head of faculty and assistant head. He served as Head of Teacher Training at York St John University and was a Senior School Improvement Adviser for twelve years.

Preface Introduction Chapter 1: What is Middle Leadership? Chapter 2: What do Head Teachers expect from Middle Leaders? (written by Kathryn Stephenson) Chapter 3: Leadership Basics: how your behavior impacts on other people Chapter 4: Understanding Different Leadership Styles and When to Use Them Chapter 5: Working Together: Building a High-Performing Team Chapter 6: Getting Communication Right Chapter 7: Teaching and Learning: Setting high expectations around pedagogy Chapter 8: Vision and Effective Planning Chapter 9: Developing Your Team Through Effective Professional Learning Chapter 10: Case Study: Departmental Improvement (written by Hayley Gregg) Chapter 11: Monitoring, Appraisal and Holding to Account Chapter 12: Looking After Yourself: Time Management and Stress Management Appendix A: Subject Leaders’ Self-Review and Professional Development Plan Appendix B: The Subject Leader’s File Appendix C: Effective Departmental Self-evaluation Appendix D: Subject Leader Self-evaluation of Roles and Responsibilities Appendix E: CPD Audit Appendix F: General Pupil Questionnaire Appendix G: Student Interviews Appendix H: Student Feedback: The double checklist Appendix I: Developmental Lesson Observation: Focus - Improving Questioning