The focus for the year is Leading for collaborative practice and includes collaboratively leading practice. Note how the first leans more towards leading, clearing and providing the way for improved collaborative practice. The second emphasises the collective first, acknowledging that collaboration is already in play. They encompass what you hope to achieve, and why, and…

This workshop splits into 3 segments as we consider “What Really Matters Now” 3 weeks into Covid-19 lockdown. Maggie Ogram, Howard Youngs and Cathy Wylie as a team co-facilitate the following material. Segment 1: Coaching to support learning, teaching and leading adaptably: Making it real We introduce this workshop by revisiting the belief in coaching…

Collaboration threads through all of the leadership practices and settings identified by ELN schools at the close of our workshops in 2019. Themes included schools’ recognition of the need for practices such as strong relational trust, connectedness, critical collaborative inquiry, clarity and creating opportunities. Sitting beneath these is the crucial need for transparency. In this…