Use the readings below, along with relevant quotes, to address the following question in your Reflective Journal Blog :

What are the key challenges facing middle leaders in trying to support and nurture the professional learning of colleagues in an 'autonomy supportive' way, that both impacts positively on student learning and means that colleagues are sustainably engaged in jointly leading the process themselves?

This should be posted by 8 November.  If you experience any difficulties with the linked references below simply access through the Library site.

  

Timperley, H.  [2011] Leading teachers' professional learning. In Robertson, J. & Timperley, H. [eds] Leadership and Learning.  Los Angeles: Sage. 


MacBeath, J. (2009) A focus on learning [principle 1].  In MacBeath, J. and Dempste, N. (eds) Connecting Leadership and Learning: principles for practice. London: Routledge.


Wylie, C. The Development of Leadership Capability in a Self-Managing Schools System: The New Zealand Experience and Challenges.  In T. Townsend & J. Macbeath (Eds.), The international handbook of leadership for learning (pp. 635-652). Netherlands: Springer.


Drago-Severson, E. [2011] School Leadership for Adult Development: The Dramatic Difference It Can Make. In T. Townsend & J. Macbeath (Eds.), The international handbook of leadership for learning (pp. 757-777). Netherlands: Springer.


Bubb, S. and Earley, P. [2011] Ensuring Staff Development Impacts on Learning. In T. Townsend & J. Macbeath (Eds.), The international handbook of leadership for learning (pp. 757-777). Netherlands: Springer.


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