- To develop skills to become an effective leader.
- To gain confidence from others.
The reasons these are my main priorities are:
- I would like more responsibility within my department and potentially lead on some initiatives.
- To be more confident in directing others, to delegate tasks and to be assertive when delegated tasks are not completed in time.
Next, the skills we believe an effective leader should have, were discussed and evidence of where in our current practice these were already present. My current areas of strength are communicating ideas on a 1:1 basis (supporting colleagues with behaviour issues, developing T&L ideas) and identifying areas for development and working on implementing these (Maths question of the week and numeracy across the curriculum) The areas which I believe I need to develop in order to be an effective leader are; raising my profile when leading on a task and also asking for support/ delegating when leading on a task.
Reflection on Learning Style.
The Kolb learning Style Inventory showed that I have the assimilating style meaning that, my approach to learning is to focus on abstract concepts. This is not surprising as I am a Mathmatician! Moving forward, I need to strengthen my use of the accommodating and diverging styles, meaning that I need to influence and lead others, and also liaise with others more rather than working in isolation. This highlights the areas I had identified as ones to develop and my motivation for doing the course.
The Leadership Challenge
The rest of the session was left for us to discuss on our tables about what our leadership challenge should be. My first thought was to look at closing the gap between boys and girls achievement in Mathematics in the Sixth Form. This is because, when going through the DIP, the achievement of Boys lowered the overall figures for AS and A Level Mathematics.
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