What are the leadership ingredients of successful Trust school improvement activities? by Tracy Goodyear, Director of Teacher Development at The Mercian Trust
Tracy Goodyear, TWCPD Founder and Director of Teacher Development at The Mercian Trust Facilitating school improvement within Trusts presents marked leadership challenges, especially when considering the complexities and nuances of improvement at scale alongside the unique context, age and stage of an individual Trust’s journey. There is a necessity for leaders to accurately and flexibly operate within a rapidly shifting landscape, acknowledging that “the demand for radical and large-scale improvement is too fierce [and] too pressing” (Levin, 2010; Hallinger, 2010). This paper will articulate three key challenges behind the leadership of school improvement activities within Trusts and the consequences for development through these challenges. I will use this to demonstrate how the variance in MAT structures presents an imperative for Trust leaders which requires them to accurately and flexibly operate within a rapidly shifting landscape. The leadership of school improv...