A Manifesto for Excellence in Schools
Rob Carpenter took a school from Special Measures to Outstanding in less than two years and firmly believes that the quality of teaching and leadership holds the key to raising standards in our schools today. A Manifesto for Excellence in Schools will help all teachers and leaders to transform learning jourbaneys, both individual and whole-school, so that your school is inclusive and supportive, creating the best education for all. This book suggests new ways to ensure that all children succeed, and advocates that learning jourbaneys are connected to a moral purpose, positive learning habits and that they help young people make sense of the world around them.

Framed around the context of ever increasing expectations for pupils and the growing focus on learning mastery, A Manifesto for Excellence in Schools contains a balance of both practical advice and multiple examples, resources and ideas for teachers and leaders to plan and deliver high quality learning experiences. At its heart, this book is all about helping teachers and leaders to become architects for learning by helping them to design classrooms, curricula and whole-school practices that are inclusive, engaging and above all - excellent.

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A Manifesto for Excellence in Schools
Rob Carpenter took a school from Special Measures to Outstanding in less than two years and firmly believes that the quality of teaching and leadership holds the key to raising standards in our schools today. A Manifesto for Excellence in Schools will help all teachers and leaders to transform learning jourbaneys, both individual and whole-school, so that your school is inclusive and supportive, creating the best education for all. This book suggests new ways to ensure that all children succeed, and advocates that learning jourbaneys are connected to a moral purpose, positive learning habits and that they help young people make sense of the world around them.

Framed around the context of ever increasing expectations for pupils and the growing focus on learning mastery, A Manifesto for Excellence in Schools contains a balance of both practical advice and multiple examples, resources and ideas for teachers and leaders to plan and deliver high quality learning experiences. At its heart, this book is all about helping teachers and leaders to become architects for learning by helping them to design classrooms, curricula and whole-school practices that are inclusive, engaging and above all - excellent.

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A Manifesto for Excellence in Schools

A Manifesto for Excellence in Schools

by Rob Carpenter
A Manifesto for Excellence in Schools

A Manifesto for Excellence in Schools

by Rob Carpenter

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Rob Carpenter took a school from Special Measures to Outstanding in less than two years and firmly believes that the quality of teaching and leadership holds the key to raising standards in our schools today. A Manifesto for Excellence in Schools will help all teachers and leaders to transform learning jourbaneys, both individual and whole-school, so that your school is inclusive and supportive, creating the best education for all. This book suggests new ways to ensure that all children succeed, and advocates that learning jourbaneys are connected to a moral purpose, positive learning habits and that they help young people make sense of the world around them.

Framed around the context of ever increasing expectations for pupils and the growing focus on learning mastery, A Manifesto for Excellence in Schools contains a balance of both practical advice and multiple examples, resources and ideas for teachers and leaders to plan and deliver high quality learning experiences. At its heart, this book is all about helping teachers and leaders to become architects for learning by helping them to design classrooms, curricula and whole-school practices that are inclusive, engaging and above all - excellent.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472946348
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 11/29/2018
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 8.08(w) x 9.68(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Rob Carpenter is CEO of the Inspire Partnership, a family of schools across South East London and Medway, Kent. Rob has been a headteacher for over 15 years and has experience of school leadership in a range of contexts. He is a National Leader of Education and Senior Partner with Challenge Partners, and he regularly speaks at conferences and events around the UK.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Introduction 1

Lessons from headteacher interviews 1

A new challenge 2

The purpose of this book 3

A few words about collaboration 4

1 Let's start with why 7

A crisis in teaching 8

The problem of accountability 9

The Ofsted model for accountability 10

Assessment as accountability 12

Another way 13

Leadership and accountability 13

2 When Ofsted came to call 17

Desperate times… 17

…desperate measures 19

Things continued to get worse 19

Identity crisis 21

The verdict 22

What came before? 22

What did the future hold? 24

3 Making plans 27

The first 90 days: rapid impact plans 27

Our context 35

4 The learning environment 41

The importance of a high-quality learning environment 42

What we did 42

Deepening collaboration 48

Environment drives behaviour 51

Transforming the Woodhill environment 52

Defining expectations 56

5 Climate and culture 59

Climate rules 59

The impact of climate on children 60

Lessons worth behaving for 66

6 The domains of learning 71

The cognitive learning domain (CLD) 74

The affective learning domain (ALD) 77

The psychomotor learning domain (PLD) 81

An alternative approach 83

An expansive curriculum 86

7 Mastery for learning 97

Mastery in schools 97

The importance of planning 100

The talent myth 102

Mastery learning and the social learner 104

Tommy's story 108

Learning to love what you do 111

Measuring and capturing mastery 113

8 Expansive assessment 117

Problems with top-down accountability 118

International picture 119

What's gone wrong? 122

An alternative 124

What should be done 128

Evidence of progress 138

9 Leadership and professional development 141

Leadership styles 142

Outstanding 143

What really happened 144

Professional development 146

10 Conclusion 155

A school improvement model for the future 156

A school improvement model that works 157

References 159

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