The Six Tasks of Headship

I recently read 'How Successful Head Teachers Survive and Thrive' by Professor Tim Brighouse. It's available here. It's a really interesting read about the key tasks of being a headteacher and ways to manage the job.


The six tasks of headship:

• Create energy
• Build capacity
• Meet and minimise crisis
• Secure and enhance the environment
• Seek and chart improvement
• Extend the vision of what's possible

The five time expenditures:

• They sit on the wall not the fence - be visible
• They are 'skalds' not 'scolds' - tell positive stories and remind people of great deeds and future triumphs
• They teach, learn and assess for most of their time - continue to be involved in teaching and the day-to-day routines and workings of the school
• They spend their evenings, weekends and holidays... working... socialising and being member of a family - manage time well within the school day so that time spent working outside school is enjoyable
• They spend two hours a week in acts of unexpected kindness - showing the personal touch