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# The capacity for leadership arises out of powerful learning experiences
# The capacity for leadership arises out of powerful learning experiences
# Opportunities for leadership enhance learning
# Opportunities for leadership enhance learning


'''Conditions for Learning'''
'''Conditions for Learning'''
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# Link between leadership and learning is a concern for everyone
# Link between leadership and learning is a concern for everyone
# Different perspectives explored through networking with researchers and practitioners
# Different perspectives explored through networking with researchers and practitioners


'''Shared Leadership'''
'''Shared Leadership'''
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# Everyone’s experience and expertise is valued and drawn upon as resources
# Everyone’s experience and expertise is valued and drawn upon as resources
# Collaborative activity across boundaries of subject, role and status are valued and promoted
# Collaborative activity across boundaries of subject, role and status are valued and promoted


'''Mutual Accountability'''
'''Mutual Accountability'''
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# '''''Tools and strategies are used to enhance thinking about learning and the practice of teaching.''''' Are we updating ourselves and reflecting about the various tools and strategies to enhance the way we teach and learn? How are we doing that?  
# '''''Tools and strategies are used to enhance thinking about learning and the practice of teaching.''''' Are we updating ourselves and reflecting about the various tools and strategies to enhance the way we teach and learn? How are we doing that?  


 
'''Learning Dialogue'''                                      
 
'''Learning Dialogue'''  
                                     
# '''''Practice made explicit, discussable and transferable.''''' Do we have the language to talk about learning so that we can discuss and reflect about it more fruitfully? How do we do that?
# '''''Practice made explicit, discussable and transferable.''''' Do we have the language to talk about learning so that we can discuss and reflect about it more fruitfully? How do we do that?
#  '''''Active, collegial inquiry focussing on the link between learning and leadership.''''' Do we discuss and find out how we can take the lead to decide what learning should be like in our school (and not just be directed by the authority?) How can we go about doing that?
#  '''''Active, collegial inquiry focussing on the link between learning and leadership.''''' Do we discuss and find out how we can take the lead to decide what learning should be like in our school (and not just be directed by the authority?) How can we go about doing that?
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# '''''Link between leadership and learning is a concern for everyone.''''' Do we prioritise the link between leadership and learning? What kind of concerns on learning do we raise and act upon?
# '''''Link between leadership and learning is a concern for everyone.''''' Do we prioritise the link between leadership and learning? What kind of concerns on learning do we raise and act upon?
# '''''Different perspectives explored through networking with researchers and practitioners.'''''  Do we network with researchers and other practitioners to explore different perspectives of learning and leadership? How do we do that?
# '''''Different perspectives explored through networking with researchers and practitioners.'''''  Do we network with researchers and other practitioners to explore different perspectives of learning and leadership? How do we do that?


'''Shared Leadership'''
'''Shared Leadership'''
# '''''Structures support participation in developing learning communities.''''' Are there ways we can participate in learning or be involved in starting learning communities within the school?
# '''''Structures support participation in developing learning communities.''''' Are there ways we can participate in learning or be involved in starting learning communities within the school?
# '''''Shared leadership symbolised in day-to-day flow of activities.''''' Can we see leadership being shared by various colleagues and students in the day-to-day flow of activities in the school? How is that like?
# '''''Shared leadership symbolised in day-to-day flow of activities.''''' Can we see leadership being shared by various colleagues and students in the day-to-day flow of activities in the school? How is that like?
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# '''''Choosing how to tell own story while taking account of political realities.''''' Do we maintain an individual stance of our own views of teaching and learning, while being very cognisant of the political realities that we are living in?
# '''''Choosing how to tell own story while taking account of political realities.''''' Do we maintain an individual stance of our own views of teaching and learning, while being very cognisant of the political realities that we are living in?
# '''''Continuing focus on sustainability, succession and leaving a legacy.''''' Do we try to look forward towards the future, on how we can sustain our current efforts and to be able to leave a legacy for our future generations?
# '''''Continuing focus on sustainability, succession and leaving a legacy.''''' Do we try to look forward towards the future, on how we can sustain our current efforts and to be able to leave a legacy for our future generations?
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