High Performing People,
Transforming Cultures
High Performing People,
Transforming Cultures
We were soon called upon to replicate our success with school transformation. This ushered in fresh obstacles, not least convincing head teachers to co-operate. It was not long before other schools in the borough began to show interest in our work with the boys’ secondary school so George Gyte, Director of Education, increased the number…
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary School took a requirement for clean air in the classroom and turned it into a school project. They say that some people thrive in adversity. So it seems for our colleague David McFall during the pandemic. We’re handing over to David for the fourth time for an update on how he…
There is no one-size-fits all answer when it comes to school transformation, but classroom management must be consistent. During this early period of developing our approach to school transformation, I was also asked to support another relatively new head teacher of a secondary boys’ school in a London borough north of the river. Their school…
Part Two The OLEVI Facilitation Model The Importance of Facilitators in Schools. We have already explored the Consult phase of the Model, emphasising the importance of Facilitators being, and being seen to be credible consultants by those they work with. This is not so they can lecture or dictate how professionals might use…
In the second in our series on school transformation we explain how school improvement requires both staff and students to adjust their behaviour. Improving the quality of teaching and learning was not the only issue that needed addressing in our inner London school. The basic behaviours required from staff and pupils in order to create…
From improving one school in the 1980s, we helped transform London’s education system. Here we explain how it began. The next series of articles describe how we used the effective knowledge management approach to school improvement to transform schools. We start at the beginning of our work in this important area of education. I first…
Recent Covid restrictions have forced us to adapt to enormous changes in the educational system.
With the prospect of another term of absences and restrictions ahead of us, we remember the anticipation that accompanied the return to school. Whilst the optimists amongst us hoped for a Covid-free start to the new year, the realists were just waiting for a repeat of what we’ve come to expect over the past two…
Part One The OLEVI Facilitation Model The Importance of Facilitators in Schools. Over the past 20 years, OLEVI facilitators have got on with the job of developing high performing professionals and pupils and driving culture change across schools and trusts. Through our OLEVI Facilitation Pathway, they explore the theory and hone the skills needed to be effective leaders of learning – in a team, school, or trust level…
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