A few weeks ago I met Ty Goddard. Director for the British Council for School Environments (BCSE). We had a brief conversation and I asked him if we could help create some media for the BCSE. I appreciate how busy he is, so to answer our students emails and to personally accept our phone calls made a big impact on the students.
Our brief: Why School Environments Matter.
That was it. No statistics, no school environment information, no further details, zip, nada.
Two Digital Leaders meetings later, a poem co-authored on a wiki, a video camera and a youtube account, this is what our students created.
One of our poem co-authors contributed a little more than most, so well done Victoria attributed in name in the next BCSE document and one student stayed a few hours after college to ensure the editing was finished on time, good work Ashwin.
One thought that tweeked the teacher in me was, with so little BCSE input, such an open brief and such a very short time frame really challenged the students. Their mutual success relied on a creative sparkle and ability to work together. One students sparkled on ideas, another on her writing ability, one of their acting skills, another on editing skills. Talents were uncovered and others reinforced. Could this be recreated in a regular Hamble College classroom?
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360 feedback, questionnaire this, leadership style that. There are many different tools to apply. On a recent course we were asked to complete a simple A4 sheet that outlined your communication / leader preferences. It was very simple and seem to offer very simple and quick feedback to the middle leaders in the room. I then considered how accurately I know my department and how accurately the school leadership team knew school teaching community?
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