Challenging Under Performance
What's the best way of challenging under performance?
The best educational leaders create an environment within the school that puts achievement at the heart of all that the school does. They relentlessly pursue outstanding academic performance for the many, not the few. They promote a culture of personal accountability and will challenge under performance. They therefore do not shy away from holding challenging conversations.
This session will focus on how such leaders challenge under performance and hold those difficult conversations.
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Middle leadership shares many of the characteristics of senior leadership in schools. You may therefore find the following pages helpful in extending this training for your middle leaders.
- What evidence do I have for having these challenging conversations? One source of evidence around under performance is data sets for students. You may find it helpful to review the page on Data-driven leadership which looks at how leaders use data to drive performance and instruction.
- How do you hold a difficult conversation? Go to Difficult conversations to find an explanation for why and when you should have such conversations. This page will also provide you with planning templates to help ou structure the conversation.
- ACAS has a very helpful website that both provides an explanation of what challenging conversations are but also tools to help you hold them in a constructive manner. Click HERE.
- ACAS provides a one page Step-by-Step guide to holding a challenging conversation. Click HERE.
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