2.3. SEVEN STRONG CLAIMS: COLOUR, SYMBOL, IMAGE

"SEVEN STRONG CLAIMS ABOUT SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL LEADERSHIP"

Claims 4 - 7

Claim 4: "School leaders improve teaching and learning indirectly and most powerfully through their infl uence on staff motivation, commitment and working conditions."

Claim 5: "School leadership has a greater infl uence on schools and pupils when it is widely distributed." 

Claim 6: "Some patterns of distribution are more effective than others."

Claim 7: "A small handful of personal traits explains a high proportion of the variation in leadership effectiveness."

Colour, symbol, image

REFLECTION

This thinking routine "Colour, symbol, image" is very useful and I found it really interesting as I am a visual person. It allows us reflect about the readings while we associate the main ideas with a colour (has to do normally with feelings, sensations, emotions...), a symbol (representing the idea/s) and an image (that shows how we understand it). I associated most of it with green (colour) as it inspires positive feelings to me, and as leaders need to be improving and recycling themselves (symbol). The image shows the positive interdependence between leaders and members of the community (distribution) in order to be more effective.