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Product reviews for High Performers
Mick Waters, Professor of Education at Wolverhampton University, President of the Curriculum Foundation
Praise for High Performers
Building success is a personal as well as professional challenge. Alistair Smith manages to get up close and personal in delving into the professional journeys of some successful schools.
He goes past the formulaic approaches, the templates for action and sets out a series of challenges for school leaders and their teams to ask themselves. The touchstone is a set of schools which are recognised as successful; most importantly by the pupils within them.
Because the book is not formulaic, it is one to dip into as a means of exploring your own school. Every section of the book bristles with the sort of reflection that touches nerves while at the same time offering balm.
The balm is the management suggestions that prompt a `we could do that` outlook. The suggestions promote incisive, swift, modern and demanding but enjoyable approaches to leadership.
Alistair Smith leaves the reader professionally aware and personally motivated. Leadership can make a massive difference and young peoples` lives benefit when it does.
Building success is a personal as well as professional challenge. Alistair Smith manages to get up close and personal in delving into the professional journeys of some successful schools.
He goes past the formulaic approaches, the templates for action and sets out a series of challenges for school leaders and their teams to ask themselves. The touchstone is a set of schools which are recognised as successful; most importantly by the pupils within them.
Because the book is not formulaic, it is one to dip into as a means of exploring your own school. Every section of the book bristles with the sort of reflection that touches nerves while at the same time offering balm.
The balm is the management suggestions that prompt a `we could do that` outlook. The suggestions promote incisive, swift, modern and demanding but enjoyable approaches to leadership.
Alistair Smith leaves the reader professionally aware and personally motivated. Leadership can make a massive difference and young peoples` lives benefit when it does.
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11/02/2011 00:00
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