Leadership • Excellence • Action • Development
LEAD
The Weekly School Leadership Brief by Dr Anup Sharma
One practical leadership idea, one excellence practice, one action for the week and one development question for principals, Heads of School, coordinators and education leaders.
A problem or idea worth examining.
A practical routine, framework or tool.
One concrete action to implement.
One question to discuss with your team.
Latest Edition
LEAD #03 — Does Your Observation Feedback Change What Happens Next?
Turn feedback after classroom observation into a professional learning conversation with the CLEAR routine: shared evidence, one practical action, support and a return point.
Previous Editions
LEAD #02 — Are You Observing Teaching or Inspecting Teachers?
How school leaders can make classroom observation more developmental by focusing on evidence of student learning through the LEARN Classroom Evidence Scan, a three-classroom action and a 60-second leadership challenge.
From the Archive
LEAD #01 — Is Your Inbox Running Your School?
Move beyond administrative busyness with the 15–15–15 Leadership Routine, systems thinking and a practical daily leadership challenge.
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Why LEAD exists
The aim is not to comment on every education headline. LEAD focuses on practical school leadership, teaching quality, school improvement and systems that leaders can discuss, test and use. Each edition remains available here as a searchable archive rather than disappearing inside an inbox.