Mr. Paddy Flood, LDS

Professional associations

Professional development

Leadership in inspection reports

Salary improvements

Strong management bodies

Provide inspiration to aspirants, clarifying their expectations about the profession

Offer guidance to those seeking to improve practice

Articulate the complexity of school leadership to the outside world

Contribute to policy development

Affirming professional status

Articulate the knowledge, skills and attributes required of practitioners

Focus for professional learning

Enhance professional self esteem

Accountability to self and the profession

Matters in terms of the quality of outcomes

for pupils

Requires a focus on learning centred activity – requires change

Requires a clarity of purpose among all stakeholders

Level of autonomy requires consideration

Tasks v attitude

Job description v moral purpose

Office v site of learning

Not a job for one person

Lack of evidence on distributed leadership

Roles of all stakeholders

Patterns of distribution matter

Work-life balance is a key factor

Dependence on support and direction

Other career pathways are attractive

Is dependent on impact on student achievement

Recruitment requires professionalisation

Needs for focus on the continuum

Has significant contribution to make to professionalisation: Toraíocht

Variety and creativity in delivery methods

Is a crucial policy lever in the system

Clarity and Professionalism

Linking the four strands of the report

Consideration of leadership in the change process

Leaders as a system resource

Leadership as an attractive career option