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An in-depth look at the key roles and responsibilities of the education adviser.
List of contents
Part 1: the role of the education adviser 1. The role of the education adviser: an English and a historical perspective
Les Walton, CBE 2. Distinguishing between the role of the adviser and the inspector: exposing the debate
Tom Grieveson 3. Professional credibility: the attributes and skills of the education adviser
Kevin McDermid 4. The artful use of interpersonal skills to establish professional credibility and achieve maximum impact
Eithne Leming 5. Influential report writing: communicating with accuracy, clarity and transparency
Martyn Beales 6. The ability to challenge through supportive intervention
Les Walton, CBE 7. Implementing continuous change: embracing the resistance
Dr Louis DeLoreto 8. Working in concert with a school's leadership team
Eric Halton 9. Enabling and empowering others to affect improvement
Professor Dame Alison Peacock 10. Building an advisory community in Northern Ireland
Mary Lowery 11. How to be an international education adviser
Professor Andy Hargreaves Part 2: the adviser in action 12. Building social capital: learning to 'THRiVE'
Frazer Bailie 13. Leading a school to integrated status: bringing about change through persuading, influencing and guiding
Alix Jackson 14. Sharing knowledge across the system: building expertise across multiple organisations in support of our most vulnerable young people
Debi Bailey 15. Building a community of generous, effective leaders
Karen Bramwell 16. Transform your school the hard, slow and satisfying way
Mike Buchanan 17. Organising change in changing organisations
Dame Kathy August
About the author
The vision of the AoEA is that every school, college and education provider has access to high-quality support, advice and challenge, which is independent and focused on improving outcomes for children, schools and their communities. They provide an accredited quality standard, offer continuous professional development, and have created a collaborative community for its members.
