Better Leaders Better Schools guest Clayton Reedie, the Principal of Dalmeny Public School located in the South-Western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Dalmeny, a K-6 school with over 1,000 students and 80 staff, is Clayton’s fourth Principalship. The first being Mount Hunter Public School, a small country school of 56 students near Camden outside of Sydney.

Clayton began teaching in 1991 and has built his leadership experience across a range of settings and executive positions. In addition to these school-based roles, Clayton has been the President of the Liverpool Primary Principals’ Council for three years and has spent time on secondment with the New South Wales Department of Education in a number of Principal support roles. The most recent being with the High Performance Directorate assisting principals to implement a range of reforms around budgeting, localised decision-making processes and school planning.

Clayton believes in focused, differentiated professional learning for his staff to improve lesson delivery and maximise success for students. Dalmeny’s professional development structures are a model for many colleagues.

When not at work, Clayton enjoys traveling, Rugby League Football (go the Tigers!), V8 Supercars (go Ford!) and watching cricket. He is married to Nikki (also a school Principal) and has five children (all boys!) who keep him very grounded – and very busy!

In this episode you will learn:

• How to lead with vulnerability
• How to use a mobile office
• The importance of listening (without taking it personally)
• How to avoid being hard on yourself
• The best and worst of teacher PD
• How to empower teacher development
• The power of focus groups
• The most important thing teachers can do to improve student achievement

Resources from the show:

• Leadership Capability Framework
• Teachers Make a Difference: What is the research evidence? by John Hattie

Books:

• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• How to Get Your School Moving and Improving
• Visible Learning for Teachers

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