Leading teaching and learning through professional learning

Leaders usually lead teaching and learning through their work with teachers, rather than interacting directly with students. From this perspective, leading learning means leading teacher learning in ways that support teachers to lead student learning. One way to think about this idea is for leaders to consider teachers as their 'class' of professionals, in the same way that teachers have classes of student learners. The composition of that class depends on the size of the school and the designated leadership position. In large schools the senior leaders' classes may be middle leaders. These middle leaders, in turn, have other classes. The leadership work is to promote the learning of their class in ways that impact positively on teaching and learning.