Collective responsibility
Nov 9th, 2005 by Don Ledingham
Some domestic/family duties meant that I arrived late - 10.30 am - at Penston House for a combined union/employer meeting aimed at improving the way we work in East Lothian. I think our 5Cs culture will go a long way towards developing the kind of culture which people seemd to be aspiring to in the meeting.
Back to the office for 1.00pm meeting with secondary HTs and Jimmy McGuinnes to discuss PPP issues. Frustration probably sums up people's feelings most accurately.
Then onto the full agenda until 5.00pm. Good progress was made on a number of fronts - most notably with the cluster-based working paper, which Heads will take back to their schools for further discussion. I think people recognise the need for us all to start to work differently together in order to meet the needs of all children. We will be having a full HT meeting in January - to which I'd also like to invite key figures from children's services to discuss how we turn this into a reality - no doubt some hard talking yet to take place!
Packed my bag with two days of correspondence and headed for home at 6.00.
