Curriculum and leadership making: the challenges and potential ways forward

Curriculum and leadership making: the challenges and potential ways forward.

Abstract: In this session, Lekha will explore the challenges inherent in both curriculum and leadership development and the interplay between the two. She will offer practical examples of both ‘on the ground’ from her experiences across multiple educational contexts and discuss a model for leadership development as a potential path forward.

Bio: Lekha Sharma is a School Improvement Leader, leading on curriculum and assessment and has over ten years of experience teaching and leading in schools in a range of contexts. She is a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford studying Learning and Teaching and is also the author of Curriculum to Classroom and Building Culture (John Catt 2020). Lekha is passionate about making educational research accessible and digestible, allowing leaders and teachers to focus on applying the 'best bets' on the ground within their unique contexts