Hangout with a wise head

This week, the fantastic Bill Lord gave an impromptu  master-class in Headship.

This happened while we  talked in a Google Hangout about the Arts in Education, as part of the work I am doing for the Arts Council England.

Despite the hugely successful and interesting #UKEdChat discussion the week before, (or maybe because of that)  the Google Hangout was to have had only 10 people. However, initially no one turned up, and so I started off quite worried, and alone.

But, Bill came through (with an epic new facial hair arrangement, which we discussed for too long!). We were joined by others, but as tweets and comments after demonstrated, we were all happy to let Bill talk!

We talked about how Artsmark was helping his school, currently working it’s way out of RI, to run more of the values and vision through all aspects of school life.

Kevin McLaughlin’s view of Bill

Bill explained that he had trusted his staff to create a rich learning experience for the kids, with the National Curriculum as 20% of the time, core, but not always front and centre.

He poured forth bon-mots by the dozen, embodied wisdom about leadership, and generally made me want to teach in his school!!

Damian Ward’s thoughts on Bill

Bill also shared several great ideas for ways that the Arts Council England team could enhance the work they are doing.

If you don’t follow Bill on Twitter – I highly recommend it!

You can watch and enjoy Bill’s ideas for yourself:

(Apologies for the swearing and any bad jokes made in the course of the discussion when it is shared!!)

Thank you Bill.

Leon Cych’s view of Bill’s comments