Tuesday 18 June, 16:00-17:30
Join us in this joint EWC Masterclass and National Academy for Educational Leadership Wales Leadership Unlocked event, where Carol Campbell, from the University of Glasgow, will lead a discussion on professional learning and educational improvement. As one of the authors of Leading Reflective Practice – Reviewing the Evidence, this event is the perfect opportunity to engage with colleagues across Wales about the features of, and conditions required for, effective reflective practice.
The concept and use of reflective practice is a well-established and integral part of the professional lives and development of the education workforce in Wales. By drawing on international evidence from within and outside the education sector, as well as participants’ experiences and insights, we will explore the central question of “what is needed now and next to ensure effective practice is supported and embedded in Wales?”. Leaders and leadership, at all levels, engaging in, encouraging, and ensuring support for reflective practice to benefit the education workforce, learners, and their communities, is vital to this.
Carol will be discussing the concept, features, and conditions required for effective reflective practices to support positive benefits for individuals engaging in their own reflective practice, collaborative reflective practice, and leadership of reflective practice.
The international evidence is clear, when used effectively, reflective practice can benefit professionals, learners, and educational improvements for organisations and systems. The education workforce and learners of Wales deserve no less.
This event is suitable for all registrants, education leaders, and wider education stakeholders.
Professor Carol Campbell
Dr. Carol Campbell is a Professor of Education at the University of Glasgow. She is also a Visiting Professor of Leadership and Educational Change at Cardiff Metropolitan University, and Professor (status-only appointment) at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Prior to returning full-time to Scotland in 2024, Carol was a Professor of Leadership and Educational Change and Associate Chair of the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
Her work concerns are large-scale educational change, education system and school improvement, the work of the education profession, professional learning, and leadership development.
Currently, Carol is leading an international research study for Education International concerning teacher-led learning circles for teachers’ use of formative assessment in seven countries.
Carol is also a member of the International Council of Education Advisors for the Scottish Government’s First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills. During 2022-23, she served as an independent co-facilitator (with Professor Alma Harris) for the National Discussion on the future vision for education in Scotland – the largest public engagement on Scottish education ever conducted.
Recently, she was commissioned to provide a background paper on the imperative of “humanity” for the United Nation’s High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession.
In 2020, Carol received the Canadian Teachers’ Federation Public Education Advocacy award for dedicated, long-standing service, as well as major contributions to benefit education.