Middle Leadership Mastery: A toolkit for subject and pastoral leaders

By Adam Robbins

To make the best decisions possible, middle leaders need to have a nuanced understanding of the consequences of their actions. In this pragmatic book, Adam Robbins aims to boost their role-specific expertise to help them achieve that goal - and offers them a preferable alternative to learning from their mistakes. Instead of relying on generic leadership theories, Middle Leadership Mastery collates perspectives from psychology and cognitive science to share evidence-informed guidance on a wide range of topics - from supporting staff and students in crisis and managing wellbeing, to quality-assuring teaching and curriculum design. Adam Robbins draws on his sixteen years' experience of teaching in a deprived area to illustrate his points with stories and anecdotes from the front line, demonstrating how middle leaders can better understand their context and deliver the best outcomes from a variety of starting points.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Crown House Publishing
• Release date: May 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9781785835629

Adam Robbins

Adam Robbins is a head of department at a large comprehensive school. He oversees science and supports teacher development across the school. He is the managing editor at CogSciSci, a grassroots organisation aimed at bringing the findings of cognitive science to the classroom, and is often invited to talk on issues of teaching, learning and pastoral matters, speaking at events like the PiXL, researchED and ASE conferences.