An Introduction to MAT Organisational Development and Action Learning Professor Toby Greany (11.55am-1.25pm)

Over the past two years, Toby Greany and Eleanor Bernardes (University of Nottingham) have worked with senior leaders from MATs that are members of Whole Education to undertake Action Learning, with a focus on addressing an aspect of organisational development that the trust leaders identify and work through. Feedback from participants has been exceptionally positive. This workshop will introduce and model the Action Learning approach and help participants to begin to identify an enquiry question that could help their trust to move forward.

About the speaker

Toby is a Professor of Education at the University of Nottingham. His research is focused on how policy and practice interact to shape educational opportunities and outcomes, in particular across local systems and through networks, and the nature and role of leadership in these processes. He has led studies funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, Education Endowment Foundation, Nuffield Foundation, Wellcome Trust and England’s Department for Education. His most recent book – Leading Educational Networks: Theory, Policy and Practice (Bloomsbury, 2022) – was co-authored with Dr Annelies Kamp, University of Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand.