SMT or SLT?

[roaringwater]

This is a slightly random question but I'm interested in hearing responses.

In your school, do you refer to the SMT or SLT?

Is there a difference?

Do you have both?

Also, are you in primary or secondary?

We were SMT and switched to SLT when new head arrived.... Primary.

For any particular reason, or just his/her personal preference?

SLT. Secondary. Never been anything otherwise.

Senior teachers love the word leadership.

I think there has been a shift towards slt. Lots of the leadership training I have done is really focussed on the distinction between leadership and management. I personally think you need a balance of the two...

SLT for the inner circle, SMT to include SENCO etc. (primary). Current school too small to have either!

SLT, large secondary school.
Never heard it called SMT i dont think and ive been teaching 15yrs.

Ours is:
SLT is head, deputy, assistant heads
SMT is head, finance manager, premises manager and extended school (Before and after school club) manager

SMT

With a brief period under a batshit head who decided we needed both.

Once she was gone we reverted back to SMT.

SLT

Secondary teacher, taught for over 20 years never heard it called anything other than SLT.

Used to be SMT, now SLT as we're all modern.

I always thought Leadership was a cop out, enabling Leaders to do no active management but to spout platitudes and launch initiatives instead. But I’m old and cynical.

SLT bugs me because I'm a Speech and Language Therapist and we were always known as SLTs. Now we're SALTs as we had our acronym stolen 😂

SLT
Sometimes SLG (group)
They were SMT around 20 years ago

There’s quite a big difference between leadership and management. I’d be concerned if leaders were only managing and not leading.