Preparing for Senior Leadership - Thursday 1 December 2022 (Online)

This course is for: Aspiring Deputy Heads, Directors of Studies, Assistant Heads and other senior leadership roles.

Description

Course Outcomes – by the end of the course delegates will have:

Learnt about senior leadership roles and their opportunities and challenges
Understood their own development needs and career pathways in preparation for a senior leadership role
Learnt about the application, interview and recruitment process
Developed insight into making an effective transition to a senior leadership role

Course Outline

The nature of Senior Leadership – to include Breakout Session One
What the Head is looking for, both in appointing a new senior leader, and in working with their Senior Leadership Team
Making the transition – how do you prepare? – to include Breakout Session Two
Reflection: how ready are you, and what might be your next steps?

Conference Programme

09.30 – 09.35	Welcome and introduction
09.35 – 10.00	The nature of Senior Leadership, to include a breakout session Jill Berry
10.00 – 10.30	What the Head is looking for, both in appointing a new Senior Leader, and in working with their Senior Leadership Team Jill Berry
10.30 – 10.45	Break
10.45 – 11.15	Making the transition – how do you prepare? Jill Berry
11.15 – 12.00	Moving from Middle to Senior Leadership Dee Saran, Deputy Head, Learning and Teaching, Dubai College
12.00 – 12.30	Reflection: how ready are you, and what might be your next steps? Jill Berry
12.30	Close

Course Director Bio:

Jill taught for thirty years across six different schools in the UK, state and independent, and was a head for the last ten. Since leaving headship she has completed a doctorate, researching the transition to headship; written a book: 'Making the Leap - Moving from Deputy to Head' (Crown House, 2016) https://www.crownhouse.co.uk/publications/making-the-leap; and carried out an extensive range of leadership development work. In 2019 she spoke at a TEDx event on the subject of ‘Take a Second Look: Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Others’: https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_berry_take_a_second_look_bring_out_the_best_in_yourself_and_others