Leading a Staff Disciplinary Procedure - Wednesday 8 March 2023 (Online)

Course objectives: by the end of this short course delegates will:

• Gained an understanding of the legal framework in which disciplinary and staff behaviour issues can be tackled
• Developed an understanding of the correct processes to be followed to create a desired outcome, including the role of other managers
• Explored strategies to make the process successful and minimise senior management stress
• Gained an insight into the barriers likely to be used to delay procedures
• Discussed individual issues or given scenarios

Course Director Bio: David Snashall was educated at Caterham School and then Bath University. He taught physics and electronics in a variety of schools in England before becoming a Deputy Head on the Isle of Man. Following a further period of study at Bristol University, David served 13 years as a Head in two maintained schools both which were “failing” at the time, leading the change to the schools being “good”.

This breadth of schools practice and employment pragmatics brought him, following an early retirement from schools, to work for ASCL in their member support service. Here David led the front-line support team who day-to-day support members with queries or who find themselves in employment difficulties. David is a former Chief Examiner, has been a member of the Examinations Appeals Board and has published text books and various articles. Now, in addition to working part-time talking to ASCL members, he is involved with a local MAT as vice-chair of the trust, is a non-legal member of the Employment Tribunal, and enjoys spending time with his two young children. In addition, David supports schools through training senior and middle leaders in employment issues and practices.