Preparing for Headship - Tuesday 7 March 2023 (Broadway House, London Victoria)

Course outcomes:

• Learn about headship and its opportunities and challenges, including advice from a serving HMC head
• Understand your own development needs and career pathway in preparation for headship
• Increase your awareness of the application, interview and recruitment process for headship
• Acquire strategies for making an effective transition to headship
• Have the opportunity for structured reflection: how ready am I and how can I continue to prepare for future headship?

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 andOthers’: https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_berry_take_a_second_look_bring_out_the_best_in_yourself_and_others