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This course is for: Aspiring Deputy Heads, Directors of Studies, Assistant Heads and other senior leadership roles.
Course Outcomes – by the end of the course delegates will have:
Course Programme:
Time |
Session |
09:45 |
Arrival, registration, and coffee |
10.00 – 10.05 |
Welcome and introduction Speaker: Jill Berry |
10.05 – 11.05
|
Session 1: Making the move from Middle to Senior Leadership Speaker: Dr Adam Morton, Assistant Head (Staff Development and Wellbeing), Mill Hill School |
11.05 – 11.25 |
Refreshment break |
11.25 – 12.25 |
Session 2: Scenarios: Issues Senior Leaders might face, and strategies they might use as they step up to these challenges Speaker: Ceri Jones, Headmaster, Caterham School |
12.30 – 13.30 |
Lunch in restaurant |
13.30 – 14.30 |
Session 3: What the head is looking for, both in appointing a new Senior Leader, and in working with their Senior Leadership Team Speaker: Jill Berry |
14.30 – 14.45 |
Refreshment break in lounge |
14.45 – 15.45 |
Session 4: The Senior Leader you hope to be: What the best Senior Leadership looks like, and what you have learnt from positive and negative leadership role models Reflection: Where are you now, and what might be your next steps if you are to secure the Senior Leader position you dream of, make a positive transition into the role and do the job well? Speaker: Jill Berry |
15.45 – 16.00 |
Closing remarks and depart |
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