Preparing for Senior Leadership - Tuesday 23 April 2024 (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
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?
Reflection: how ready are you, and what might be your next steps?

Course Programme

Time	Session
15.30	Welcome and introduction Speaker: Jill Berry
15.35 – 16.00	The nature of Senior Leadership Speaker: Jill Berry
16.00 – 16.30	What the Head is looking for, both in appointing a new senior leader, and in working with their Senior Leadership Team Speaker: Jill Berry
16.30 – 16.40	Short break
16.40 – 17.40	Making the transition from Middle Leadership to Senior Leadership Speaker: Alex Wilson, Headmistress, Tranby
17.40 – 18.10	Preparing to make the leap Speaker: Jill Berry
18.10 – 18.30	Reflection: how ready are you, and what might be your next steps? Closing remarks Speaker: Jill Berry

Course Director Biography

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