Preparing for Senior Leadership - Wednesday 11 October 2023 (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
09.30	Welcome and introduction Speaker: Jill Berry
09.35 – 10.00	The nature of Senior Leadership Speaker: 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 Speaker: Jill Berry
10.45 – 11.45	Making the transition from Middle Leadership to Senior Leadership Speaker: James Wilson, Deputy Head (Academic), Exeter School
11.45 – 12.15	Preparing to make the leap Speaker: Jill Berry
12.15 – 12.30	Reflection: how ready are you, and what might be your next steps? 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