Preparing for Senior Leadership - Thursday 30 November 2023 (Broadway House, London)

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 – to include Breakout Session One
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? – to include Breakout Session Two
Reflection: how ready are you, and what might be your next steps?

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: Noeleen Murphy, Senior Mistress & Director of Studies, City of London 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: Noeleen Murphy, Senior Mistress & Director of Studies, City of London School
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch
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
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 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