Preparing for Senior Leadership - Tuesday 28 January 2025 (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 Programme
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Time |
Session |
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09:45 |
Arrival, registration, and coffee |
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10.00 – 10.05 |
Welcome and introduction Speaker: Jill Berry |
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10.05 – 11.05
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Session 1: Making the move from Middle to Senior Leadership Speaker: Adam Morton, Assistant Head (Staff Development and Wellbeing), Mill Hill School |
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11.05 – 11.25 |
Refreshment break |
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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: Anna Paul, Head, South Hampstead High School |
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12.30 – 13.30 |
Lunch |
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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 |
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14.30 – 14.45 |
Refreshment break |
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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 |
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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