LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR SENIOR LEADERS IN NURSERY, PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS

* NEW DATES BELOW *

This is a specially-devised 3 day programme spanning 9 months aimed at enabling participants to devise a development project within their schools and to see it to fruition. The programme builds on the highly successful single day leadership courses which have taken place at St Peter’s Learning Centre over the last 2 years.

 The facilitated training days will enhance individuals’ current leadership strengths through a variety of learning opportunities including personal reflection, group discussion and theoretical input around how highly effective leaders bring about and sustain improvement in organisational outcomes.

Participants will need a leadership coach (either their headteacher or deputy head) to support them throughout the programme.  A twilight session will be offered to coaches to explore best practice in this critical role.

Each participant will be offered a 30 – 45 minute one to one coaching session with the programme facilitator one week after Day 1 to give an opportunity to further develop the participant’s target-setting, milestones and success criteria around the plan devised on

Day 1.

 

 

Facilitator:

Angela Hannan – Former secondary headteacher & lead facilitator for the National College for School Leadership

 

Course Feedback:

‘Interesting, inspirational speaker with lots of practical experience’

 

‘Angela always makes me feel empowered and energised, knowing what I have to do and the confidence to make it happen.’

 

‘Angela has the ability to be both challenging and supportive.  She encourages reflective practice and I always leave with a planned action which will be of benefit to our setting.’

 

Including refreshments & Lunch on Days 1 – 3

 

Cost: £250 per Delegate

 

PROGRAMME

 

DAY 1:

 

 

9.15 Arrival and refreshments

9.30 – 10.00 Session 1: Exploring current experience of Senior Leadership.

10.00 – 11.30 Session 2: Skills and qualities of highly effective leaders.

11.30 – 12.30 Session 3: Leading successful, sustainable change; exploring the critical leadership skill of influencing.

12.30: Lunch

1.15 – 2.30 Session 4: Predicting obstacles; motivating others to welcome change.

2.30 – 3.30 Session 5: Planning a development initiative which will improve school outcomes.

 

DAY 1:

TWILIGHT  FOR COACHES

 

 

3.30 Arrival and refreshments

3.45 – 5.45 A workshop to include:

• Exploration of experience of coaching and being coached;

• Reflection on the purpose of coaching;

• Skills and qualities of highly effective coaching;

• Discussion of practicalities – frequency and length of coaching sessions;

• Toolkit for coaching sessions: Exploring the critical leadership skill of influencing.

 

30 - 45 MINUTE ONE TO ONE COACHING SESSION FOR EACH PARTICIPANT:

 

 

DAY 2:

 

 

9.15 Arrival and refreshments

9.30 – 10.00 Session 1: Check-in; opportunity for participants to share what has gone well so far and what they are learning about leading successful change.

10.00 – 11.30 Session 2: Leading high performing teams; leading effective meetings.

11.30 – 12.30 Session 3: Holding self and others to account; the role of requiring and giving effective feedback.

12.30: Lunch

1.00 – 2.00 Session 4: Choosing appropriate leadership styles when leading change.

2.00 – 2.30 Session 5: Maintaining high levels of personal resilience.

2.30 – 3.30 Session 6: Review of change initiative – next steps; opportunity to practise skills of co-coaching.

 

DAY 3:

 

 

9.15 Arrival and refreshments

9.30 – 10.00 Session 1: Check-in; opportunity for participants to share what has gone well and what they are learning about leading successful change.

10.00 – 11.00 Session 2: Learning about self as a leader. Which leadership skills and qualities have been developed through leading the change initiative? How do we know?

11.00 – 11.30am Session 3: Next steps – sustaining improvements and moving forward; the role of developing others.

11.30 – 12.30pm Session 4: Preparation for afternoon presentations.

12.30: Lunch with coaches

1:00 – 3:00 Session 5: Presentations

3:00 – 3.30: Session 6: Review and action planning.

 

 

To book places, please contact Jeanette Gillott at St Peter’s Learning Centre

on 01939 232292 or email learning.centre@st-peters.shropshire.sch.uk