Leading Business & Operations Teams
Excellence in Practice
A collaborative opportunity to link theory with practice – a chance to share problems in practice, consider change management solutions in the business of education
Expressions of Interest for September 2022
We will contact you with more information.
Overview
Who is this experience for?
Are You…
- An associate professional with responsible for leading and managing other people and/or policy in school operations or business support
- Keen to explore strategies to effectively lead others and communicate with impact to get the outcomes you want
- Keen to access tried and tested techniques and strategies of leading others and systems which you can use in your role and team tomorrow?
- Wanting to learn how to implement and evaluate an effective change management plan?
- Wishing to engage in a network and gain exposure to expert facilitators and other non-teacher leaders and managers?
What you will learn about
The Leadership Mindset
Assessment and Accreditation
This is an innovative, practical leadership experience for busy people. Therefore, participants will focus on a school-based priority (linked to the school/Trust’s development plan) throughout the experience and are not required to complete a lengthy written submission or external assessment. However, to add professional challenge and validity, throughout the learning experience, participants will work towards a 30 minute VIVA presentation. The VIVA is designed to support participants to reflect on how they have implemented learning from the experience to develop their leadership mind-set and used strategies to impact positively on young people through their project in school.
Participation will be endorsed by Learners First School Partnership.
Intended Impact
- To build participants’ confidence to lead with impact beyond the classroom
- To learn how to successfully lead a change strategy from inception, planning, implementation and review
- To develop a professional network of peer to peer support and challenge beyond participants’ current school/MAT
- To implement effective strategies into every day practice to have a positive impact on school improvement and outcomes for pupils.
Dates, Times and Delivery Methods
Induction
Webinar
- Thursday 27th January 2022 (1.00 - 2.30pm)
Face-to-Face days
Face-to-Face
(Government Guidelines Permitting)
- Wednesday 9th February 2022: 8.45am - 3.30pm
- Tuesday 22nd March 2022: 8.45am - 3.30pm
- Friday 20th May 2022: 8.45am - 3.30pm
live webinars
Webinars
- Monday 7th March 2022: 9.00 - 11.00am
- Monday 13th June 2022: 2.00 - 4.00pm
LEARNING REFLECTION
Webinars
- Wednesday 27th April 2022: 2.30-3.30pm
Elective School Visit
Central to the ‘Learning to Lead – Excellence in Practice’ experience is the opportunity to visit another school, similar or different in context to your own setting (to be informed by the self-assessment). This will be arranged in conjunction with Learners First and will enable participants to consider their leadership learning and school project priority in action, with agreed protocols for attendance and follow up.
(For participants electing to undertake the visit, there is an expectation for them to have the release time agreed by their headteacher/CEO in advance.)
Programme Cost
£425 per delegate. This is fully funded for participants from schools subscribing to Learners First in 2021/22.
Who can apply?
Non-teacher leaders and managers who are responsible for leading other colleagues who carry out a support or business function in schools. The experience is suitable for managers/leaders of IT, premises, governance, finance, administration, data management, HR, marketing etc.
Applications now open.