Tomkins
Education
Deputy Heads Up
One day course for new or aspiring assistant heads and deputy heads. A course for teachers who are thinking about taking the next step to a bigger leadership role.
Do you want to develop and retain your strongest teachers and enable them to fulfil their leadership potential?
This course is for schools who are interested in recognising potential for leadership within their own schools and growing their own assistant and deputy heads.
Aims of the course
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Understand what the role of Assistant or Deputy Head entails in today's schools
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Recognise the important qualities needed to be an inspirational senior leader
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Appreciate how ready they are to fulfil the role of Assistant or Deputy Head
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To know what their strengths are and identify areas of further development
The course focuses on the operational and strategic aspects of the roles, the importance of high quality relationships and communication and how that is reflected in Ofsted's definition of outstanding leadership.
Chris is an independent consultant for Primary Schools. For the last three years, her focus has been working alongside new heads, senior leadership teams and middle leaders, on school improvement.
Leadership Course for Middle Leaders
Have you completed two or more years of successful teaching and are now looking for a leadership position?
The course includes:
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The role of the Middle Leader
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Key skills and qualities required
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Effective leadership styles
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The importance of Middle Leadership in the latest Ofsted framework
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Recognising outstanding teaching and how you achieve it
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Developing lesson observation skills and giving feedback
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Monitoring and evaluation—making a difference
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Assessment and understanding data
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Ensuring impact and making a difference
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Raising standards in your area of responsibility
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Working with teams and leading change
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How to manage challenging conversations
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The importance of good communication and active listening
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Effective time management
Training is held over several sessions by prior arrangement in individual schools, or over three days.
Feedback
"Fantastic day, really inspiring and has given me the clarity on what the next step entails."
"Even though we were a small group, you referred to us by our names, you remembered things we had already talked about and referred to it later in the course - modelling active listening, not patronising, very positive."
"Chris was an inspirational speaker. She answered questions with insight."
"An opportunity to think and reflect on the skill/areas for development I have in to leadership."
"The training was done in an environment where we all felt comfortable to share experiences/thoughts."
"Very well researched and thoughtful/thought provoking."
For more details on any of my training courses or pricing information, please get in touch.