Dragonfly Training Ltd

Courses for Leadership

• *The Realist’s Guide to Motivation & Behaviour

• • Rules, routines and rituals that will improve exam results due to improved pupil motivation. Practical steps to pre-empt "low level" disruption and "off task" behaviour.
  • Tried and tested techniques that are realistic not pie in the sky jargon.

  

• ‘You CAN do it. Go for promotion NOW!’

• • This highly practical and hard hitting new course led by the outstanding Karl Turner does exactly what it says on the tin. If you are thinking of going for promotion in any shape or form this is the course for you. as always Karl will not be ducking the difficult questions and will be giving superb practical advice.

  

• How to be an Effective Subject Leader

• • A superb course for all aspiring or existing Heads of Department. This highly acclaimed course has received hundreds of extremely positive reviews from teachers and is a must for all those who function in this area.

  

• How To Be An Outstanding Member of an Independent School’s Senior Leadership Team

• • This course will take a practical look at the challenges and pressures facing current & aspiring members of a school’s leadership/management team It will cover the theoretical and philosophical elements of the role as well as the more prosaic and practical issues such as time and crisis management.

  

• How To Be An Outstanding Member of an Independent Schools - Middle Management Team

• • Middle Managers - at the sharp end of running Independent Schools, often finding themselves in post without any formal training & probably wearing many other hats in the school at the same time. It is little wonder that they frequently find themselves worn out & frustrated at the end of term – or before. This course seeks to help all aspiring and current middle managers by focussing on the challenges they face & offering practical solutions to the issues confronting colleagues.

  

• How to Survive & Benefit from an Independent School Inspection

• • This course goes beyond the mere mechanics of preparation for an inspection and looks at the wider implications of inspection and how schools’ managements can benefit not only in the immediate situation, but in the aftermath and long-term strategy of a school.

  

• How to Thrive and Survive as a Cover Supervisor

• • This is a wonderful "crash course" in the basics of teaching and classroom management. Totally practical and above all realistic, it is delivered by the internationally acclaimed Karl Turner whose years of working in disadvantaged schools make him an expert in teaching and learning as much as behaviour management.

  

• Improving Classroom Performance Part 2

• • All schools are very interested in the concept of how to teach most effectively but some have found that training in this area is either overloaded with theory or too full of buzzwords and jargon – the exact opposite of what is required! This training day is designed to demonstrate very clearly how to utilise the most effective teaching and learning strategies in a real classroom environment.

  

• The Essential Course for Aspiring SLT Members

• • An effective HoD or HoY can just about “please all of the people all of the time”. No matter how effective you are as a member of a SMT you will upset somebody! This course offers practical advice on managing this transition as well as utilising recent SLT experience to sharpen the skills of current SMT members.

  

• The Essential Course for ASTs

• • Up-skill ASTs and prospective ASTs on the outcomes of the latest learning experiments around the UK.
  • Receive a range of practical lesson ideas taken from these new Initiatives
  • Be shown a sophisticated value added analysis of these new initiatives

  

• The must do course on Independent Learning

• • Independent learning can be one of the most powerful strategies to raise academic standards and develop confident, motivated and self reliant students. If you want to introduce the latest ideas of Independent learning into the curricular diet of your students this is the course for you.