About this course

Are you or are you about to be a Middle Manager/Leader in your school?  Head of Department/Pastoral leader?

Do you find it difficult to serve the needs and demands of your pupils and your colleagues as well as maintaining your own sanity?

Did you have any specific management training before taking up your current role?

Course Outcomes:

• Understand the difference between leadership and management in your role
• Strategies to deal with time, paper and email management
• The ability to cope with potential challenges of change and how to deal with them
• Handle having difficult conversations with colleagues and parents
• Techniques to run purposeful and rewarding meetings

Course Outline:

Leadership and Management

What is a middle manager? Engine room or Dogsbody?

Defining leadership – leader or manager?

Defining your role properly so you are clear about your role

Characteristics of highly effective leaders

Day to Day Management

Effective time management – the Urgency Addiction

Strategies for paper management and email management

People Management - Having difficult conversations – colleagues/parents/SLT.

Running productive meetings

The Broader Picture

How to manage change – the principles & the documentation

Appraisal/Inspection/PRD

Communication in Schools/Administration

Self-appraisal and career development