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"developing your leadership "

Comments from New Visions:

‘I take more risks – with confidence in the collective knowledge and experience of groups’

 



‘New Visions is not only beneficial to me personally but has changed the way I work in school’

 



‘I have found networking to be absolutely invaluable when trying to find solutions to problems or just trying to think of ways to improve the school’

 

 

 

 
   

 

New Visions

Purpose and benefits
The New Visions programme is an innovative and core activity of Early Headship Provision (EHP).  The funding of £1,200 is ring-fenced for this programme and new headteachers choosing not to undertake New Visions will lose this element of the funding

New Visions is no longer available
Please click here for further information

For details on a new SELT programme called 'Touchstone' click here

Introduction

Imagine a programme for new headteachers to develop their thinking and practice as leaders.  That is exactly what NCSL has created in New Visions.  This innovative and creative leadership learning programme, recently revised to build on the learning of the original programme, is for all new headteachers.  The programme promotes personal and organisation change through fostering a long-term commitment to leadership learning in ways that have direct impact across the school.

New Visions brings together new headteachers in dynamic regional groups which explore real life challenges and work collaboratively on solutions to the issues they face everyday in their schools.

 

Benefits for headteachers

  1. Work in a cross-phase group with a highly skilled facilitator and consultant head
  2. Develop enduring leadership learning skills to enhance your professional career as a headteacher and beyond
  3. Keep in touch with the best national and international research and practice
  4. Establish a professional, career-long relationship with NCSL
  5. Have a choice of regional venues across the country

 

Benefits for schools

  1. Focus on generating powerful pupil learning and achievement in your context
  2. Develop enquiry approaches to learning and leadership that can have a direct impact on your school
  3. Use a range of self and situational analysis tools, specially commissioned and accessible think pieces.  In addition case studies from successful practice which will stimulate action and debate in your school
  4. Explore issues that are important to you and your school using transferable, collaborative learning processes and protocols

 

New Visions is underpinned by the National Standards and is designed to build the confidence and understanding of new headteachers and to support improvement and transformation.  It has six major themes

  1. Learning centred leadership
  2. Values and beliefs
  3. Interpersonal leadership
  4. Making changes
  5. Locating leadership
  6. Future approach

Opportunities to work collaboratively with other headteachers across local authorities, to share successful practice and to problem solve have been particularly valued.

New Visions now forms a core element of Early Headship Provision and builds on earlier preparation and experience such as NPQH.  The programme empowers headteachers to develop personally and professionally so that they become powerful role models for colleagues in order to support the growth of future leaders in their own schools and system wide.

 
Click the arrow for further information from the NCSL website
Or contact SELT  
Maggie Roger, Early Headship Team
Carly Shannon, EHP Programme Administrator
   

 

 

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