SELT Seminars, Master Classes and Workshops

The following workshops and master classes have been developed as a result of conversations with new and acting heads on what their needs are and reflect their requests and popular themes that recur each year.

Developing Personal Effectiveness:

This master class covers: chairing difficult meetings, handling problematic staff, giving difficult feedback, conflict management, strategies for motivating staff and general assertiveness. It has been a popular and highly valued course as it tackles a number of key issues often faced by new/acting heads.

Creating a Coaching Culture in your school to raise personal effectiveness and enhance school improvement:

This master class enables you to explore the power of coaching in school improvement and look at different coaching models and techniques. You can arrange individual folow up coaching/consultancy for your school. This will integrate theory and practice and create a personalised and supportive action plan fo you and your SLT to introduce a coaching culture.

Securing Accountability and Motivating Staff:

This day looks at the different forms of accountability and working in an ECM context. It helps by looking at current job roles and responsibilities and the importance of staff understanding accountability issues and their role within them. Key to this are strategies for holding staff to account.

New Models of Leadership and Talent Management

Explore new models of leadership, distributed and shared leadership and look at how you currently identify and manage/maximise talent. The day will include writing a draft leadership policy for your school supported by excellent NCSL resources.

Securing a Creative Partnership with your Governing Body and Taking the Sting Out of Accountability

This day is designed for recently appointed headteachers and consists of two practical workshops.

In the Governance workshop:

You will develop an understanding of:

• the governors role and how to involve them in effective school improvement
• how to build a constructive relationship with the governors
• how to use the accountability framework to raise standards
• an effective method of reporting to the Governors
• how to help the Governing Body to develop procedures to evaluate its performance

In the Developing Intelligent Accountability:

This will help you:

• understand what accountability is and the importance of a shared understanding of the accountability processes within a school
• develop the skills needed for effective accountability
• make the difficult decisions when performance fails and you need to have fierce conversations that change behaviours leading to more positive outcomes

Each module is £155 and instructions on how to enrol are below.

By enrolling on this event you will attend both workshops - one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Effective Leadership

What are the intended outcomes for the programme?

1. Increased clarity on personal development in leadership
2. Deeper understanding of leadership behaviours and its impact on self and others
3. Sustainable plans for personal effectiveness and well being in leadership
4. Increased understanding of models to support personal  and organisational change

What are the benefits?

1. To engage with other leaders from different contexts and to work collaboratively to support your personal development as a leader.
2. To have opportunities to participate in structured coaching with peers and coach/facilitators to further your development.
3. To experience high quality facilitation of learning to enable you to consider a range of exciting options in leadership development.

A five module development programme - A programme to support your success and survival in a changing world of leadership:

Module 1: How do I increase my self awareness in the context of my work and role?
Bristol Royal Marriott - 1 December 20 2008

Module 2: Increasing Personal Effectiveness and well being
Francis Hotel, Bath - 23 January 2009

Module 3:  How to manage the performance of others?
Southgate Hotel, Exeter - 19 March 2009

Module 4: The Power of Distributed and Shared Leadership in effecting organisational change?
Southgate Hotel, Exeter - 19 May 2009

Module 5: When I have changed – creating well being in headship.
Bristol Royal Marriott - 30 June 2009

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Each module is £155 and instructions on how to enrol are below.

Strategic Planning and/or Financial Management:

These two workshops are intended to be complementary. They will offer:

• Strategic and practical approaches to school improvement planning in the context of ECM / The Children's Plan
• An understanding of financial management including budget monitoring and control.

The workshops are designed to support trainee heads and those new to headship in informative and practical ways. They will focus on building knowledge, skills and confidence in these key areas. Both facilitators are experienced and highly successful headteachers.

It is possible to attend a single workshop, either morning or afternoon sessions. However, maximum benefit is gained from attendance at both workshops. Lunch will be provided for all attendees. Those attending afternoon sessions - lunch will be served at 12.30pm for a 1.15pm start.

The Leadership of Behaviour & Anger Management:

The course helps new leaders:

• To understand more about the nature of anger and impulse control

• To consider practical and effective strategies to help pupils manage their anger, including whole school systems, class provision and the running of anger management groups. 
• To rehearse crisis strategies when faced with anger including using a solutions focused approach to support staff

• To consider the relevant legal issues and requirements when working with pupils prone to aggression and presenting challenging behaviour.

WORKSHOPS!

Developing Leadership Strategies and Skills for Schools with Challenging and Vulnerable Children:

This workshop is designed for new headteachers and trainee heads.  It explores meeting the challenge of leading schools with children and young people who are struggling to achieve academic, social or emotional success.

The programme takes a practical approach to breaking the cycle of failure, overcoming problems/challenges and ameliorating distress.  Particular emphasis is given to proven models, solution focused approaches and restorative practices.

The content meets ECM and SEAL objectives and could be a key component for working with those children/young people who do not respond positively to existing systems.

The tutor of this workshop, Henry Kiernan, is a highly experienced and successful former headteacher.  He is currently an active practitioner and facilitator, who works with a range of school leaders in all phases, Local Authority teams, families and individuals to find effective and successful approaches.

Making ‘Every Child Matters’ a Reality

An innovative leadership programme for new and trainee headteachers on strategic and practical approaches to ECM and Extended Schools

This programme will begin with a 24-hour residential to explore your current experience of ECM/ES and further develop your approaches to strategic leadership of this agenda with a variety of stimuli, including external speakers and Think pieces drawn from the literature and research.  The final day, four months later, will review the impact of the residential on your work with colleagues in school and your governing body and focus in particular on leading and managing change.

By the end of the programme you will:

1. Be confident in leading ECM based on a deep knowledge and understanding of the 5 Outcomes
2. Have an awareness of the link between ECM and ES… the place of schools as ‘learning hubs’ in the community.
3. Critique strategic leadership v operational leadership… personal leadership styles and new thinking on leadership.
4. Have considered collaboration and strategic partnerships – implications for the single institution and current models of leadership.
5. Have looked at preferred futures – schools as learning organisations and building an innovation culture.

The programme will ensure that your needs in your context are met, whatever the phase or size of the school you are in – coaching elements will be built in to the programme.

For further details on the above please email Carly Shannon

The Essentials of Employment Law and Practice for Schools Explained!

Headteachers and school leaders have a vital role in ensuring that optimum school performance is achieved whilst the employment rights of staff are observed.  A basic knowledge of the essentials of employment law enables school leaders to handle employment issues confidently and positively.

Course objectives:

• To explore the essentials of employment legislation which underpins personnel practice in schools.
• Through case studies and discussion, develop an understanding of the pitfalls in handling difficult staffing issues.
• Enhance managerial confidence in addressing sensitive personnel issues.
• Make optimum use of corporate HR consultancy services.

Course outline:

• Employment Law overview: 
• Legislation
• Codes of Practice

• The employment relationship:
• Who is the employer?
• Contracts of employment
• Who is an employee?
• Temporary, fixed term and casual staff
• Termination of contracts

• Handling organisational change:
• Contract variation
• Redundancy
• Individual and collective rights
• Fair procedures

• Capability and performance management:
• Dealing with under performance
• Managing intermittent and long term absence
• Disability in the workplace

• Discipline and dismissal:
• Misconduct inside and outside work
• Disciplinary warnings
• Employment Tribunals

• Grievance:
• Individual and collective grievances

Tutor:  John White is a former Head of Educational Personnel in a large local authority and now a leading consultant in this area.  He brings a wealth of experience to this programme and will provide clarity and confidence in these potentially difficult areas:

For further details on the above please email Carly Shannon

All our facilitators and course tutors have significant headship/leadership experience. They are skilled facilitators and coaches who work regularly with NCSL, headteachers, schools and public sector leaders. They have extensive experience in supporting new and experienced heads in all phases/types of education.

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If you have any queries please contact Carly Shannon: carly.shannon@selt.org.uk