Deputy Head Courses
New! Preparing To Be A Successful Deputy Head
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Overview:
Are you planning to become a Deputy Head? If so, this new one-day course is for you.
The day focuses on the key issues facing today's educational managers, enabling you to examine critically your current skills as a leader and manager, as well as planning how to manage and monitor more effectively the performance of your colleagues.
The course is lively and practical, and is delivered by Eric Needham, an expert in the field, who has first-hand experience of the benefits vibrant management brings to students, staff and the wider school community. By the end of the course, you will have picked up a wide range of new ideas and skills that will be of real benefit to you in your new position.
Main features of the course
- Outlining the attributes of highly-successful Deputy Heads
- Understanding the qualities and skills of forward-looking managers
- Developing your own management skills – and those of your colleagues
- The benefits of a clear vision and how to get your team on board
- Monitoring successfully
- The right way to approach change management
Is this course for me?
The course is ideal for anyone looking to gain new skills and ideas to take them forward in their career plan to become a Deputy Head.
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Course programme
The day starts at 9:30 for registration, and the first session is at 10:00. The course ends at approximately 15:45.
There are refreshments at registration, mid-morning, lunch and mid-afternoon. Full delegate materials and a certificate of attendance support the course.
Session 1 - The attributes of highly successful Deputy Heads
• Positive values of successful present day schools
• The attributes of the highly-successful Deputy Head
• The qualities and skills of forward-looking managers
• Building success with your team, creating coherence out of diversity
• Creating and maintaining a positive educational environment
Session 2 - Developing your management skills
• Developing your own management skills and those of your colleagues
• Motivating people successfully
• Effective meetings with individuals and groups
• Linking into whole-school planning and management
• When to lead and when to manage
Session 3 - How do you know how well others are doing?
• Know what you want and how to get it - the benefits of a clear vision and how to bring your team on board
• Breaking down the barriers - promoting monitoring as a means of improvement
• Monitoring your own performance and coping with the pressure
• Monitoring your team positively to enthuse and empower
• Practical management skills to improve the quality of teaching and learning
Session 4 - So what happens next?
• Creating your action plan
• Preparing for the diverse needs of your team, and real steps for professional development
• Putting your vision into practice - how to succeed and what to avoid
• Introducing and managing change
• Producing documentation that is clear, focused and achievable
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Tutor – Eric Needham
Eric is ideally qualified to train potential Deputy Heads on how to manage successfully. He has many years' experience as Head of Department, Deputy Head of an inner city school and as Head of a secondary school with a sixth form of over 500 students. As Head, Eric gained first-hand knowledge of the skills required to build successful teams: now working as an Educational Consultant, he is keen to share his knowledge to enable others to realise their vision. Eric has management training and organisation experience both for local authorities and a number of universities, and has tutored on many university management courses, working from NQTs through to Heads in the UK and abroad. He is an OFSTED team member and has completed 70 inspections, as well as the training for the newest version of OFSTED. Eric is lead inspector for AEGIS involved in accrediting guardianship organisations caring for overseas students in independent and public schools.
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Dates and locations
London : Wednesday 30 November 2005, Learning Tree International, opposite Euston Station .
Please note that when you reserve a place on the course, we will fax venue details direct to you at school or college about 10 days prior to course delivery.
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Booking:
We have despatched a copy of the flyer and booking form for this course direct to your school or college. If you would like another copy please click here.
To reserve a place on this course, or to receive any further information:
- Phone us on 0121 686 5120 – we can take all your details so no need to fill in a form!
- Fax us on 0121 686 5121
- Click here to send us an email
- Click here for an online booking form
Once we have received your information, we will contact you by post to confirm your booking.
Course fee £169. VAT @ 17.5% £29.58. Total cost £198.58.
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