History Courses
Managing And Monitoring The Forward-Looking History Department
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Overview:
This course is ideal for you if you are an aspiring or an existing History HOD. It is designed to enable you to examine your own skills as a leader and manager, as well as planning how to manage and monitor more effectively the performance of your department. The day is lively and practical, showing the benefits that a vibrant History department brings to its students and the wider school community.
The course receives excellent feedback from History HODs, who finish the day with tons of new information to take their departments forward. Many people who attend appreciate the lack of PowerPoint and group work, and find instead though-provoking, reflective and subject-specific training from an expert in the field. Typical comments for the day focus on the useful and practical nature of the training, and the fact that issues of direct importance to History HODs are dealt with effectively.
As the day focuses on what is practical rather than theoretical, you will leave with a whole range of new ideas and skills, which you can put to immediate use on return to school.
Main features of the course
- Outlining the attributes of highly-successful History departments
- Developing your own management skills and those of your colleagues
- Linking into whole-school planning and management
- Monitoring yourself and your colleagues
- Impacting on the quality of teaching and learning
- Putting your vision into practice
Is this course for me?
The course is for you if you are looking to gain new skills and ideas to take your History department forward, and you wish to network with other colleagues in the same position.
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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 a highly successful History department
• The positive value of History in today's curriculum
• The attributes of the highly-successful History department
• The qualities and skills of the forward-looking Head of History
• Building success with your team, creating coherence out of diversity
• Creating and maintaining a positive learning environment
Session 2 - Developing your management skills
• Developing your own management skills and those of your department
• Motivating your team
• 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 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 departmental documentation that is clear, focused and achievable
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 Tutor – Eric Needham
Eric is ideally qualified to train History HODs on how to manage a highly successful department as he has many years' experience as Head of History in a wide range of schools. As a Head teacher, Eric gained first-hand knowledge of the skills required to build successful teams. Now working as an Educational Consultant, Eric is keen to share his knowledge with others to enable them to realise their vision, and has tutored on many University management courses, working from NQTs through to Head Teachers. He is an OFSTED team member, and has completed 70 inspections.
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Dates and locations
Manchester : Tuesday 22 November 2005
London : Tuesday 29 November 2005
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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Course Feedback
- Very thought provoking and helpful with forward planning.
- A really excellent, informative and reflective course. Tempo was excellent too. Excellent that it was subject specific and situations were ‘modelled.
- Lots of very good advice!
- Refreshing absence of PowerPoint and group work. Excellent quality of presentation. Focussed on important issues really effectively.
- Very useful and practical.
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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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