Programme/Course:
Developing Team
Leadership Potential
Provider:
Walsall Children’s
Services – Serco
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For staff in or aspiring to leadership/management posts.
· Understand key roles and responsibilities of a team leader; Developing self
· Gain further understanding of the importance of communication
· Strategies for team building with practical coaching experience; Developing your cast of characters
· Explore skills and professional characteristics required to motivate effective teams
· Modelling distributed leadership to encourage staff and improve performance
· Realising visions
This is a two day programme that is run yearly. |
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For further information and to apply, please contact Jackie Maley on 01922 686422 or email
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Programme/Course:
Aspiring Middle Leaders Programme
Provider:
Black Country
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For Teachers who have been teaching 4/5 years and who are not yet in a leadership post. They should be pre-threshold.
The Programme is designed to build on and complement existing leadership development opportunities:
· provide an analysis of strengths and expertise
· develop skills, broaden knowledge and deepen understanding to support leadership in a challenging context
· ensure participants are capable of system thinking and acting, with the confidence to take responsibility for their own actions
· nurture leadership qualities to secure more adaptable and flexible leaders
· support interdependent leadership
This is a yearly programme over an 8 month period.
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For further information and to apply, please contact Jackie Maley on 01922 686422 or email
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Course/Programme:
Accelerate to Headship
Provider:
National College
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This ground-breaking programme is for talented and ambitious individuals who are determined to become headteachers in as little as four years. There are two pathways through the programme.
Tomorrow's Heads
Tomorrow's Heads is for teachers and non-teaching professionals who are determined to become a headteacher in a primary, secondary or special school in England.
Future Leaders
Future Leaders is targeted at current or former teachers who wish to lead a challenging urban secondary school in London, the North West, the West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, Bristol, or the South Coast.
Is the programme for you?
Accelerate to Headship is open to you if you’re:
· a teacher without leadership experience but with a lot of drive, energy and the potential to become an outstanding school leader
· a former teacher looking to come back to school after a period developing your career in other management or leadership roles
· a non-teaching professional with strong leadership or management experience, the ability to learn quickly and a commitment to making a difference. |
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For further information and to apply, please visit:
www.nationalcollege.org.uk/index/professional-development/acceleratetoheadship.htm |
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Course/ Programme:
Leading from the Middle
Provider:
National College
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Available to a wide range of middle leaders in subject-based and pastoral roles and with different levels of experience.
Examples of the types of middle leader roles held by previous participants of LftM include:
· subject/curriculum leader
· Head of department
· pastoral leaders, for example, head of year or head of house
· SENCOs
· gifted and talented co-ordinators
· advanced skills teachers
· assessment co-ordinators
· career co-ordinators
· leadership coaches
Cohorts are run twice a year and runs over a 10 month period. We endeavour to run a cohort for Walsall
Candidates where this isn’t possible a place will be offered on a regional cohort. |
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For further information on this programme, please visit:
www.nationalcollege.org.uk/ltfm. To apply for this programme, please contact: Jackie Maley on 01922 686422 or email
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Course/Programme:
Certificate of School Business Management
Provider:
National College
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The Certificate of School Business Management (CSBM) provides school business managers (SBMs) with the expertise required to perform the role to the best of their ability, and ultimately improve school effectiveness.
It is a world-leading programme that supports school leadership and management by developing a range of different learning techniques.Key facts
· The programme focuses on the role of the SBM and covers facilities management, risk management, financial management, office systems management, ICT management, human resource management and sustainable development.
· CSBM has a broad equivalence to national qualifications framework (NQF) level 4; i.e. the first year of a first degree and is externally accredited by the Institute of Administrative Management (IAM).
CSBM is now accessible to people with alternative professional backgrounds such as industry and other public sector organisations. |
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For further information on this programme and to apply please visit:
www.nationalcollege.org.uk/index/professional-development/csbm.htm |
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Course/Programme:
Leadership Pathways
Provider:
National College
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Leadership Pathways offers senior school leaders practical access to the latest in leadership thinking and school practice, which will benefit their schools as well as them as individuals.
The programme seeks to build on experience that participants have developed in middle leadership and via National College programmes such as Leading from the Middle. It can also help support those aspiring to take part in the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH).
Cohorts are run twice a year and runs over a 10 month period. We endeavour to run a cohort for WalsallCandidates where this isn’t possible a place will be offered on a regional cohort. |
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For further information on this programme and to apply please visit:
www.nationalcollege.org.uk/leadershippathways |
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Course/Programme:
Enhancing the Role of the Deputy Headteacher
Provider:
Walsall Children’s Services – Serco
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For Deputy Headteachers and Assistant Heads. Newly appointed Deputy Headteachers and those senior teachers aspiring to a Deputy post are very welcome.
To consider and review the roles, responsibilities and professional relationships of the deputy Headteacher in terms of adding value to the senior leadership of the school.
HT and DHT Partnership- developing the professional relationships between HT and DHT- how to maximise the skills and styles of people in both roles as team leaders.
To consider the impact and influence of this key role on the school context, evaluate the current effectiveness and analyse future potential.
This programme is run yearly. |
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For further information, please contact: Jackie Maley on 01922 686422 or email
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. To book a place on this course, please visit:
http://courses.walsallgfl.org.uk/booking |
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Course/Programme:
Preparing For NPQH
Provider:
Walsall Children’s Services – Serco
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For Senior Leaders - Do you want to apply for NPQH? We are offering a one day guidance session for anyone who is interested in applying for the NPQH qualification.
This workshop is designed to give an insight into the 6 key standards which, when taken together, represent the role of the Headteacher. It will look in depth at your experience and knowledge for each standard and show you areas which you will need to develop further in relation to them.
This programme is run yearly. |
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For further information and to apply, please contact Jackie Maley on 01922 686422 or email
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Course/Programme:
NPQH
Provider:
National College
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The National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) is the mandatory qualification for headship. The programme is underpinned by the National Standards for Headteachers and has been designed for passionate, highly motivated people who are 100 per cent focused on becoming and ready to become a headteacher within the next 12-18 months.
Cohorts are run regularly through the year please see the National College website. |
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For further information on this programme and to apply please visit: http://www.nationalcollege.org.uk.npqh/ |
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Course/Programme:
NPQH Graduates – Coaching Day
Provider:
Walsall Children’s Services – Serco
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For NPQH graduates.
This is an extremely interactive programme, giving you the chance to address some of your leadership issues and to consider different leadership models. Working in pairs and small groups, experienced leadership facilitators will guide you through a series of assessment tools and frameworks. This will develop insight into your leadership potential, and how to create strategies for turning these insights into action.
This programme is run yearly. |
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For further information and to apply, please contact: Jackie Maley on 01922 686422 or email
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Course/Programme:
Avoiding the Pitfalls – Application and Interviews
Provider:
Walsall Children’s Services – Serco
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For NPQH graduates.
This practical workshop will support your application and interview technique for headship and is fully funded.
We are delighted to offer a practical workshop to any NPQH graduate considering headship. We will be working to encourage and support you to make a positive application for headship.
This programme is run yearly
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For further information and to apply, please contact: Jackie Maley on 01922 686422 or email
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Course/Programme:
Associate Heads Programme
Provider:
National College
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Deputy headteachers from either phase (including those from special schools) who are NPQH graduates and are likely to be ready to step up to headship in 12-18 months time.
The programme is based around an internship/placement for experienced deputies (or those with equivalent experience) that have the potential to lead challenging schools. The associates undertake a part-time or full-time placement across a school year in a school in a challenging context which through strong leadership is on an upward trajectory of improvement. They work alongside the headteacher and gain valuable first-hand experience of headship in this context.
This is a yearly programme run by the National College. |
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For further information on this programme please visit: http://www.nationalcollege.org.uk/ . To apply, please contact: Jackie Maley on 01922 686422 or email
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Course/Programme:
Diploma of School Business Management
Provider:
National College
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The Diploma of School Business Management (DSBM) is for the school business manager (SBM) who is working as a member of or closely with the senior leadership team (SLT). It focuses on the role that the SBM can play in determining the strategic direction of their school. DSBM is a world-leading programme that supports school leadership. It is designed to develop knowledge and understanding to enable participants to explore and develop their own management and leadership capabilities.
Key facts
· The programme is designed at a level higher than the Certificate of School Business Management (CSBM).
· It has a broad equivalence to National Qualifications Framework (NQF) level 5; i.e. the second year of a first degree and is externally accredited by the Institute of Administrative Management (IAM).
DSBM is accessible to people with alternative professional backgrounds such as industry and other public sector organisations. |
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For further information on this programme and to apply, please visit:
www.nationalcollege.org.uk/index/professional-development/dsbm.htm |
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Course/Progamme:
Advanced Diploma of School Business Managers
Provider:
National College
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The Advanced Diploma of School Business Management (ADSBM) supports the professional learning of experienced school business managers (SBMs). It is offered as part of the National College’s suite of school business management programmes and builds on the already very successful Certificate of School Business Management (CSBM) and Diploma of School Business Management (DSBM). The advanced diploma will help school business managers to make enhanced contributions in increasingly complex organisational settings.
Key facts
· ADSBM enables participants to extend their knowledge and understanding of the changing school business manager's role within the context of global economic and social trends, national education and welfare policies, and local developments in the organisation and delivery of services to children and young people.
· Participants will also improve their research skills to understand the school as an organisation and critically evaluate its adaptation to the changing educational environment of the 21st century.
· Professional skills developed include: performance management, programme management, strategic financial management, organisational transformation and change management. |
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For further information on this programme and to apply, please visit:
www.nationalcollege.org.uk/index/professional-development/adsbm.htm |
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Course/Programme:
Head Start
Provider:
National College
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Head Start is a professional development programme for new headteachers, providing a seamless transition from the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) into early headship. It replaces the Early Headship Provision (including New Visions and the current flexible grant) from April 2010. The programme includes an entitlement to support from an experienced serving headteacher (professional partner), together with a range of high-quality, contextualised learning materials and local opportunities.
Head Start will support new headteachers in becoming highly effective in their roles through increasing their leadership skills and confidence, while encouraging learning, self-reflection and development.
Key facts
· From April 2010, Head Start replaces the Early Headship Provision, which offered new headteachers a £1,300 flexible grant and access to the New Visions development programme.
· NPQH graduates will be given access to a suite of materials, including an online community and networking tools, learning modules exploring headship in different contexts, and guidance on finding and securing a headship.
Newly-appointed headteachers will be entitled to a further range of materials including an additional online community, tailored online courses, as well as 20–30 hours’ mentoring support from an experienced, practising headteacher during their designate stage and in their first two years of headship. This support will include face-to-face meetings and telephone/email communications. |
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For further information on this programme and to apply, please visit: www.nationalcollege.org.uk/index/professional-development/headship.htm |
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