Westbridge Teaching School Alliance

Programme Outline

This four-day programme provides the opportunity for middle managers to improve their leadership behaviours and develop the skills required to make real changes to standards in their area of responsibility.

Previous participants have found the programme inspirational and life changing.

Delegates must attended all four days.

Objectives

• To deepen middle managers' understanding of themselves and their leadership behaviours.
• To extend middle managers' knowledge and understanding about leadership.
• To develop leadership skills.

Key areas covered

• personal leadership skills and qualities;
• the role of the middle leader/manager;
• our current educational agenda;
• an emotionally intelligent leader;
• effective professional development;
• working with teams;
• giving feedback;
• coaching for improvement;
• making meetings more exciting;
• improving teaching and learning in your area;
• holding people to account; and
• presentation skills.

Your Facilitator

Karen Ardley is a highly successful leadership consultant, and facilitator, specialising in all aspects of leadership.

Drawing on her wide experience as a teacher and leader in all phases of education, Karen designs and delivers outstanding and inspirational leadership programmes focused on change and improvement.

Her previous projects have included working with the education ministries of England, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kenya through NCTL. She is currently designing a leadership and quality assurance programme for United Nations school.

Recent international work has involved teachers and leaders from over sixty countries and KAA work successfully in partnership with several Teaching Schools and Multi Academy Trusts in England, as well as individual schools.

About Karen Ardley Associates

KAA is a dynamic, creative leadership, training and development consultancy.

We design and deliver professional training and development programmes for leaders and people involved with providing or supporting learning, worldwide.

Our inspirational leadership programmes and consultancy have proven success and organisational impact.

Our outstanding classroom practice programmes impact positively and directly on student engagement and progress.

Testimonials

‘This is without doubt, the most practical, interesting and thorough course I have been on in my time in education. It will change my classroom practice as well as making me plan, think and reflect on my leadership much more’ Dannielle White, Brussels, Belgium

‘This course will change your life…not only as a leader but as a human. Best training I have been on in my life’ Lisa Muugi, Braeburn International School, Kenya

‘I would recommend this programme without reservation. An invaluable insight into leading not managing, in complete contrast to previous middle managers courses I attended.’ Lisa Finighan, Doha College, UAE