Expand your skills to become a Headteacher’s PA that’s ready for future challenges!
The challenges of the last academic year has highlighted just how crucial the role of the Headteacher’s PA is to the efficient running of a school. However increased responsibilities doesn’t always result in increased training, despite the need to develop the skills to adapt to future challenges.
That’s why, in accordance with requests from the Headteacher’s PAs on our level 1 and 2 course, we have created the brand new Headteacher’s PA virtual toolkit (Level 3).
Note: This is a stand-alone course, so it isn’t a requirement to have taken Levels 1 and 2, but it is recommended. To view levels 1 and 2 click here.
Core objectives for level 3 include:
★ Have a clearer understanding of the roles and responsibilities in your school
★ Learn management and leadership skills to liaise effectively at all levels
★ Know how to set targets for your team and carry out performance management
★ Gain insight into essential HR skills for managers
★ Know how to look after the mental and physical wellbeing of you and your team
★ Implement effective personal development to develop your role.
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Why this particular course:
- Our unique system will let you work through this specialist training programme at your own pace and at a time you choose.
- You will be able to test your knowledge along the way with quizzes and tests to identify gaps in your knowledge.
- Hear from our range of education experts on all aspects of your role.
- Access tools, templates, checklists and policies that you can download and start using straight away in your school.
- Access the training anytime, anywhere, in a format that suits you, either on your computer, tablet or mobile.
Agenda
- Module 1:
Roles and relationship building (part one)
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John VinerEducation writer, adviser and inspector
- Your role and working with others
- Understanding the role of the Attendance Officer
- Understanding the role of the Exam Officer
- Understanding the role of the Admissions Officer
- Understanding the role of the Leadership team
- Module 2:
Roles and relationship building (part two)
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John VinerEducation writer, adviser and inspector
- Understanding the role of the Headteacher
- Understanding the role of the SENCO
- Understanding the role of the chair of governors
- Organisation social responsibility and ethics
- Media and public relations
- Building relations with parents
- Module 3:
Management and team leadership
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Steve BurnageExpert practitioner, consultant, and trainer
- Managerial skills and managing up
- Leadership skills
- Problem solving
- Dealing with difficult people
- Setting targets
- Carrying out performance management
- Retention and motivation
- Managing a budget
- Module 4:
An introduction to HR skills for managers
- Recruitment
- Absence and leave
- Maternity, paternity and adoption
- Equality
- Conflict and dispute resolution
- Discipline and grievance
- Avoiding discrimination
- Restructuring staff
- Termination of employment
- Module 5:
Wellbeing and self-care
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Steve BurnageExpert practitioner, consultant, and trainer
- Understanding mental health issues
- Supporting your mental health
- Creating a healthy work environment
- Tackling work related stress
- Supporting staff with personal difficulties, including bereavement
- The benefits of flexible working
- Gaining work/life balance
- Module 6:
Career and personal development
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Steve BurnageExpert practitioner, consultant, and trainer
- Developing goals including how to develop your role
- Understanding the ‘big picture’ of organisation goals
- Identifying the urgent/important aspects of your role
- Identifying your strengths and weaknesses
- Tools for managing your workload
- Developing your personal image including on Linkedin
- Improving communication skills
Speakers
John Viner
John Viner has taught in both primary and secondary schools, with a long history of successful primary school leadership. He is now a full-time writer, inspector and adviser.
Steve Burnage
Having spent over 25 years teaching and leading high schools across the UK, Steve is a sought after as an expert practitioner, consultant, and trainer. He specialises in developing effective school leadership; and the key areas of outstanding learning and teaching including inclusive learning, positive behaviour management, marking, feedback and assessment, performance management, staff development, coaching and mentoring and the performing arts.
Steve writes, delivers and hosts training and consultancy in schools, colleges, academies and conference venues throughout the UK, Europe, The Indian Subcontinent, Central and southern Asia and the Middle East as well as supporting organisations in planning, producing and delivering on-line and blended learning education courses.
Steve is a principal examiner and lead trainer for Cambridge International Examinations, The International Baccalaureate, and the British Council. In addition, Steve is the lead trainer for Cambridge online professional development across the world.
Steve writes a regular column for several UK education publications and is currently writing a teacher development training manual for an international publisher.