This short online course will give you the best available guidance to support with the essential aspects of your role.
This short online course will give you the best available guidance to support with the essential aspects of your role – including meeting logistics, writing agendas, effective minute taking, organising parents evenings and more.
The role of Headteacher’s Executive PA is demanding and broad, requiring up-to-date knowledge of legal issues affecting schools, excellent communication and organisational skills, and the ability to lead and support office and administration management.
Increasing pressures on Headteachers and schools means that it is now more important than ever to develop your skills and excel in your busy role.
This fully online course is delivered via our specialist learning platform – you will be able to access training videos, written materials, downloadable templates, examples and tools, and a test at the end to check your learning.
Designed for flexible learning it means you can work at your own pace and in your own time, and with a year’s access you can keep going back to refresh your knowledge.
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After completing this course you will:
- Have insight into the logistics of meeting organisation.
- Know how to write and distribute agendas.
- Be able to prepare materials for meetings.
- Understanding how to take effective minutes and how to communicate with attendees.
- Have the skills to liaise with the clerk to the governing body regarding meetings.
- Be able to organise parents’ evenings and other events.
- Know how to organise the school calendar year.
Agenda
- Learning 1
- Logistics of meeting organisation
- Learning 2
- Writing and distributing agendas
- Learning 3
- Preparing materials for meetings
- Learning 4
- Effective minute taking and communicating with attendees
- Learning 5
- Liaising with the clerk to the governing body regarding meetings
- Learning 6
- Organising parents' evenings and other events
- Learning 7
- Organising the school year calendar
Speakers
Andrew Blench
Andrew Blench is the former School Business Manager for Dinnington High School in Rotherham. He has been an SBM since 2003 and in 2016 set up his consultancy company – School Business Partner. Andrew is currently a School Resource Management Advisor (SRMA) for the DfE, a Facilitator/Assessor/Coach for the L4 SBM Diploma with SBM Partnership and a Leadership and Management Coach. He has extensive experience in advising academies and LA Maintained Schools in the area of effective resource management, leadership and management and governance.