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 appointment setting, organising travel, letter writing, looking after VIPs and creating reports.
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:
- Know how to organise travel and accommodation for the Headteacher and leadership team.
- Understand how to deal with correspondence, letter writing and telephone enquiries.
- Have learnt how to write reports to update the Headteacher.
- Be able to assist in producing briefing papers for staff including a staff bulletin.
- Know how to assist in updating the Staff Handbook.
- Understand how to look after visitors to the school and headteacher.
Agenda
- Learning 1
- Keeping a diary and making appointments for the headteacher
- Learning 2
- Organising travel and accommodation for the headteacher and leadership team
- Learning 3
- Dealing with correspondence, letter writing and telephone enquiries
- Learning 4
- Writing reports to update the HT
- Learning 5
- Assisting and producing briefing papers for staff including a bulletin
- Learning 6
- Assisting in updating the Staff Handbook
- Learning 7
- Looking after visitors
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.