Leadership and Management
| Course | New Headteacher Support | |||
| Details | Being a new headteacher can be a lonely job, and a daunting one, too. Working alongside Leeds LA, Noctua is keen to support new or acting headteachers and existing headteachers in a new school. We offer a series of leadership workshops to help support you. Mentor support Noctua offer one-to-one mentor support for new headteachers. A strategic partner of Noctua will provide up to 3 half day sessions during their first year of headship. This can involve as little as a phone call from time to time, half day learning walks or a more in-depth deep dive. We offer confidential, professional and personal support to headteachers in primary schools. For more information, contact Rachel Horan at Park Spring Primary School: rhoran@parkspringprimary.co.uk Or call 0113 255 2526 Leadership workshops Our FREE leadership workshops are very well-received by new headteachers. Led by existing headteachers, they aim to cover key aspects of school leadership. They offer a chance to learn more, come away with some useful resources, and there’s always plenty of time for any questions, networking and sharing of good practice. ‘Really useful session…lots to take away.' Session 1 - Finance Wednesday 15th November 2023 9.30am – 11.30am Park Spring Primary School Rachel Horan looks at top tips and strategies for managing your school budget. This workshop will give you practical ways for reviewing your current budget and preparing for 2024-25 budget setting in the Spring term. Session 2 - Self-Evaluation Wednesday 10th January 2024 2pm Moortown Primary School As a new head, you’ll already be looking at what’s happening in school and evaluating what's going well and what areas you plan to address - you're already self-evaluating! This workshop, led by David Roundtree reflects on ways to self-evaluate and ways to record this in a manageable SEF. Session 3 - School Improvement Planning Wednesday 13th March 2024 2pm Scholes (Elmet) Primary School How can we set out school improvement priorities in a way that works for us? This workshop, led by David Roundtree, considers documents and formats that are user-friendly and practical, making sure improvement is the priority rather than the paperwork. Remaining session: Session 4 - Performance Management Review for Teachers Thursday 23rd May 2024 2pm Tranmere Park Primary School Kirsten Finley will guide you through the performance management process. Leadership workshops Book directly for each workshop or informal network events with Andrea Taylor – admin@noctuateachingschool.org.uk Mentor support Please contact Rachel Horan or Andrea Taylor for an informal chat to place you with a Headteacher mentor - rhoran@parkspringprimary.co.uk Or call 0113 255 2526 | |||
| Timings | Session 4 - 23rd May 24 | Various | Free | |
| Booking | Click here to book your place | |||
| Course | The 'Real David Cameron' Leadership Development | |||
| Led by | The Real David Cameron | |||
| Details | The Real David Cameron is a presenter/speaker, trainer, mentor, coach and adviser. He has delivered conferences at home and abroad, including TEDx Buenos Aires, Northern Rocks and works with schools throughout the UK and internationally, alongside some of the most influential people and the best practitioners in the world of education and training. Session details: 9.00am - 9.45am - I Will Survive……… In this opening session David Cameron will take an overview of the challenges that school leaders currently face and emphasise why it is so important that we look at how we can meet these. It will include lots of practical advice, approaches and strategies. That will lead in to a series of short focussed workshops addressing some key issues for school leaders 9.45am- 10.45am - Handling Difficult Conversations It seems that we are getting involved in more and more difficult conversations with parents and with staff. This session will give you the opportunity to get some advice on how to deal with these and to share some of your own experience and approaches 11.05am- 11.45am - If “Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast”, How Do We Get Our School Culture Right? We are continually told how important culture is but we don’t always follow up what that means for our practice as school leaders. This workshop session aims to put that right 11.50am - 12.40pm - Can We Meet The Behaviour Challenge? Behaviour and how we respond to it is one of the most important challenges that we face and one of the most controversial. This session will look at the current and, often, contradictory, advice that we get and ask how we establish our own policies and strategies 12.40pm - 1.00pm - The Big Finish Venue: Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School Now fully booked: please email events@noctuateachingschool.org.uk to be added to waiting list | |||
| Timings | Friday 21st June 2024 | 9am - 1pm | £85.00 | |
| Course | ‘Say less, ask more’ - Stuart Herrington | |||
| Led by | An Invaluable 2 Day Leadership Coaching Skill Course delivered by Stuart Herrington – Leadership, Coaching & Development | |||
| Details | Dates: TBC “Say less, ask more” gives you time to reflect and respond to your current main school improvement challenges, by focussing on what you really want and how to achieve this. This two day coaching course: Gives you quality thinking time so you can find your best solution to opportunities and challenges in your setting Focusses on the key principles of coaching, including how adults learn best Builds in practical sessions to develop your listening and coaching skills, including the quality of questions you ask Considers how self-limiting beliefs can hold back leadership, teaching and learning Develops awareness of different forms of resistance and possible ways to respond to these Shares coaching tools and techniques you can use back in school. Event location: TBC Please email events@noctuateachingschool.org.uk to register interest. | |||
| Timings | TBC | 9am-3pm | £255.00 per delegate (2 days training including lunch) | |