Learning to Lead
with Mike Wintle
Thursday, 29th November 2012 – Central London
Course leader: Mike Wintle
Mike Wintle has been an LEA Primary Adviser for three years. Previous to this, he was Head teacher in three schools in a variety of authorities. His experiences range from rural situations to extremely challenging schools in Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. His previous schools are all now rated as extremely successful, standards are in the top five percent and OFSTED has judged them to be “very good”.
For many years, Mike has worked as a consultant for both Manchester and Hull Universities, working with the International Leadership Centre and leading national courses on leadership and assessment leading to target setting. He is the author of the best selling assessment book entitled Co-ordinating Assessment Across the Primary School published by Routledge Falmer Press. Mike has also contributed to Performance Management in School edited by professor John West Burnham and published by Pearson.
Mike has undertaken in service training provision in a large number of LEAs and schools. He has worked for many years as a senior marker for a large examination group.
Who should attend?
- Newly Appointed Headteachers
- Deputy Headteachers
- Senior Teachers Aspiring for Headship
- Subject Leaders
- Teachers Seeking Promotion
This course will advise and support any teacher wishing to seek promotion or who is seeking to actively take part in leading their Key Stage/Subject within their school. Over the course of the last 30 years, much has been written about leadership that has almost ‘magicalised’ the term. The course will debunk the idea that leaders are born and show how most teachers can become an effective leader and impact on school improvement.
The course will show that there are key skills and values that all leaders must acquire.
Session 1:
Welcome and background
De bunking the myth about leadership.
Definitions of leadership.
A leader is a leader is a leader!
Session 2:
Seven habits of highly effective people
The must dos that need to be learnt about leading people.
Session 3:
Leading the team.
All good schools are led but there’s more than one leader
Ofsted pointers
The NASA challenge!
Session 4:
Survival pointers to leadership in schools
Tips for promotion
Session 5:
Work/life balance
Sensible approaches to leading schools
Evaluations and Close.
Fee:
The fee for the course is £230 plus VAT (Total £276) per delegate. The fee includes all refreshments, lunch, and course documentation. Discounts for multiple bookings are available. Please telephone or fax the organisers for details.