Essential Skills for
Subject and Team Leaders

A CPD/staff development course for teachers in UK Schools,
International Schools, Independent Schools, post-16 institutions and FE Colleges

Target Audience

Subject Leaders. Team Leaders. Heads of Department. Heads of Faculty. Senior Leadership Teams. Assistant Headteachers.

This course has been designed to give colleagues confidence and solutions to develop their skills as team leader and improve their own leadership. The emphasis of the course is on lesson observation, giving feedback, conducting reviews, listening, questioning, motivation and managing colleagues. An evidence base for determining the performance of staff and students will be established from which increased performance and potential of colleagues can be realised.
The approach emphasised is developmental, action based, forward looking with a belief that self esteem has to be recognised for learning and growth.

Outcomes:

The course will:

  • Provide an evidence for developing students and staff
  • Improve your skills in lesson observation and feedback
  • Develop through practical sessions the skills of listening, observing, questioning and goal setting
  • Develop essential skills for use in your work immediately
  • Help you to deal with difficult situations

An extensive high quality course booklet will contain a wide range of support material activities and resources for use with colleagues as well as a summary of the key points from the day.

Programme

10.00 Session 1 Role of the team and subject leader

  • Skills needed to carry out responsibilities
  • Evidence base needed by the team leader
10.30 Session 2 Lesson observation

  • Devising an aide memoire
  • Tweaking existing frameworks
  • What to look for when observing a lesson
  • How to observe lessons for improvement
11.30 Session 3 Feedback

  • The use of constructive feedback in affecting change
  • Different styles of feedback
  • Written review statements and oral feedback

12.30 Lunch

1.30 Session 4  Coaching skills for team leaders

  • Questioning skills and the range of techniques available
  • Listening skills and their application
  • Building rapport, trust and self worth
  • Setting goals for action
3.00 Session 5 Strategies for restoring performance

  • Understand factors that influence motivation
  • Know how to intervene in situations where practice is unacceptable
  • Do's and don'ts of how to deal with difficult situations


3.30 Learning review

Only Available In House

Please contact us regarding in-house delivery of this course or coaching for leaders. It can be customised to meet spefici needs.

Price: £600

Now Available: Coaching for Middle Leaders

Course Leader

The course will be led by Chris Haines who is a full time trainer and professional coach. He has a background in school improvement and leading on learning. He has worked closely with many schools on improving teaching and learning in the classroom and the leadership of learning across the school. He is an expert on learning, assessment, leadership and school improvement. More recently he has worked extensively in developing the coaching skills team leaders need for leadership. He coaches Headteachers, senior and and middle leaders on improving their potential as leaders.

The Effective Teaching and Learning Network
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