Empowering School Leaders – Present and Future
Wednesday 18th April – Stoneybeck Inn, Penrith CA11 8RP
- Examining the role of middle leadership in schools
- Evaluating practical strategies and techniques for developing your middle leaders
This conference is open to school leaders and aspirational school leaders, NAHT members and non-members.
Caroline Bentley-Davies is the author of the best- selling book ‘How to be an Amazing
Middle Leader’ and the ‘Outstanding Lessons Pocketbook’. She has been a Local Authority Adviser, an Adviser, and she still teaches demonstration lessons to children in schools. She has
run training in primary and secondary schools across the UK and abroad.
Many Ofsted Inspection reports comment upon the need to develop Middle Leadership in schools, and Caroline’s session gives some practical suggestions for achieving this. She
will highlight strategies to help school leaders develop these skills with their subject co-ordinators and middle leaders and give a range of ideas to strengthen leadership in your school. For more information about Caroline see: www.bentley-davies.co.uk
James Bowen is the national Director of NAHT Edge, the teaching union for middle leaders. James was previously the Headteacher of an outstanding Junior school in Hampshire. He has held a variety of leadership positions in schools including SENCo, subject leader and Deputy Head. He is passionate about developing leadership at all levels in schools, speaking and writing regularly on the topic.
Paul Whiteman is general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers. NAHT is the largest union for school leaders in the UK, representing over 28,500 members in every phase of education.
09:00 Registration and Coffee
09:30 Developing Middle Leaders – Caroline Bentley-Davies
11:00 Coffee
11:15 Helping Middle Leaders to Thrive – James Bowen
12:15 Lunch
13:00 Matters of the Moment; NAHT advice – Paul Whiteman
14:00 Continuing Professional Development of Middle Leadership
14:30 Speed Networking (share resource/technique/book/website/idea which has had a positive impact on teaching and learning in your school). We will collate and email out all the ideas after the conference.
15:00 Q&A; Concluding Remarks
15:15 Finish
To book places to this event please do so through either: Cumbria SLA or Eventbrite
Please note that the number of places on this event are limited
Contact us for further information.
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