Becoming a middle leader for the very first time can be a daunting first step of leadership, as your role and responsibilities takes a broader scope from your class role and class responsibility.
During this one day course you will have the opportunity to extend your knowledge, develop skills and deepen your understanding of what it means to be a middle leader.
We will explore your understanding “self” through the personal qualities needed to be a middle leader and to build resilience and humility. We will learn about Goleman’s Leadership Styles , what style to use when to be most effective and why.
We will focus on ways to lead and manage others - creating a sense of team, developing trusted relationships with colleagues. In developing trusted relationship with colleagues to maximize impact on student learning you will learn how to hold “difficult” accountable conversations. You will learn more about collective accountability and deepen your understanding in overseeing and monitoring learning in your area of responsibility.
As a result of attending this course you will leave feeling more confident of your role as a middle leader and more able to lead and manage with greater clarity in your area or sphere of responsibility.
Helen O’Donoghue is a Director of Sunridge Associates, a UK based company specialising in educational training, consultancy and management in the UK and overseas, with a global network.
Her leadership experience includes leading two IB World schools, opening two Free Schools in London and delivering bespoke training and consultancy to over 30 countries around the world. She is also an Ambassador for Leadership Matters, a British Council Ambassador, a senior consultant with Fieldwork Education, an IB workshop leader, a trainer with Osiris, an Affiliate Member of FOBISIA and a former PGCE tutor with the University of Buckingham.