National Senior Leader Development Programme
This one year programme is a national programme for leaders who have overall responsibility for an aspect of leadership across an establishment. This includes senior curriculum/pastoral leaders and members of a senior leadership team, such as assistant or deputy headteachers.
The programme is delivered by regional consortia and consists of five modules that allows the participant to reflect on their individual effectiveness as a leader.
The participant will work individually and collectively with others as leaders of learning organisations. This is a national programme co-ordinated by regional consortia, utilising a range of delivery partners, in collaboration with Local Authorities.
Core Modules of the Programme
The core modules of the programme support the participants to develop their knowledge skills and understanding to learn how to be an effective senior leader.
Module 1 - Values and Dispositions, Self Reflection
An introduction to the programme
National picture; Self-reflection (LSR); What is senior leadership; The role of a senior leader; Leadership v Management; Leadership styles; Emotional intelligence and well-being
Module 2 – Working with others
Feedback from intersessional task, sharing of vision with Trust group; Leading staff; Developing effective teams; Professional learning ; Innovation; Professional inquiry; Mapped into vision; What does evaluation look like across the school?
Module 3 - Coaching and Mentoring
Half day on coaching and mentoring skills; Feedback including challenging conversations; Effective PM systems
Module 4 – Pedagogy
Teaching & Learning; What is excellence?; The role of the senior leader in teaching and learning; Internal data; Quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation; Creating a teaching & Learning culture; WG Senior Leader curriculum reform – managing change
Module 5 – Collaboration
Collaboration with other schools, clusters, outside agencies; Effective use of resources; Making good use of the budget; Case study (to be introduced in session 1 – Leadership Experience Task – LET)
Key Aspects of the delivery of the Progarmme
The delivery of this programme includes coaching/mentoring and peer support networks for all participants and an individual leadership standards self review. All activities undertaken will be delivered in Welsh,English or bilingually.
Application
Access to this programme is through a national application process.
Co-ordinator for Partneriaeth
Jan Waldron
Hazel Faulkner