Target Audience
New Assistant and new Deputy Heads who wish to widen their skills of deputy headship including evaluating teaching outcomes and improving teachers’ performance.
Day 1
- Golden rules of deputy headship and establishing an effective school climate.
- Developing effective observational skills of teachers experiencing difficulties.
- Securing your accountability – of others and the school.
- Writing an excellent self-evaluation report.
Day 2
- Implications for schools of the key messages from Estyn’s Annual Report.
- Writing summative evaluations for the quality of teaching.
- From accurate self-evaluation to high quality school improvement planning (long and short term).
- Writing clear school improvement plan priorities for key areas: literacy, numeracy, well-being and teaching.
Day 3
- Developing the qualities and behaviours of effective leaders.
- Understanding yourself and others – including leadership styles.
- Discovering the improvement approaches and strategies from the best performing schools.
- Preparing for the NPQH.
Inter-sessional Tasks Include:
- Responding to ESTYN’s Annual Report.
- Undertaking a focussed lesson observation and facilitating improvements in teaching.
- Writing a priority area for the School Improvement Plan.
Dates:
Thursday 14th November 2013 (follow link to book)
Friday 14th February 2014 (follow link to book)
Thursday 22nd May 2014 (follow link to book)
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