MIDDLE LEADERS’
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME: 2013
‘Developing our Leaders’ is aimed at middle leaders who want to make a difference . It is widely recognised that an effective team of middle leaders is a key driver in any school’s success, and that they cannot achieve this effectiveness without meaningful focus on their development as leaders. The main aim of our programme is to enable our participants to develop their leadership skills, strategies and attributes, and to feel confident and committed to making an impact on the quality of children’s learning at DIS.
Key features of the programme;
 practical, interactive approach
 school-based leadership project
 leadership coaching groups for participants
 school-based coach
Days 1 and 2
Sunday-Monday, 27-28 th
Venue: PS-U5
Days 3 & 4
Sunday-Monday, 9-10 th
Venue: PS-U5
The core themes over the 4 day programme are:
 leading learning and teaching
 leading and managing others
(eg. emotional intelligence, accountability, conflict)
 managing accountability
 team leadership
 leading change
It will be expected that all participants will:
January 2013
June 2013 a) attend all 4 days of the programme b) undertake the school-based leadership project; this will ensure that the programme has a meaningful impact at DIS as the programme progresses c) take part in the leadership coaching group discussions during the programme to enhance participant learning and development
The programme is designed and led by Tim Tatham . Tim is a former headteacher in the UK and he has led a range of leadership programmes in the UK and abroad. Tim works with headteachers and leadership teams in school improvement, he coaches headteachers and senior leaders, and he is a School Improvement Partner in the UK.
Please see accompanying outline for a more detailed breakdown of the programme content.

MIDDLE LEADERS’
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME: 2013
Outline of the 4 day Programme
 Programme overview
 The Middle Leader’s Context - the ‘reality’
 what is it really like to lead in your school?
 what are the expectations of you from others?
 The Middle Leader’s Context – the ‘ideal’
 Leadership v Management
 Making an Impact; the skills of the Middle Leader
 What is learning? What does it look like?
 Core principles of learning; what do you believe? What do you expect?
 Quality of learning + teaching in your subject; how do you know?
 Holding others to account for their performance
 Classroom observation and feedback as monitoring tool
 Other sources of evidence for monitoring classroom progress
 Personal audit and planning for days 3 and 4
 Developing emotional intelligence
 Personal profile audit, and ‘flexing’ your profile
 Situational leadership and leadership styles
 Negotiation, managing conflict
 Managing teams; managing meetings
 Implications of and Responses to Change
 Coaching, feeding back to colleagues
 Reviewing the leadership projects
 Celebrating achievement
TTTraining 2012