Middle and Senior Leadership Development

Explore the key features of effective leadership through leadership theory, develop key leadership skills including managing people, identify and address barriers to effective leadership, develop change management skills for leadership and classroom practice

This programme was initially developed in partnership with Pele Trust, and the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority, and can be tailored for your setting, to have the most impact on your leadership team

Programme elements may include:

What is Leadership?
- Defining leadership and management
- Identifying the key features of effective leadership
Exploring leadership theory
- Introducing key leadership theory
- Exploring the practical application of leadership theory
Building Teams and Managing People: Vision and culture
- Creating a vision
- Building a culture
Building Teams and Managing People: Communication
- Defining effective communication
- Holding difficult conversations
- Leading effective meetings
Building Teams and Managing People: Coaching and mentoring
- Understanding the similarities and differences
- Exploring different coaching models
- Using coaching and mentoring to build the team
Leading for change: Identifying the issue and designing the solution
- Exploring evidence collection and analysis
- Enquiry models
Leading for Change: Implementing change
- Exploring change models
- Applying theory to implementation practice

Some feedback from participants who completed the programme with Pele Trust and Harton Academies Trust:

"I definitely underestimated leadership from the outside looking in, now I have better knowledge of it I appreciate it much more and understand all the variations of it and the many forms it can take. Most importantly how crucial good leadership is and what this could look like. " - Pele Trust Participant

"I am a more reflective and understanding leader but I have also learnt not to take things personally. I am more emotionally intelligent about the team, their way of working and reacting. " - Pele Trust Participant

"The course was very helpful in deepening my understanding of what leadership is and the different leadership styles and approaches. It helped me to reflect on the type of leadership styles I myself are more prone to using but how other leadership approaches may be more effective in different scenarios. It helped me to explore different leadership theories and allowed me to look at different approaches being used in my own school." - Harton Academies Trust Participant

"I think one of the most important things I have realised is that a leader really needs to make members of their team feel appreciated and their voice heard. If then later, more challenging conversations are needed, the person feels they can trust you and values your judgment/decisions." - Harton Participant