Middle Leaders

Within a supportive environment, you will be given opportunities to uncover your leadership purpose and create a vision for your team. 

Learning from and with other middle leaders, you will also develop the confidence and courage to positively influence learning in your area of responsibility; whether it be as Head of Department, Stage Coordinator, Head of House, Year Coordinator, Pastoral Leader, Early Childhood Leader or another position requiring liaison between senior executive and teachers.

Program 1: 9, 10 March and 29 April
Program 2: Please see updated dates below
Program 3: 26, 27 October and 23 November

September program:
Due to advice from NSW Health, we have made the decision to shift some of the learning for our September Middle Leaders program on 23^rd and 24^th September to online, and add an additional face-to-face day in Term 4 on 11^th November  2020.

To maintain the breadth and depth of the learning offered in the Middle Leaders program, it is now:

Day 1 – 23^rd September ½ day, online (calendar invite with time and zoom link to come closer to the date)

Day 2 – 24^th September ½ day, online (calendar invite with time and zoom link to come closer to the date)

Day 3 – 10^th November, full day face to face, Level 12, 99 York St Sydney

Day 4 – 11^th November, full day face to face, Level 12, 99 York St Sydney.

What's Involved?

At a glance:

• Three days across six to eight weeks
• Pre-readings for discussion and reflection
• In-school application of learning
• Reflection on learning in practice.

For interstate and overseas participants, Day 3 is offered virtually.

Topics:

• Leading in this Age of Learning, Wellbeing and Identity (Hargreaves & Shirley, 2018, p. 124)
• Values-centered leadership
• Leading improvement: understanding change
• Emotional intelligence as a leader
• Leading a team
• Open-to-learning conversations
• Alignment between self, team and school.