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Moving into Middle Management

Target Audience: Secondary Teachers/Subject Leaders
Course Leader: John Connor                            
Time: 9.30am – 3.30pm
Date: April 12, 2012
Venue: Holiday Inn Downtown, Shanghai, China


  
Course Leader
John Connor has been an independent team inspector for MFL and Special Educational Needs with OFSTED, and works for the Welsh equivalent, ESTYN. He is an Assessor for the Advanced Skills Teacher and Excellent Teacher scheme. He has worked for the DCSF as a consultant on the “Building Schools for the Future” capital investment project. 

John is also a training consultant for Asset Languages (the assessment system for the National Recognition Scheme) and one of the Regional Trainers in the East and West Midlands for the Secondary National Strategy Key Stage 3 Dissemination and Development Programme. He is also a Regional Subject Adviser for the roll out of the New Secondary Curriculum. He still teaches when other commitments permit. 



About the Workshop
Having gained experience as a subject teacher, the next step in career development is often the move into middle management as a subject leader. The workshop examines all the essential aspects of the role and what it entails.


Workshop Aims:
  • To consider the difference between leadership and management 
  • To examine the key aspects of the subject leader’s role 
  • To give delegates some strategies as to how to develop some of the key skills


Topics Covered
  • Manager, leader or both?
  • Visioning exercise - stakeholder engagement
  • Evaluating schemes of work 
  • Data analysis 
  • Sampling pupils' work 
  • Agreeing targets
  • Developing strategies for improvement 
  • Reviewing planning, learning and teaching
  • Improving the quality of learning and teaching
  • Observing lessons, giving feedback, coaching
  • The subject audit

Workshop Fee (per participant)
Regular: USD 410 (Course fee) + USD 50 (Meeting package)
*PD Alliance Member: USD 205 (Course fee) + USD 50 (Meeting package)

*PD Alliance Member:
* (The PD Alliance offers a cost sharing scheme where the regular course fee for one participant can be shared between two participants registering together from the same school/organization. Two participants are required to register together to access the PD Alliance rate. PD Alliance information and member form can be accessed at The PD Alliance)


Contact Information
Workshop Coordinator: Ms. Sonthaya Chutisacha 
E-mail: sonthaya.ch@gmail.com 
Phone (China): +86 755 339 443 65 
Phone (Thailand): +66 818 465 770

To bring the workshop to your school contact: sonthaya.ch@gmail.com

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