Kirklees Leadership Development Centre Julie Bowdidge

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Kirklees Leadership Development CentreJulie
Bowdidge Ann Likeman
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FRAMEWORK for GROWING and DEVELOPING KIRKLEES
FUTURE LEADERS at all levels and in various roles
in all schools and other learning settings
KIRKLEES LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

• Aiming High Raising aspirations
• Events for NQTs, returners, Middle Leaders,
  Governors, support staff etc to include
• keynote speakers
• access to local and national publications and
  research materials
• resources and ideas for in-school talent growth
• Using skills of our leaders
• Support for leadership at different times of
  career

PUTTING LEADERS TOGETHER
Leadership Change Management Programme

• The Centre will provide services to
• Identify, support and challenge leaders in
  current and future roles
• Use the talent pool for succession planning
• Provide a variety of personalised learning and
  development opportunities linked to career
  aspirations
• Provide opportunities for leaders to explore
  leadership in a variety of contexts e.g. other
  parts of CYPS, wider Council, Health, Police,
  Business and Voluntary sectors
• Possible activities will include
• self evaluation and diagnostic tools
• Assessment
• action planning
• seminars, consultations, training events
• coaching and mentoring
• on-line resources, e-learning, e-communication
• work shadowing, job swaps, secondments, action
  research
• accredited routes with links to HEIs
• Career Counselling

• Talent Pool
• Structures and protocols to enable us to identify
  and support talent to prepare people for the next
  steps in their career
• Database to track leadership development history
• Network staff with similar interest
• Deploy local leaders
• Enhance cross-school developments

• Short term secondments to work on research and
  development projects e.g.
• Different models of leadership
• Leadership in a different sector e.g. business
• Locality developments

• Workforce Development/CPD Leader programme
• A programme to explore the national and local
  context in developing the vision for the
  childrens workforce of the future
• Linked to the implications of SFF/Strategy for
  Change/New Shape for Learning

• Deputy as Head Weeks
• Headteachers leave the school and agree no
  contact!
• HTs undertake RD projects during this time
• DHTs lead
• Organised deputy swaps within the group to
  experience different styles/types of leadership

• Developing Support Staff as Leaders by
• Challenging traditional perspectives
• Developing new roles in response to the changing
  needs of the workforce
• Providing high quality training opportunities to
  develop visionary leaders within all associated
  disciplines

• Access to various courses, conferences and
  consultancies
• Based on the best research and evidence about
  learning, teaching, leadership and management
• Practical, relevant and applicable to
  participants current and future roles
• Explicit links between NCSL leadership programmes
  and our local CPD provision

• WE AIM TO
• invest in our current and future leaders
• build effective collaborative partnership with
  schools and other learning settings
• develop future leaders in the short and longer
  term, identifying potential and providing
  relevant leadership training based on needs
  analysis.
• Sustain the current high quality of leadership
  across Kirklees Centres for Learning.
• Promote school leadership, as a realistic
  sustainable and satisfying career choice.
• Positively work towards developing a balance of
  leaders who reflect the diversity of the school
  workforce e.g. gender and ethnicity

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Kirklees Leadership Development Centre

• Key Drivers
• - Improving the quality of learning experiences,
  raising standards, achievement, participation and
  well-being
• 21st Century schools
• Recruitment Retention, Succession planning
• Integrated childrens workforce

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WE AIM TO

• invest in our current and future leaders
• build effective collaborative partnership with
  schools and other learning settings
• develop future leaders in the short and longer
  term, identifying potential and providing
  relevant leadership training based on needs
  analysis.
• sustain the current high quality of leadership
  across Kirklees Centres for Learning.
• promote school leadership, as a realistic
  sustainable and satisfying career choice.
• positively work towards developing a balance of
  leaders who reflect the diversity of the school
  workforce e.g. gender and ethnicity

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Kirklees Leadership Development Centre

• The Centre will provide services to
• identify, support and challenge leaders in
  current and future roles
• use the talent pool for succession planning
• provide a variety of personalised learning and
  development opportunities linked to career
  aspirations
• provide opportunities for leaders to explore
  leadership in a variety of contexts e.g. other
  parts of CYPS, wider Council, Health, Police,
  Business and Voluntary sectors

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Kirklees Leadership Development Centre

• Possible activities will include
• self evaluation and diagnostic tools
• assessment centre activities
• action planning
• seminars, consultations, training events
• coaching and mentoring
• on-line resources, e-learning, e-communication
• work shadowing, job swaps, secondments, action
  research
• accredited routes with links to HEIs
• Career Counselling

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Principles

• Partnerships
• Communication
• Aspiration
• Optimism
• Excitement
• Creativity
• Leadership for impact

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Priorities

• Strategic Leaders
• Aspirational Heads
• Support Staff as Leaders
• Talent Spotting
• Diversity
• Governors

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We are interested in your thoughts

• What do you like about the plans? How will our
  approach help and support your schools CPD
  strategy?
• What else do we need to consider?
• What else do we need to do for different groups
  of staff?