NPQH Graduation Board

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NPQH Graduation Board

• An Overview

Doc Ref NPQH Grad/Standard Documents/Intro Day
Slides Doc Owner Liz Pearson Version Final v 5
July 2009
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Graduation Board Overview

• The Graduation Board is a structured interview
  which is designed to examine your readiness to
  start your first headship.
• Within the framework of the six key areas of the
  National Standards for Headteachers your
  readiness will be assessed against three key
  aspects of effective headship
• Your capacity as a continuing professional
  learner - shown particularly through your use of
  the learning opportunities available to you
  during the NPQH development stage
• Your ability to perform the actions and achieve
  the outcomes needed to lead and manage a school
  established by the evidence of your own existing
  achievements as a school leader described in the
  documents sent in advance to your board members
  and your response to the questions posed in the
  interview
• Your credibility as a potential headteacher as
  seen in the capabilities and characteristics you
  demonstrate during the interview and/or as
  reported by others in the advance documentation.

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Graduation Board Overview

• Your interview will be between 60 75 minutes
  with three Board Members and will typically be
  held at a venue within your region
• There will be 4 graduation windows available
  within your 12 month development journey
• The evidence to be confirmed and validated by the
  Graduation Board will be in two forms
• documentary (in the form of documents provided in
  advance)
• oral (in the form of dialogue between yourself
  and the three board members at the interview)
• All Board Members will be trained and accredited
  through NCSL

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Your Graduation Supporting Documentation

• A minimum of 3 weeks prior to your interview you
  will need to electronically submit your
  graduation portfolio
• A brief profile of your leadership career in the
  last eight years.
• A Personal Learning Record (PLR) which is a three
  page max distillation of the nature and impact of
  your development priorities completed in
  preparation for headship.
• A statement from your headteacher/line manager.
• A statement from the headteacher of your
  placement school.
• A copy of your Decision and Feedback form,
  summarising your strengths and areas for
  development, which you completed at the end of
  your two-day assessment development event. This
  document is handwritten and will need to be faxed
  or scanned to the NPQH Graduation Centre.
• Your portfolio will also include a feedback
  report from your second 360o diagnostic review.
• Electronic templates of documents 1 - 4 can be
  found at in the NPQH Development Stage area of
  the learning gateway
• Please note that late submission of your
  portfolio may jeopardise your Graduation
  opportunity within your preferred window and
  result in you incurring a cancellation fee

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Your Graduation Supporting Documentation

• It is important that your documents as a whole
  demonstrate as explicitly as possible the level
  of your capability in each of the six key areas
  of the National Standards
• and
• the progress you have made in building on your
  strengths and addressing your development needs
  in each of these areas
• Whilst there is no expectation that a starting
  headteacher will be equally knowledgeable and
  competent in every key area it is central to the
  award of NPQH that prospective headteachers can
  demonstrate that they are as committed to their
  own professional learning as they must be to the
  provision of learning opportunities of the
  highest possible quality for all the
  pupils/students in their school

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Registering your Graduation Board Current
Process

• STEP 1 Following your introductory day the NPQH
  Graduation Centre would like you to provide
  details of your preferred graduation window and
  location for your Graduation Board to do this
  please visit www.emlc.co.uk and click on the
  link Booking Graduation Boards and complete the
  Provisional NPQH Graduation Window Booking
  Form. Please ensure you notify the NPQH
  Graduation Centre of any changes to your details
  i.e. E-mail address
• STEP 2 Approximately 10 weeks before the
  beginning of the graduation window the Centre
  will e-mail you to confirm your intention to
  proceed in the window
• STEP 3 A minimum of 6 weeks before your
  Graduation Board the NPQH Graduation Centre will
  confirm the date, time and location of this event
  via e-mail. You will be asked to confirm your
  booking.
• STEP 4 A minimum of 3 weeks before your
  Graduation Board you will need to submit your
  completed graduation documentation electronically
  to loren.pearson_at_emlc.co.uk

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NPQH Graduation Centre Cancellation Policy

• Should an individual fail to submit their
  paperwork within the deadline or attend their
  NPQH Graduation without a valid reason a
  cancellation fee may be invoked
• Cancellation Fees
• Within 7 weeks of the panel 260
• Within 5 weeks of the panel 320
• Within 3 weeks of the panel 395

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NPQH Graduation Centre Contact Details

• Website www.emlc.co.uk
• Programme Manager Liz Pearson
• liz.pearson_at_emlc.co.uk
• Phone [phone]
• Programme Administrator Loren Pearson
• Loren.pearson_at_emlc.co.uk
• Phone [phone]