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Continuing Professional Development Opportunities for Leaders in Schools and Other Settings

Senior Leadership Team

Leadership & Management

Personal Leadership Development

Undertake a variety of whole school leadership roles
leadership bullet point Coach other leaders in the school
leadership bullet point Take an active role in school’s self-evaluation and development planning process
leadership bullet point Maintain own professional development in areas of leadership and management
leadership bullet point Develop relationship and work with governors
leadership bullet point Join professional leadership associations

leadership bullet point Assume headteacher’s role in head’s absence

School Support for Leadership Development

leadership bullet point Delegate and rotate leadership roles within senior leadership team to ensure wide range of experience and skill development
leadership bullet point Offer training and opportunities to coach others
leadership bullet point Provide experience of active participation in working with governors

leadership bullet point Provide opportunities to assume acting headteacher role in head’s absence

Developing Leaders Through Collaboration

leadership bullet point Lead meetings/groups of local networks
leadership bullet point Lead teaching and learning development across a group of local schools
leadership bullet point Lead aspects of consortia arrangements locally

leadership bullet point Shadow peer SLT members in local consortia and/or develop joint projects

Hertfordshire Leadership Development

leadership bullet point Take part in and contribute to 'Lead in Herts' leadership development programme

leadership bullet point Access HGfL leadership website at
www.thegrid.org.uk/leadership

leadership bullet point Facilitated opportunities to observe leadership in a range of schools

National Leadership Opportunities

leadership bullet point National College Conferences and e-forums
leadership bullet point NPQH/NPQICL/ – qualifications for headship and children’s centre leadership
leadership bullet point Trainee head's scheme
leadership bullet point Headteacher professional association training e.g. ASCL, SHA
leadership bullet point Deputy and Assistant Head induction programme – ELC
leadership bullet point ELC Leadership Programmes


KEY:

AST: Advanced Skills Teacher
CPD: Continuing Professional Development
ELC Eastern Leadership Centre
EML East Midland Leadership Centre
ET: Excellent Teacher
GTC: General Teaching Council
GTP : Graduate Teacher Programme
HASSH: Hertfordshire Association of Secondary Heads
HGfL: Hertfordshire Grid for Learning
HoD Head of Department
INCO: Inclusion Coordinator
LA: Local Authority
L&M: Leadership & Management
LPSH: Leadership Programme for Serving Headteachers
NCSL: National College for Leadership of Schools and Children's Services
NLEs: National Leaders of Education
NPQH: National Professional Qualification for Headship
NPQICL: National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership
NQT : Newly Qualified Teacher
OTT: Overseas Trained Teachers
PHF: Primary Heads Forum
PNS: Primary National Strategy
QTS: Qualified Teacher Status
SDP: School Development Plan
SENCO: Special Educational Needs Coordinator
SHF: Special School Heads Forum
SLT: Senior Leadership Team
TDA: Training & Development Agency
T&L: Teaching & Learning
TIPD: Teachers International Professional Development