December 2013

The know zone

  • Health and safety: tread carefully
    Health and safety laws are not as unrealistic as they are often made out to be, says Richard Bird. More
  • Real-life learning
    Karleen Dowden is ASCL’s Apprenticeship, Employability and Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) Specialist More
  • Be prepared
    Laying the groundwork with governors on performance related pay progression is very important if you don’t want to fall foul of Ofsted in the future, says Sara Ford. More
  • The professionals...
    The focus in this Leader is on Council’s Professional Committee, which has a wide-ranging remit that includes accountability and inspection, teacher standards, appraisal, continuing professional development (CPD), teacher supply and quality. More
  • Membership of Council
    ASCL Council members are key in setting the direction for the association, as it is Council that determines ASCL’s position on issues and government policy. More
  • Learning leadership
    Strategic and operational leadership, complementary and combined, provides the strongest form of school leadership, says Sian Carr. More
  • The perfect match
    Arsenal Double Club Languages is an innovative, multi-award winning education programme that uses Arsenal and football as a theme to inspire schoolchildren to learn a language. More
  • ASCL PD events
    Curriculum Structures: Planning, Development, Analysis, Staffing Requirements and Cost, Strategical Behavioural Management that Works, and Using Data Better: Workshops for School Leaders and their Data Managers More
  • Staff shortages?
    The government is increasing bursaries for trainee teachers. Is this enough to avoid a teacher shortage? Can more be done? Are teachers in short supply? Here, ASCL members share their views. More
  • Leaders' surgery
    The antidote to common leadership conundrums... More
  • Stray cat strut
    There’s more than one way for a head to start a relaxing weekend. Jonathan Fawcett goes in search of a less-than-peaceful easy feline. More
  • Adding value
    Cold and flu More
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ASCL PD events

Curriculum Structures: Planning, Development, Analysis, Staffing Requirements and Cost

This course provides senior staff and governors with the essential language and underlying relationships of curriculum design in an accessible and useful manner. Course-specific spreadsheet tools for curriculum planning, curriculum cost analysis and staffing structures and deployment will be provided for participants that delegates can adapt to the needs of their own institutions. It also supports common understanding between curriculum planners and finance managers and is highly relevant to any middle leader aspiring to senior leadership.

INFO www.ascl.org.uk/curriculumstructures

Strategic Behavioural Management that Works

This course will provide delegates with an insight into one school’s journey of behavioural improvements. Delegates will see the strategic planning that took place, the systems that were introduced and how success was measured. Strategies will be shared; successful, proven behavioural systems will be demonstrated; and examples of key policies will be illustrated.

INFO www.ascl.org.uk/behaviouralmanagement

Using Data Better: Workshops for School Leaders and their Data Managers

This course brings together school leaders and their data management colleagues to relect on their own practice and to learn from others. The main objectives of the course are to work with RAISEonline and other data sources to develop a clear picture of a school’s performance and use tools and approaches to data analysis, including making best use of information systems.

INFO www.ascl.org.uk/usingdatabetter

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