Stepping Up to Senior Leadership
Become an accredited SSAT delivery partner for the Stepping Up to Senior Leadership programme to equip current and future senior leaders with the attributes, skills and knowledge they need to lead with impact.
Start date
You decide. Facilitator training will be provided at a date and time to suit you
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Format
Delivery partner (annual licence) and consultancy models available.
Cost
SSAT members: £1,350 + £225 per module
Non-members: £1,825 + £325 per module
Deliver training to groups of up to 20 participants.
Contact us if you’d like SSAT’s education team to deliver this for you.
The Stepping Up to Senior Leadership (SUSL) programme equips new and aspiring senior leaders to successfully make the step up into senior leadership roles.
Moving from middle to senior leadership requires a mindset shift to whole school thinking. The SUSL programme develops the understanding, skills and attributes to make the transition and supports leaders positively impact the teams they lead now.
Benefits:
- Greater self-awareness in areas of strength and those for development
- Development of key skills, knowledge and attributes to be a successful senior leader
- Increased leadership effectiveness and impact
- Retention and development of aspiring and current senior leaders
Accreditation: All modules will be accredited by SSAT. Participants will receive a certificate for modules completed
Delivery partner training and resources:
SSAT provide online facilitator training for two of your team who will deliver the module content to your participants. Facilitators have access to full module resources and tutor notes.
Stepping Up to Senior Leadership modules
There are five Stepping Up to Senior Leadership modules. Each module is two-hours and supported by intersessional activities and resources. Delivery Partners are required to deliver all five modules.
Module 1: Personal and professional readiness
Aims for the session
To develop your personal and professional readiness for senior leadership through:
- Reflecting on what may be different about senior leadership roles.
- Discussing concerns and potential challenges.
- Reflecting on your professional journeys and how these experiences have prepared you for the role.
- Evaluating your own strengths and areas for development.
- Becoming more self-aware, more emotionally intelligent.
- Reflective leadership coaching.
Module 2: Developing a vision for yourself as a senior leader
Aims for the session
To develop your personal and professional readiness for senior leadership through exploring:
- your own leadership vision, moral purpose and values
- importance of vision alignment
- how culture contributes to high performance
- differences between strategic leadership and management
- leadership approaches and styles and their application
- characteristics of strong schools.
Module 3: Leading change and managing complexity
Aims for the session
To develop your understanding of leading change and complexity through exploring:
- implications for leading in a time of constant change
- theories and models to support effective change management
- how you can lead change and manage complexity
- difference between ‘wicked’ and ‘tame’ problems. How you can apply the learning in their contexts.
Module 4: Leading, motivating and influencing
Aims for the session
To develop your theoretical and practical understanding of leadership, motivation and influence through exploring:
- the three circles model of leadership
- theories of motivation and how you can motivate others
- the power of influence, how you can influence others and how others influence the work you do
- strategic leadership for school improvement.
Module 5: Finance and HR management
Aims for the session
To develop understanding of school budgets, finance and human resource issues through exploring:
- how schools are funded and how finance is managed
- how you can save your school money and generate income
- some key principles related to financial management in schools
- the role a senior leader plays in HR issues and the skills you need to do this
- building upon & applying what you learnt.
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Speak with Senior Education Lead Dr Dan Belcher, to learn more about the benefits of SSAT’s leadership programmes.
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Why SSAT?
SSAT’s experience and impact in leadership development is hard to rival. Many school and system leaders have grown and honed their skills through our leadership programmes. We are passionate about developing leaders at all levels, equipping and supporting them to make a difference and create a brighter future for pupils.
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