Leading Learning from the Middle
Day 1: Friday 15th February 2013 Dr Karen Ardley To deepen middle managers’ understanding of themselves and their leadership behaviours To extend middle managers’ knowledge and understanding about leadership To develop leadership skills
Day 2: Saturday 16th February 2013 The role of the middle leader/manager Our current educational agenda An emotionally intelligent leader
Day 3: Sunday 17th February 2013 Effective professional development Working with teams Giving feedback
Day 4: Monday 18th February 2013 Coaching for improvement Improving teaching and learning in your area
Karen Ardley is a highly successful leadership consultant, trainer and executive coach. Drawing on her teaching and management experience in primary, secondary and post-16 phases, Karen provides members of the school workforce with key insights into practical strategies to improve learning and school performance. Having worked closely with schools as LA adviser in three authorities, Karen is a trained Ofsted Team Inspector, a Performance Management Adviser and Regional Trainer and Quality Improvement Coach with the Training and Development Agency (TDA). She led the Design and Development team working on the NCSL programme, Leading from the Middle and wrote the change module in Leadership Pathways. She has recently designed the new International Qualifications for Existing and Aspiring Principals for the National College and has been involved in piloting the programme in China. Karen led a team of Kenyan writers to produce a professional development programme to support the introduction of the Free Primary Education Programme for the Kenyan Ministry of Education and Science. She has also worked for UNESCO in Ethiopia and the Aga Khan Foundation in Tanzania. She is currently developing a leadership programme for seven hundred Head teachers working in United Nations (UNRWA) schools across the Near East. Karen is an excellent and well-established programme designer and facilitator. She provides all leaders with key insights into motivating people and improving learning. All Karen’s work is based on leading edge research and her continuing experience of working with schools and learners of all ages. Passionate about the development of leadership skills and strategies to improve learning for all, Karen designs and delivers interactive and motivating programmes for leaders and aspiring leaders at all levels in schools in the UK and internationally (including Iran, UAE, Kuwait, Spain, Libya, Egypt, Czech Republic, Holland, Slovakia, Malaysia, Portugal, Lebanon, West Bank and Chile).
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