Ambition Institute Expert Middle Leaders Information

Expert Middle Leaders Duration: 2 years Accreditation: options to complete the NPQML or NPQSL dependent on experience and readiness for either (application fee of £150 for this) Cost: fully funded for schools in category 5&6 areas and/or OFSTED graded 3&4 Brief: Expert Middle Leaders is a 2-year programme which enables middle leaders to improve outcomes for their pupils by transforming the quality of teaching. Blending transformational and instructional leadership approaches, the programme gives middle leaders the knowledge to develop an evidence-based vision for teaching and learning; the skills to invest their staff in that vision; and the tools to train them to make that vision a reality.

Eligibility  Need to be in a middle leadership role from September 2020 (do not currently need to be middle leaders but need to be when the programme starts)  Once the programme starts, participants need to have responsibility for the learning outcomes for a member of staff (this does not necessarily need to be a formal line management arrangement)  There won’t be places for pastoral leaders on the TLIF route, unless they also have responsibility for teaching and learning.

Time commitments: 

4 day residential training event in the 2020 summer holidays – (Tuesday 25th – Friday 28th August 2020 – Warwick University)

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3 day residential training event in the 2021 summer holidays (dates TBC) 4 development days (Saturdays) across the first year of the programme (9-5 days) 3 development days (Saturdays) across the second year of the programme (9-5 days) In addition to this you will spend, on average, an hour a week either learning or applying learning to further their impact project. This will include coaching, academic tutoring, peer group learning sessions, online training sessions and independent work.

Commitments in detail: Year 1 Residential – 4 days Development Days – 4 Virtual Twilights – 4 (1hr30) Peer Group Sessions – 6 (45 mins) Independent work (reflection, follow-up activities, pre reading, etc..) 13 (30 mins) Coaching – 5 (1hr sessions) Academic Tutoring - 3 (1hr sessions) Year 1 Total Development Time = 89hrs Year 2 Pre-residential E-learns – 5 (1hr30 modules) Residential – 3 days 2019/20

Development Days – 3 Virtual Twilights – 4 (1hr30) Peer Group Sessions – 7 (45 mins) Independent work – 6 (30 mins) Coaching - 4 (1hr sessions) Academic Tutoring - 2 (1hr sessions) Y2 Total Development time: 74.4hrs

NPQML and NPQSL Participants will be able to apply for the NPQSL as part of their completion of the programme. An extension pathway will be made available to participants in year 2 of the programme to allow them to complete the requirements necessary for the NPQSL. All participants, regardless of completion of the extension pathway, will be able to apply for NPQML accreditation as part of the programme.

Please note however that all providers of the NPQ qualifications will have to re-apply for licenses in the next calendar year and provision for the NPQML and SL as part of the programme will be dependent on our NPQ provider status being renewed. There is an application fee of £150 for each participant.

2019/20