School Trust Leaders of Science NY257

Refine your skills and the strategies needed to lead an outstanding science department

Summary

Do you lead science across multiple schools in a School Trust? Do you want to raise standards and drive improvement of the content and delivery of the science curriculum? This course provides the strategies and tools that you will need to ensure effective leadership of the science curriculum across your Trust.

You will share experiences and consider approaches which will support the development of your leadership skills within your own context. You will explore strategies and resources which will enable you to lead colleagues in embedding new practices to raise attainment.

Who is it for?

This course is for School Trust Leads of Science who wish to develop their leadership skills further.

What topics are covered?

During this course we will cover:

  • leading science across a Trust
  • relationship building with schools
  • developing a centralised curriculum
  • assessing your curriculum
  • learning theories and excellence in teaching science
  • evaluating impact of your curriculum
  • building a picture of your department and identifying needs
  • development of science teams
  • managing performance of teams
  • developing resources for a Trust wide curriculum
  • running leadership meetings
  • ensuring you are Ofsted ready
  • enriching the science curriculum
  • impactful and fast acting interventions

How will you learn?

This course will be delivered face to face with participant tasks to be completed between sessions.

How long is this course?

This is a four-day intensive residential course broken into two, two-day residential periods.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • evaluate different approaches to the leadership of science across a School Trust
  • evaluate the impact of your science curriculum
  • develop an ambitious and progressive science curriculum
  • enrich the science curriculum with extra-curricular activities and resources
  • ensure that your science curriculum reflects the latest thinking in terms of educational research
  • develop your science teams and effectively manage their performance
  • employ fast acting intervention strategies, to raise pupil performance and outcomes

Notes

This is a residential course, fees include meals and accommodation for the duration of the course.

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