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Women into School Headship (WiSH) has our first newly appointed Headteacher! We are delighted to report the first of what we believe will be many newly appointed Heads from our delegate group.
We ran our second WiSH course: Wholehearted for Headship, (supported by the National Association of Headteachers), in March in central London. We had another successful day, with 4 more outstanding headteacher speakers and another brilliant group of delegates. Excellent, helpful, positive and inspirational were the frequently used reactions to the day. One participant said: ' I really appreciated the gentle step by step guide through the day, highlighting the real issues of headship, and addressing them.' Another said: 'Very rarely do training courses address needs in such a personal and supportive way!'. Finally one delegate suggested: 'If there were more courses like this perhaps more leaders would go into headship.'
Evaluation from our two courses has revealed that the day really does make a difference! Of our delegate group 86% feel more confident in their ability to fulfil the role of Headship and 77% were positively committed to achieving a Headship. Watch this space.....
Our initial WiSH website is now live - www.womenintoschoolheadship.co.uk
We are looking forward to creating a forum for networking and peer support, as well as information and practical tips.
Meg Maunder, who was previously at NCSL, and I set up WiSH last year, having worked together on women's leadership programmes for many years. Our aim is to provide training to support and encourage senior women in education into Headship. In so doing we can help address the national crisis in Headteacher recruitment, and improve the quality of leadership in our schools.
Our delegates are an amazing example of the untapped potential in our schools. We cannot afford to ignore them. They can - and will - become the very best Headteachers.
New regional dates for Wholehearted for Headship can be found on http://www.naht.org.uk/welcome/events/courses/courses-school-management/wholehearted-for-headship/
Women into School Headship (WiSH) has our first newly appointed Headteacher! We are delighted to report the first of what we believe will be many newly appointed Heads from our delegate group.
We ran our second WiSH course: Wholehearted for Headship, (supported by the National Association of Headteachers), in March in central London. We had another successful day, with 4 more outstanding headteacher speakers and another brilliant group of delegates. Excellent, helpful, positive and inspirational were the frequently used reactions to the day. One participant said: ' I really appreciated the gentle step by step guide through the day, highlighting the real issues of headship, and addressing them.' Another said: 'Very rarely do training courses address needs in such a personal and supportive way!'. Finally one delegate suggested: 'If there were more courses like this perhaps more leaders would go into headship.'
Evaluation from our two courses has revealed that the day really does make a difference! Of our delegate group 86% feel more confident in their ability to fulfil the role of Headship and 77% were positively committed to achieving a Headship. Watch this space.....
Our initial WiSH website is now live - www.womenintoschoolheadship.co.uk
We are looking forward to creating a forum for networking and peer support, as well as information and practical tips.
Meg Maunder, who was previously at NCSL, and I set up WiSH last year, having worked together on women's leadership programmes for many years. Our aim is to provide training to support and encourage senior women in education into Headship. In so doing we can help address the national crisis in Headteacher recruitment, and improve the quality of leadership in our schools.
Our delegates are an amazing example of the untapped potential in our schools. We cannot afford to ignore them. They can - and will - become the very best Headteachers.
New regional dates for Wholehearted for Headship can be found on http://www.naht.org.uk/welcome/events/courses/courses-school-management/wholehearted-for-headship/