Leading From The Middle (Code: C0455)
BackLeading from the Middle is the FE and Skills sector's high impact development programme for sector middle managers. With a focus on the skills, behaviours, competencies and awareness to succeed in middle leadership and management roles, this programme adopts an innovative , practical and personalised approach to improving the professional effectiveness of this important tier of sector leadership. This is a solution focussed programme that will encourage you to think and act differently.
Pricing options
This is a fixed price of £325 per person.
Upcoming
Free Places
A limited number of free places are offered on this course. Please see the 'Upcoming' section above for current availability. The free places are fully funded by the DfE and are offered to ensure greater diversity on high quality CPD, so to qualify you must either:
- Work in an organisation in one of the 24 priority areas (Blackpool, Bradford, Derby, Doncaster, Fenland and East Cambridgeshire, Halton, Hartlepool, Hastings, Ipswich, Knowsley, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Norwich, Nottingham, Oldham, Portsmouth, Rochdale, Salford, Sandwell, Scarborough, Stoke-on-Trent, Tameside, Walsall, West Somerset).
- Work in an organisation with an annual turnover of less than £500,000.
- Consider yourself to have a disability.
- Come from black or minority ethnic community.
You must also agree to be contacted by our evaluation team.
To book a free place find a course that has free places remaining and book a single place. At the payments stage of the booking you will be asked to tell us which of the four criteria you meet. Once selected, click on the 'recalculate' button to reduce the cost of the booking to zero and complete the booking.
If, for whatever reason, you are unable to attend, please advise us at least two weeks before the course takes place. This will allow us to offer the free place to someone else who works in the FE sector, so they can take advantage of this offer.
Who is this for?
Colleagues in middle leadership roles with responsibility and accountability for a functional area or curriculum department and the performance of a team. Colleagues from all parts of the FE and Skills sector are welcome i.e. colleges, ACL providers and independent training providers. Colleagues with responsibility for curriculum, learning, operations and business support are welcome. Expectations on the programme are high and managers will need to fully commit. You will need the support internally from a senior manager and be able to work independently throughout the programme.
Training aim
During the programme you will have the opportunity to be mentored by an experienced sector professional and apply your learning by working on a leadership action that you have identified for improvement or innovation .
The aim of the programme is to increase the confidence, skills and knowledge of managers.
Outcomes
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You will discuss, explore and reflect on:
- Roles and responsibilities of a middle leader and your own professional identity as a leader
- Leadership values and strategic thinking and how these influence your team and organisation.
- Wellbeing, resilience and leading with emotional intelligence to support effective ways of working with teams
- Development of yourself and your team, to enhance an inclusive and positive organisational environment , recognising different perspectives of diversity
- Strategies for leading success, improvement, innovation, and developing a culture of continuous improvement and high performance
- Approaches to cultivate relationships with key stakeholders and identify actions for future development of self and others.
Length
The duration of each programme may vary slightly depending upon circumstances but we aim to ensure that all cohorts are completed between 6 - 10 weeks.
Entry Requirements
Colleagues in middle leadership roles with responsibility and accountability for a functional area or curriculum department and the performance of a team.
Must be from a publicly funded FE provider in England.
Contact us
If this course is not currently available at a suitable date/location, please register your interest and we will let you know about new events as they are announced.
If you have any questions, please contact:
T: 0800 0 831 830
E: enquiries@etfoundation.co.uk
