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 and personalised approach to improving the professional effectiveness of this important tier of sector leadership. This is a solutions focussed programme that will encourage you to think and act differently.
Pricing options
This is a fixed price of £350 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 commit fully to it. You will need the support internally from a senior manager and be able to work independently throughout the programme.
Training aim
The aim of the programme is to increase the confidence, skills and knowledge of managers.
Outcomes
You will have the knowledge and confidence to:
- develop an understanding of the key drivers impacting the sector and apply this to internal decision making
- develop an introductory level of understanding of college funding and finance, MI and its impact on funding and performance
- develop an understanding of dual aspects of L&M whilst building strengths and minimising weaknesses in leadership practice
- develop a strategic mindset in order to lead people, change and innovation successfully
- develop an understanding of inclusive leadership and be introduced to different perspectives of diversity
- explore concepts such as unconscious bias, focusing on the impact of inclusivity and diversity on organisational culture
- understand the critical success factors to enable high performance
- assess factors within the working environment that impact on performance and develop new thinking to aid performance
- stimulate leadership reflection and develop a realistic career plan.
Length
The duration of each programme may vary slightly depending upon circumstances but we aim to ensure that all cohorts are completed between 9-12 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.
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
