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Assessment Centre Payback Opportunity - Teaching Leaders

Teaching Leaders is an innovative urban middle leadership programme which has been designed in partnership with Future Leaders, ARK Schools, Teach First and the NCSL.

The team is now looking for Future Leaders who have completed their Future Leader Assessor Training to be assessors at our Assessment Centres on Thursday 3rd and Saturday 12th July, to help select high potential middle leaders in urban schools to join the first cohort.

Teaching Leaders is in its pilot year and so this is a great opportunity to help select those candidates who have the potential to be inspirational middle leaders who can drive change in their schools and ensure that the programme is a success.

Each Assessment Day offers 1.5 days of packback, or 0.75 days of payback if you only do a morning or afternoon session. The briefing document is attached, so do feel free to contact Louise Renshaw (0207 3951475) if you are would like to take up this opportunity or if you have any queries.

Download teaching_leaders_assessor_payback_document.doc

Learning Lounge update - Cohort'07

Dear Cohort '07,

I hope you have all managed to log on to the new communication medium. A few queries have come up since Heath launched it to you last weekend.

1. To access the Learning Lounge please go to: http://learninglounge.ning.com/

2. If you are having difficulties accessing the Learning Lounge in school it may be that the firewall that prevents students to having access to certain site, is preventing access to this site. This is either managed by the school or the local authority. To rectify this, please email the IT network/ support manager inyour school giving then the address above and ask them to whitelist it in their filtering sytem. If they say that it is an LA issue, please can you email me on shirley.gaynor@future-leaders.org.uk

3. If you have not received an invitation please let us know but likewise, if you have, please sign up as soon as possible. As Heath mentioned at the weekend, the Blog will be decommissioned at the end of the month and it would be great to familiarise yourself with this new medium before then so that I can answer any queries or concerns that you may have.

I look forward to seeing you on the Learning Lounge.

Best wishes,

Shirley

Congratulations

Congratulations to the following participants who have recently secured positions for September:

Ben Thompson - Vice Principal at Holmeswood School

Camille London-Miyo and Nick Langham - Associate Deputy Heads at Catford Girls School

Well done!

Carina

Volunteering at Body&Soul - Teachers

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BODY & SOUL is a UK charity dedicated to improving the lives of children, teens and parents in the UK living with or affected by HIV. We provide a range of support services to young people living with HIV, including specialist educational support through ‘The Study’. ‘The Study’ is designed to address their needs on a level that focuses our knowledge, experience and skills in educational support. Running parallel to our youth service, it is dedicated to a range of academic work including group study, one-to one tutoring, and individual study.

As a volunteer teacher you are a vital link in allowing teenagers to fulfil their academic potential and feel empowered to make important life/career choices.

Volunteer teachers will work during the Thursday evening Teen Spirit support group from 6-9pm. 

We welcome enquiries from dedicated and passionate teachers who are enthusiastic about working with young people and who wish to make a difference. 

For more information contact:  emily@bodyandsoulcharity.org   T: 0207 923 6880 www.bodyandsoulcharity.org

There is more than one way!

Hi Folks,

To view this week's Friday missive, please click here.

Enjoy the weekend. 

Meeting to discuss next year's strategy - 26th June

Heath Monk together with the leadership development department are keen to spend a session with cohort 2006 to discuss the following,

• The training outline for year 3
• Options for coaching support next year
• Introducing the learning lounge - our new social networking site.

The meeting will be taking place on 26th June at Future Leaders office in the boardroom from 6.30 - 8.00pm.

Please respond to catrina.plastow@future-leaders.org.uk  07769 936706 to confirm if you will be attending.

thank you

Catrina

Subversive Leadership

Hi Folks,

Click here  to see this week's Friday missive.

Enjoy the weekend.

12-year olds sought for panel discussion

Would any of your pupils be interested in participating in a panel discussion? The Independent on Sunday are looking for twelve year olds with a wide range of experiences to participate in a panel at their offices in Canary Wharf, London. They would like them to discuss ways in which they perceive their rights in Britain today and the manner in which they are portrayed by the government and media with regard to issues such as knife crime and ASBOs.

Contact asap, by 5th June:

Email: mailto:mark.jewsbury@gmail.com

Phone: 020 7005 2600 (preferred)

Thanks, Angi

RAISEonline- please bring your log-ins to 6-8th June

Can cohort 07 please bring along (if you have it ) your username and password to access your school RAISEonline to access via the web for Friday 7th June.

If you do not know it then it shouldnt matter too much as there will hopefully be enough people who know theirs to do group work.

Thank you

Catrina

Teaching Leaders Payback Opportunity

Teaching Leaders is an innovative urban middle leadership programme which has been designed in partnership with Future Leaders, ARK Schools, Teach First and the NCSL.

The team is now looking for Future Leaders who have completed their Future Leader Assessor Training to be assessors at our Assessment Centres in June and July, to help select high potential middle leaders in urban schools to join the first cohort.

Teaching Leaders is in its pilot year and so this is a great opportunity to help select those candidates who have the potential to be inspirational middle leaders who can drive change in their schools and ensure that the programme is a success.

Each Assessment Day offers 1.5 days of packback. The briefing document is attached, so do feel free to contact Louise Renshaw (0207 3951475) if you are would like to take up this opportunity or if you have any queries.

Download teaching_leaders_assessor_payback_document.doc

Hall's Army - the story continues...

Hi Folks,

The story continues... click here.

Enjoy the weekend.

Slides and handouts from 15th May

Thank you everyone for your participation at last weeks training with Chris keates from NASUWT & Ruth Carney from Teach First.

Teach First - professional learning days

If you are interested in signing up for the professional learning days please contact Ruth Carney on ruth.carney@teachfirst.org.uk tel 0207 517 2744

For more information please click the links to access the slides and handouts  professional_learning_days.ppt

& fl_briefing.doc

Chris Keates - general secretary of NASUWT

Please click here to access the slides from Chris's session. 15_may_trade_unions.ppt

Hall's Army!

Hi All,

To view the Friday missive on Hall's Army - part one, please click here.

Many thanks

Congratulations

Congratulations to Shaheen Khan, who has been appointed Deputy Head at Haggerston School.  Well done Shaheen!

Also, congratulations to Ann Tennant, who has recently been appointed Children's Commissioner for Waltham Forest.  She will continue to work as Deputy Head at Kelmscott alongside her new role.

Carina

ARK International Education Seminar

Unfortunately the ARK Internation Education Seminar scheduled for next week has now been cancelled due to a lack of interest. 

Carina

Teach First payback opportunity

Colleagues,

Teach First are looking for a number of Future Leaders to lead second-year professional development days during the next academic year.  Ruth Carney (from Teach First) will come to the Thursday session tomorrow to outline what they are looking for, but - in the meantime - I have attached a draft job description.  If you are interested but can't make the session tomorrow, please let me know as soon as possible.

Regards,

Heath

King Solomon Academy (ARK)

ARK Schools are looking for a “Head of KS3 School” at the King Solomon Academy, Westminster.  The school opened in September 07 with two reception classes, and is planning to open to the first Year 7 students in September 09.

The closing date is Monday 19^th at 10am.  See http://jobs.tes.co.uk/job.aspx?jobId=500953 or click below to download more in depth information.

Download ksa_ksa_key_stage_3_school_head_teacher_pack_final_version.pdf

Download ksa_advert_ks3_16x17_final.pdf

Carina

School vacancies

Please click here to see latest school vacancies in target London schools. 

The CEO of Harris Federation of South London schools would like to receive CVs from FLs interested in the two Vice Principal positions at the new Harris Academy in Falconwood.  If you are interested in these roles, please email me asap to let me know (with your latest version of your CV if I don't already have it) so that I can draw them to his attention.  You will also need to apply through their normal advertised route.

Best of luck to those with interviews this week,

Carina

Thursday Training for both cohorts- 15th May "working with unions"

Working with Unions” Chris Keates of NASUWT

The Large Common Room William Goodenough House, Mecklenburgh Square, London, WC1N 2AB - from 2.30 – 5.30pm

This highly topical and invaluable session will be led by Chris who is the General Secretary of NASUWT. Chris will be talking frankly about unions and how to work effectively with them as a senior leader. She is also looking forward to some lively debate and challenge! This is really important session so i hope as many of you as possible can make it.

Please respond to eniye.oshunbiyi@future-leaders.org.uk to let her know if you are able to attend.

Catrina

The day I started to teach

Hi Folks,

To view this week's Friday missive, please click here.

Enjoy the weekend.