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TIOB – Getting that promotion to middle management
- Date: February 28, 2023
- Time: 10:00 – 11:00
- Cost: TIOB Member Rate – £60, Non-member Rate – £120
- Audience: Boarding tutors, House parents, anyone looking for a career in boarding
- Platform: Zoom (online) – Webinar
This webinar aims to give an overview of the processes involved in getting a promotion to Middle Management.
The New Year is upon us and we have taken stock of where we are.
The desire to take on new responsibilities and create new challenges to grow your career is there. This webinar introduces 2 Senior leaders who will discuss how to create a skill set for promotion, how to identify what areas you would like to focus upon and what challenges you will meet on the way.
Learning Outcomes:
- Review and identify your key skills
- Reflect and develop areas in your professional tool kit
- Understand the characteristics of excellent pastoral leadership
- Develop clarity on what is expected of a middle leader in a pastoral role
- Learn about the application, interview and recruitment process
- Understand how to make an effective transition to a pastoral middle leadership role.
Speaker:
Rob Pavis, Headteacher, Kingsley School
Rob has worked in both independent and state school boarding education for over 30 years, serving also on the committee of the State Boarding Forum at the BSA and also serving as Chair of the School Chaplains and Leaders Association to form the current Centre for Chaplaincy in Education.
Rob has served as a Head of Faculty and Housemaster at Wycliffe College, Director of Boarding at Steyning Grammar School and Deputy Head at Gordon’s School, and in each of these Rob has developed a strong focus on promoting character education and mental health as a means to achieving happiness and success. Rob enjoys sport and the great outdoors and feels extremely fortunate to be living and working now in such an area of outstanding natural beauty.
Richard Penny, Deputy Head (Pastoral), Bradfield College
Richard Penny was educated at Exeter School and Swansea University before serving in the British Army for 10 years. In 2010 he completed his Geography PGCE and has taught at Malvern College, Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls, Cheltenham College and Bradfield College where he is currently Deputy Head (Pastoral). Richard has been a Head of Geography, CCF Contingent Commander, Housemaster and Senior Housemaster, as well as completing his MEd in Educational Leadership which focussed on team building and reflective practice in the boarding environment. In his free time Richard enjoys surfing, being outdoors, ultra-marathons and supporting the Exeter Chiefs.