Core Skills

Core Skills

1. teaching skills

   • full range of ability
     • support
       • modelling
       • short achievable objectives
       • rewards and recognition
       • language blocks
     • stretch
       • language complexity
       • evaluate and analyse
   • evidence based approach
     • evaluative and analytical approach

2. organisation

   • department administration
     • timetable
     • exam admin
   • establishing It department processes
     • programme of study
     • extracurriculiar
     • promoting dept

3. Change leadership

   • Identification of potential pitfalls and opportunities
     • build strong coalition
       • vision creation
         • T&L at core
         • communicating vision
           • Meetings with SMT
           • Whole staff inset
           • short term gains
             • workshops running within a year
           • Use of school publication
           • language of potential loss
         • internship programme
         • soft skills workshops
         • Arts showcase event
       • T&L discussion group
       • CA teachers and director of culture
       • experts
         • management consultant
     • academic inset review
     • Creative Arts provision
     • T&L
     • work experience

4. establishing collaborative and supportive department culture

   • conflict management
     • opportunity for innovation
       • trade offs
         • Creative Arts
         • languages curriculum
   • build strong rapport
     • common areas
     • giving what you want to receive
     • social gatherings

5. communication

   • managing difficult conversation
     • Clarity/Temperance/Neutrality
       • recruitment
       • communication with parents
         • Alghero - sick pupil
   • promoting languages
     • displays
     • peer persuasion
     • authentic speaking

6. emotional agility

   • recognise patterns
     • label
       • accept
         • act on values
           • care
           • change
           • courtesy
           • fun
           • growth
           • honesty
           • justice
           • service

7. time management

   • finite resource
     • prioritise
     • work flows

8. Staff management

   • Developing staff
     • staff training
       • T&L
       • Cambridge
       • Advice and coach
         • NQTs
         • PGCE
         • experienced teachers
     • understand staff
       • values
       • how they work
   • Staff recruitment
     • high quality
     • common values
     • qualified