About ODST Leadership seminars
Leadership seminars form a key aspect of developing ODST school leadership for 2023-24. They are designed for one senior leader or middle leader from each ODST school to attend each session, eg a head attending alternately with another leader.
What? Leadership Seminars will improve the training and development offer for ODST school leaders. There is a broad range of sessions throughout the year that will help us develop our own leadership repertoire. They will cover specific areas of school leadership, and thorny issues we all face. They will be led by leaders with experience and knowledge in each area, with plenty of case studies and examples. This is to be a high-quality offer and we will reserve one place at each seminar for your school.
Who? ODST Headteachers, senior leaders or middle leaders are all welcome to attend, alternating attendance depending on topic. We expect one person per school to join each seminar . Though if you are a bigger school and you’d like two places for any session please contact us.
When? All sessions will run on Thursday from 1.30–3.30pm, and most will be held at ODST Wantage. Some sessions will be held online - See schedule below for details.
HOW TO REGISTER: Please register via Eventbrite so that we know who to expect at each session.
You should register for each date that you will be attending. List of dates and session titles/speakers as below:
Autumn Term
• 5th October - Developing your staff team and getting the most out of your staff: Lisa Austin, Rachel Veeder and Cheryl Sanchez
• 16th November - Curriculum planning and monitoring - Quality of Education: Paul Shaughnessy, Rob Harris and Ian Frost
• 7th December - Planning for children with SEND: Tim Edwards-Grundy and Polly Cornish
Spring Term
• 18th January - Attendance: Hannah Forder-Ball and Victoria Woods (online - Teams meeting link will be emailed after booking)
•22nd February - Foundation subject assessment: David Cox and Debbie Seccull - postponed until summer term
• 21st March - HR and structuring difficult conversations: Mark Jones, Alison McBride and Katy Adams
Summer Term
• 18th April - School Values: Tim Edwards-Grundy and Ali Crooks
• 23rd May (online) - EYFS: Lisa Horton, Cameron Purvis and Serena Thomas
• 13th June - Working effectively with LGB members: Frances Bartlett and Robyn Jones
• 4th July - Supporting disadvantaged pupils: Martina Parsons and Polly Cornish
