Inspirational Programmes for Schools and Colleges...

This month’s Blog is about a company I’m associated with, School Dynamics, which delivers inspirational courses to Staff and pupils in Schools:

  School Dynamics.

Inspirational Courses for Schools and Colleges.

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The School Dynamics team delivers a comprehensive portfolio of student leadership, staff team development and business support programmes for schools and colleges.

Our experienced team is made up of educationalists – former Heads, Deputy Heads, Heads of Sixth Form – and business, marketing and communications experts.  We are working with schools and sixth-form colleges to deliver proven leadership training, mentoring and coaching incorporating the tools and techniques of inspirational leadership, and our expert marketing and business advisory team helps schools and colleges optimise their marketing and promotional activities.

Leadership

School Dynamics student leadership programmes include:

• Full-year programme including delivering a leadership or community support event
• A shorter programme covering one or two terms, also including delivering a leadership or community support event
• Introduction to Leadership for Prefects: half-day or one full day
• 3 days: Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) Level 2 Award Effective Team Member Skills programme
• 3 days: ILM Level 2 Award Team Leading programme
• 2 days: Leadership Training
• 2 days: Teamwork Training
• 1 day: Introduction to Teamwork
• 1 day: Introduction to Leadership
• NEW for 2010-2011 Your impact: confidence-building and presentation skills

Some more detail on the leadership challenge projects
You decide if your students run a full day, half-day or a single event and the project can run throughout the academic year or in any term that suits your school.  As these programmes tend to need more time to develop, they are most suitable for Lower Sixth or for 11-13-year-olds either about to join the senior school or in the final years of prep school.  Key elements of the programme, fully tailored to the age of the participants, are as follows: 

• Students learn the theory and practical application of leadership, management and project management, incorporating a range of best practice tools and techniques.
• Students determine the format and content of their leadership or community event, within certain boundaries – primarily of course legal and health & safety requirements, but also making sure that the activity retains strong educational content  
• Our expert facilitators, with extensive experience of business and leadership development, coach and mentor your students throughout, helping them brainstorm, plan, market, promote, communicate and deliver their event
• In a targeted debrief day after the event, pupils explore what they learned collectively and individually, revisiting the theory and application of leadership and teamwork
• Through practical exercises, students review their own personal performance against the theory and derive a personal action plan to enhance their own leadership skills.

While your staff can participate in the project if they wish, it is designed to run with no impact to staff workload
Costs are flexible and tailored directly to your school budget.

Student leadership programmes from School Dynamics: delivering you a strong differentiator in leadership training and development.

School Dynamics people also give a number of presentations and workshops FREE to schools in their local communities.

Sharon Pink

Call 020 8582 2513 or mail sharon.pink@school-dynamics.co.uk now for more information.