Launching September 2024
Course 3: Leading System Evolution
Evolve your Organisation’s Strategy To Nurture Growth, Positivity And Performance-
Have a secure understanding of the difference between strategy, governance and business as usual
Establish a process for establishing clear, well defined goals and objectives within your organisation
Understand how to select and use data to drive system development, decision making as well as assess impact, design and review
Align your strategy with your organisation’s mission, vision and values
Develop your nuance in implementing strategy successfully
Course Overview
How will you learn?
Our approach:
Cohort based, therefore you will progress with the same group of learners
Blended learning including live virtual classroom sessions and self-paced learning
The course is spread over 10 weeks to allow you time to complete self-paced learning in between live sessions as well as apply what you have learnt within your context.
Virtual classes are held between 3pm and 5.15pm (GMT) (weekday to be confirmed) and are used to consolidate and explore learning as well as discuss how it has applied to your context and any challenges experienced
Self-paced learning content and linked activities are provided digitally via our learning platform
There is a learning community available for facilitator and peer interactions
There is a learning community available for facilitator and peer interactions
Core activities:
Reflective journal
Strategy and Governance Map
Meeting Templates
Project Planning Tools
Strategy Pack
What will you learn?
Navigate flexibly between strategy, governance and business as usual to establish and execute well-defined goals and objectives for your longer-term strategy.
Key topics:
Strategic Planning
Organisation Purpose and Direction
Long-Term Strategic Planning
Change Leadership
Processes and Delegation
School Development Planning
Networking Opportunities
Strategically Plan For Future Success
Is your organisation operationally successful but lacks strategic direction?
Do you have ideas for how to progress your organisation but are unsure how to put it into a comprehensive strategy?
Is your organisation pre-occupied by day-to-day business as usual and unable to benefit from longer-term strategy?
Our Leading System Evolution Course facilitates you to work with your leadership team, governors and wider stakeholders to develop an effective, realistic and innovative developmental strategy for your organisation. We work with you throughout the design process and provide you with the tools and feedback to refine and clarify your strategy as well as plan for and around impact data to take your organisation forward.
Who is this course for?
This course is designed to focus on ‘integrated systems’ aspect of leadership. It is aimed educators in senior positions within their organisation who:
Are seeking to develop a long-term strategy to take their organisation forward
Are leading a school requiring improvement to its operations, processes and procedures
Are seeking to develop their organisation’s mission, vision and values to be deliberately developmental and forward-thinking
Are looking to better understand their own development journey and seeking guidance in their journey going forward
What do you gain?
For yourself:
Develop and consolidate your strategic planning, implementation and review approach and skillset
Deeper understanding of what strategy is and how to execute it within a deliberately developmental culture
Enhanced ability to navigate challenges and problems associated with organisational strategy
Tools for developing, monitoring and reviewing strategy
Confidence and expertise in strategic planning
Benefits for your students:
Educated within a progressive organisation with a clear mission, vision, values and a plan forward
Quality assurance within their learning and education
Adaptable and up to date learning as well planned strategic frameworks empower organisations to adapt and incorporate new educational trends, technological advancements and needs
Clear infrastructure within their education setting
Benefits for your team:
Increased opportunity for responsibility, collaboration, innovation and creativity
Buy-in to longer term strategy through valued contributions
Greater recognition and effective use of strengths within the team to progress change
Receive modelling and guidance into strategy development, implementation and review
Benefits for your organisation:
There is a clear direction and vision within the organisation
Both the long and the short term are considered
The organisation is kept up to date and current with an adaptable and forward thinking strategy