Wednesday 18^th January 2006

At Wigan PDC

Total Fee: £189 + vat

The training needs of pastoral managers have not been addressed adequately in recent years. There are no national standards for the role, their specific contribution to the success of the school is generally hidden in OfSTED reports and recent NCSL offerings have lacked an appropriate content and skill base. Now however, a set of major challenges looms on the horizon, to which schools must yet again respond. These arise from the government’s new Five Year Strategy and associated initiatives, including the creation of Children’s Trusts, Extended Schools, the five outcomes of ‘Every Child Matters’, ‘Personalised learning’ and Workforce Remodelling.  If these are handled well, could they help with some of the traditional problems and concerns of pastoral leaders as well as those of other agencies?

In the interest of…

• Assistant Head Teachers with whole school pastoral responsibilities
• Pastoral middle leaders/managers of learning
• Co-located staff from other local service providers (e.g. health, police, youth service, social services) concerned about working together with schools
• Key staff from Full Service Extended Schools

What will be the outcomes of the event?

•  To foster an awareness of new opportunities arising from the Five Year Strategy and other recent and current initiative
• To provide and to help generate, practical ideas for school implementation