Working with parents
🏷️ From £90
🎧 Deputy Heads, Assistant Heads, Heads of boarding, Houseparents, Assistant houseparents
📍 Online
🎥 Watch live or on catch up
Course Outline:
Our webinar is designed to equip all boarding staff with the necessary skills and strategies to establish and maintain positive relationships with boarding school parents. Delegates will learn effective communication techniques, methods to enhance parent engagement, and strategies for resolving conflicts and addressing challenging situations. We will also consider how best to work with international parents and those who live abroad.
Training topics will include:
- Unique characteristics and expectations of boarding school parents
- Potential challenges and misconceptions
- Adapting communication channels and styles to suit different parents’ needs and preferences
- Engagement and participation
- Collaborative problem-solving.
Learning outcomes:
- Develop effective communication with boarding parents
- Enhance parental engagement and involvement
- Resolve conflicts and address challenging situations.
Speaker:
David Walker FTIOB, Executive Director, Boarding and Director, BSA/TIOB
David Walker has over 20 years’ experience in boarding education, having worked in a variety of schools across the UK and Africa. His career includes leadership roles in both senior and prep school settings, complemented by service as a prep school governor and trustee of a multi-academy trust. Before joining the BSA, David was Deputy Head Pastoral at a large co-educational independent school in the South-East, where he oversaw student welfare and pastoral care. His extensive background in safeguarding, boarding leadership, and governance gives him a broad perspective on the sector, enabling him to support schools in delivering outstanding pastoral provision.
