Boarding staff recruitment, retention and development
30 January 2025 @ 13:30 - 15:30
- Date: January 30, 2024
- Time: 13:30 – 15:30
- Cost: TIOB Member Rate – £135, Non-member Rate – £270
- Audience: Deputy Heads, Assistant Heads, Heads of boarding, Houseparents, Assistant houseparents.
- Platform: Zoom (online) – seminar
Course Outline:
In many schools, the recruitment and retention of boarding staff have been problematic. In surveys run by BSA and TIOB in 2023, this was a main concern for boarding leaders. Many boarding staff also reported considering leaving the profession or feeling stuck in terms of career progression.
In this interactive seminar, boarding leaders will share practices which have had a positive impact on recruitment and retention in their settings.
Learning outcomes:
- Effective advertising
- Creative recruitment
- Engaging day staff with boarding
- Induction and mentoring
- Training and CPD
Speaker:
David Walker, Executive Director, Boarding and Director BSA/TIOB
David is the BSA Director and joined the BSA group in August 2023. He has over 20 years’ experience in boarding schools and has worked in a range of schools in the UK and Africa, alongside being a prep school governor and a trustee of a MAT. Before taking up his post at the BSA, David was Deputy Head Pastoral at a large co-ed independent school in the South-East.
