Transforming house culture as a new houseparent

🏷️ £90-180
🎧 Deputy Heads, Assistant Heads, Heads of boarding, Houseparents, Assistant houseparents, teaching staff
📍 Online
🎥 Watch live or on catch up

Course Outline

Taking over a boarding house with a history of challenges can feel overwhelming. This webinar will guide you through the process of driving positive change and reshaping the house culture. Drawing on real-world experience, our speaker will share insights, practical strategies, and proven approaches for leading a struggling or toxic team toward renewal and success.

Participants will gain essential tools to recognise, evaluate, and address toxic dynamics within a team. We will cover effective communication methods, leadership practices, and collaborative techniques that help build a healthier, more cohesive, and productive boarding environment. Whether you are a current houseparent or head of boarding looking to address existing issues, or an aspiring leader preparing for future responsibilities, this session will provide valuable guidance and actionable takeaways.

Learning Outcomes

• Recognise and apply the key elements that define a positive and healthy house culture.
• Develop the confidence and skills to challenge and change harmful or toxic practices.

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Speaker:

Andrew Day, Founding Head of Senior School, Uppingham Cairo

An Educational Senior Leader with an extensive background in the UK boarding sector. During his 17 years of living in 4 boys and Co-Ed boarding houses, spanning 3 UK HMC schools, there really isn’t much he hasn’t seen and dealt with. During his first tenure as a Housemaster, buried in paperwork, Andrew Co-Founded an Ed Tech company specialising in boarding and pastoral management: information flow, informed decision making, compliance, and staff workload reduction. Launched at a BSA conference in 2015, the software ultimately generated significantly benefits for boarding staff at various HMC schools. Since leaving the UK, Andrew has held a series of SLT roles leading on: Academic, Pastoral, Co-Curriculum, Staff, and Admin at whole school levels in premium British schools in China, Singapore, Qatar, and now Egypt. Always looking for challenge: startup, crisis, or significant change.