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SUMMARY:Leading a Co-Educational Boarding House: Culture\, Space\, Staffing & Safeguarding
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £135\n📍 Online\n✅ Included in BSA CPD Pass \n\nCourse Outline: \nMoving from single-sex to co-educational boarding is about much more than putting boys and girls under the same roof. It requires careful thought about culture\, leadership\, staffing\, physical space\, safeguarding and the experience of both pupils and staff. \nThis practical session will explore what it takes to establish and lead a successful co-educational boarding house\, drawing on my experience of leading the merger of well-established boys’ and girls’ houses into a single co-educational house\, followed by the subsequent move the model to a second house a year later. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nWhat culture do you want to create\, and how do you establish shared expectations from the outset?\nHow do you bring teams from different houses together and move beyond existing house identities and personalities?\nHow do you ensure that shared language\, values and expectations underpin the new culture?\nHow can boarding spaces be designed or adapted cost-effectively to create appropriate separation\, privacy and security while maximising capacity?\nWhat practical systems and tools can be used to manage access\, separation and safeguarding?\nHow do you identify and mitigate the risks that are particular to co-educational boarding?\nHow do you approach staffing\, including ensuring fairness and appropriate arrangements for male and female residential staff?\nWhat are the simple\, low-cost changes that can make a significant difference?\nHow do you communicate the model effectively and give parents confidence in the safety and quality of co-educational boarding?\nWhat I wish I had known when I started: practical lessons\, mistakes and solutions from implementing change in a live boarding environment.\n\nThe session will be deliberately practical and reflective\, giving delegates ideas\, questions and tools that they can take back and apply within their own boarding context. \nLearning outcomes: \n\nUnderstand the key cultural and organisational considerations when establishing or developing a co-educational boarding house.\nBe able to identify strategies for creating a house culture in which both boys and girls can thrive\, with shared values and expectations taking precedence over individual personalities and historic house identities.\nUnderstand how to create safe\, appropriately private spaces for pupils while making effective use of existing accommodation.\nConsider practical approaches to separation\, access control\, supervision and safeguarding within a co-educational boarding environment.\nExplore strategies for managing and integrating staff teams fairly and effectively.\nIdentify ways of communicating the co-educational model to parents and building confidence in its safety and effectiveness.\nTake away practical\, cost-effective ideas for addressing common challenges in co-educational boarding.\n\nBOOK NOW \nThis event will be held jointly with:  \n \nSpeaker: \nCallum Carroll\, King’s School Rochester\, Head of Classics; Housemaster of School House; Housemaster of Whiston; Pupil Council Coordinator \nI am a Member of the Boarding Schools’ Association (MTIOB)\, a Level 2 Accredited BSA Practitioner and Head of Boarding\, with five years’ experience working in boarding\, and 9 years working within a boarding school. I have also served as a Day Housemaster for 3 Years\, and I am our DDSL for Boarding. My experience includes three years working within a boys’ boarding house while working closely alongside girls’ boarding provision. \nOver the past two years\, I have led the merger of well-established boys’ and girls’ houses to create a single co-educational boarding house. Following the establishment of the co-educational model\, a further decision was taken to bring the houses together\, requiring me to rethink how the boarding provision managed transition\, physical separation\, staffing\, supervision and safeguarding across two co-educational houses.
URL:https://www.tiob.org.uk/event/leading-a-co-educational-boarding-house-culture-space-staffing-safeguarding/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261125T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261125T113000
DTSTAMP:20261008T081833Z
CREATED:20260619T155330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T081833Z
UID:5850-1795599000-1795606200@www.tiob.org.uk
SUMMARY:How to move from middle to senior leadership
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £135\n📍 Online \n\nCourse Outline: \nStepping up from middle to senior leadership is both an exciting opportunity and a significant career transition. This interactive seminar is designed to help you navigate the process with confidence. \nThe session will guide you through crafting a standout application and offer practical advice to enhance your chances of being shortlisted. While leadership interviews vary between schools\, many common elements can be anticipated and prepared for. From data tasks and in-tray exercises to presentation tips and frequently asked questions\, this seminar will provide valuable insights to help you feel ready and self-assured. \nLearning outcomes: \n\nReflect on whether a move into senior leadership aligns with your goals and strengths\nUnderstand what makes a leadership application successful and how to structure yours effectively\nGain practical strategies for preparing for different components of a leadership interview.\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker:
URL:https://www.tiob.org.uk/event/how-to-move-from-middle-to-senior-leadership-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261201T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261201T140000
DTSTAMP:20260814T090012Z
CREATED:20260619T155731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T090012Z
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SUMMARY:Getting the most out of your boarding team
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ Free for TIOB members\, £135 for BSA members\n📍 Online \n\nCourse Outline: \nThe world of work has transformed – and with it\, the demands on leaders. Increased complexity\, rising expectations\, and mounting pressure are now everyday challenges. In response\, many leaders double down on familiar strategies: working harder\, sticking to what they know\, and hoping to weather the storm. \nBut these old patterns are no longer sustainable. Burnout\, turnover\, and mental health issues are reaching critical levels. The truth is simple: what got us here won’t get us where we need to go. \nThis session introduces the essential high-touch leadership skills that will define successful leaders of the future – skills that focus on connection\, resilience\, and conscious self-leadership. \nTraining topics \n\nDeveloping a growth mindset\nManaging stress and sustaining energy\nBuilding emotional literacy\, connection\, and relational depth\nPracticing self-care and honouring personal needs\nTools and techniques to embed these competencies into daily leadership.\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nUnderstand the evolving expectations of leadership in today’s world\nReflect on your own leadership approach and responsibility for change\nGain practical strategies to lead with awareness\, empathy\, and impact—for yourself\, your team\, and your organisation.\n\nBOOK NOW
URL:https://www.tiob.org.uk/event/getting-the-most-out-of-your-boarding-team-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270223T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270223T153000
DTSTAMP:20260805T093411Z
CREATED:20260804T141546Z
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UID:5882-1803389400-1803396600@www.tiob.org.uk
SUMMARY:Become the leader you dream of being
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ Free of charge for TIOB members\, BSA members – £135\n🎧 Deputy Heads\, Assistant Heads\, Heads of boarding\, Houseparents\, Assistant houseparents\n📍 Online \n\nCourse Outline: \nWhat does the best leadership look like? In this interactive seminar\, Jill Berry will discuss how we formulate our vision of what the best leadership looks like (including learning from positive and negative role models)\, and what we have learnt from leaders we’ve worked with in our career – things to emulate and things to avoid.  She will then consider the practical steps we can take to strengthen our practice and develop into the best leader we can be.  This session will be useful to aspiring and serving leaders at different levels. \nLearning outcomes: \n\nTo consider what constitutes best leadership practice\nHow to learn from those we work with\nTo develop and improve one’s own practice.\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeakers: \n 
URL:https://www.tiob.org.uk/event/become-the-leader-you-dream-of-being-3/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) – This event will NOT be recorded\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270309T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270309T160000
DTSTAMP:20260825T072154Z
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SUMMARY:Flexi-boarding models
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £135 *Available to BSA members at member cost*\n🎧 All who work in boarding\n📍 Online \n\nCourse Outline: \nBoarding school staff must carefully balance the needs and schedules of both flexi boarders and full boarders. \nFlexi boarders\, who may only stay on campus a few nights a week\, may require less supervision and structure than full boarders\, who live on campus full-time. To accommodate both types of students\, staff may need to be flexible with scheduling and have different levels of supervision for each group. Additionally\, they may need to create separate spaces or activities for flexi boarders to ensure they have a sense of belonging and connection to the school community. \nCommunication with both students and their families is also important to ensure everyone is on the same page and expectations are clear. For house parents\, the challenges will involve the logistics of flexi-boarding management in relation to booking systems and staffing. For the school and the boarding house\, the important questions will be identifying why pupils’ flexi-board and how\, as a boarding community\, we embrace the growing demand.  \nLearning outcomes: \n\nTo develop a robust system of registering flexi boarders\nTo develop an induction process for flexi boarders in line with NMS (National Minimum Standards)\nCreating a stable environment for full boarders with little disruption from flexi-boarders\nIdentifying the logistics caused by flexi-boarding that need to be resolved.\n\nDelegates will leave the session with a range of techniques to plan flexi boarding logistics\, enabling the boarding team to become more efficient in planning and organisation. They will also be able to evaluate how to ensure the experience is positive for all stakeholders. \nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker: \n \nDr David Boyce\, Housemaster\, Teacher of chemistry and physics\, Queenswood School \nDr David Boyce is an experienced boarding leader with a decade of service in pastoral and residential education. He currently serves as Housemaster of a girls’ flexiboarding house\, where he is known for calm leadership\, high expectations\, and outstanding pastoral care. A fully qualified mountaineer and Himalayan expedition leader\, he brings resilience\, teamwork\, and adventure into school life. He works at the same school as his wife\, Megan Boyce\, who is Housemistress of another boarding house. Alongside his boarding work\, Dr Boyce is an award-winning science educator\, described by the Royal Astronomical Society as one of the most influential science educators in the world. \n  \n\nMegan Boyce\, Housemistress\, Teacher of textiles and art\, Queenswood School \nMegan Boyce is Housemistress of a 13–18 girls’ boarding house and a textiles and art teacher\, having previously held roles as Deputy Housemistress and Head of Department. She brings extensive experience in pastoral care and creative education\, with a strong commitment to building supportive boarding communities. She and her husband both work in boarding\, dedicating their family life to the values and ethos of the boarding environment. She is passionate about developing leadership opportunities for colleagues and students and has a particular interest in full boarding\, exploring how its benefits can be extended to day and flexi boarding models to support pupils and their families. \n  \n\nAlly Onions\,  Head of Safeguarding and Mental Health at St George’s School Windsor Castle \nAlly Onions is currently the Head of Safeguarding and Mental Health at St George’s School Windsor Castle. With her husband Jonny\, they run the boarding house\, which includes looking after the choristers who sing in St George’s Chapel. Ally has worked in boarding education for over 20 years. She has completed an MA in Boarding Education\, looking at resilience and prep boarders. Ally is a trained Mental Health First Aider and Instructor Member. \n 
URL:https://www.tiob.org.uk/event/flexi-boarding-models-3/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) – This event will NOT be recorded\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270419T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270419T120000
DTSTAMP:20260814T091609Z
CREATED:20260811T135701Z
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UID:6148-1808128800-1808136000@www.tiob.org.uk
SUMMARY:Trauma-Informed Practice in Boarding Schools
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £110\n🎧 Houseparents\, Deputy Houseparents\, Heads of Boarding\, Pastoral staff\, DSL’s?\n📍 Online\n✅ Included in BSA CPD Pass \nCourse Content \n This session introduces trauma-informed practice within the unique context of boarding schools\, recognising that many pupils arrive with experiences of loss\, disruption\, or unmet emotional needs. Staff will explore how trauma impacts emotional regulation\, behaviour\, and relationships\, and why traditional punitive responses may escalate rather than resolve difficulties. The session emphasises the importance of safety\, consistency\, and predictability in house routines\, alongside the principle of connection before correction. Practical strategies for de-escalation\, co-regulation\, and restorative responses will be discussed\, with a strong focus on staff self-regulation\, teamwork\, and the use of supervision to sustain effective and compassionate house parenting. \nLearning Outcomes  \nBy the end of this event\, participants will be able to: \n\nUnderstand how trauma and attachment disruption can affect behaviour in boarding\nRespond to challenging behaviour using trauma-informed approaches\nApply practical strategies to support regulation\, safety\, and connection\nMaintain nurturing care while working within professional boundaries\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker: \n \nJulie Harmieson\, Director of Education and National Strategy\,Trauma Informed Schools UK \nJulie is Director of Education and International Strategy at TISUK\, with over 25 years’ experience in education\, specialising in trauma-informed practice and supporting children and young people with social\, emotional and mental health needs. A former Headteacher of a Primary Alternative Provision and current SEMH school Governor\, she has supported the implementation of trauma-informed approaches across every sector of education from early years to higher education. \nJulie delivers consultancy\, training\, coaching\, mentoring and supervision for education professionals\, helping schools create inclusive\, relational cultures that promote mental health\, well-being and belonging. She is passionate about removing barriers to learning so every child can thrive.
URL:https://www.tiob.org.uk/event/trauma-informed-practice-in-boarding-schools/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) – This event will NOT be recorded\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
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