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SUMMARY:Understanding school finance
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ Free of charge for TIOB members\, BSA members – From £90\n🎧 SLT\, Heads of Boarding\, Boarding and teaching staff\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse Outline: \nWhether thinking about promotion or wanting to understand how schools work\, understanding school finance is critical\, particularly in the current context. This webinar will cover essential elements of school finance. \nTraining topics will include:  \n\nPrinciples of management account\nCashflow and balance sheets\nBudget setting\nFinancial pressures (fee debt\, rising costs\, VAT)\nBenchmarking\nTerminology.\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nDevelop a clear understanding of school finance\nGain of whole school financial strategy\nKnowledge of current challenges and pressures.\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker: \n \nAndrew Ashton\, Bursar of Radley College \nAndrew Ashton was appointed Bursar of Radley College in September 2008. He has overall responsibility for the financial and operational life of the College\, and the management of all non-teaching staff. \nAfter Newcastle Royal Grammar School\, Andrew studied chemistry at Oxford and moved into the banking sector\, rising to become Director of Strategy\, Performance and Client Services at Barclays Africa. He then spent three and a half years as a management consultant within the financial services sector before taking up the role of Bursar at Radley College. \nAndrew plays a significant role in the local community and was previously a governor and Chair of the Resources Committee at Radley Primary School. He is now a trustee and former Chair of the Radley Lakes Trust\, a governor of Shiplake College and Chair of the Organisation\, Remuneration and Nominations Committee of the Boarding Schools’ Association. Despite growing up in Newcastle\, Andrew considers Radley and the surrounding area as his spiritual home. He is married to Jillian\, and they have one son\, Philip. In his occasional spare time\, Andrew can be found playing real tennis or exploring the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside\, either in running trainers or walking boots.
URL:https://www.tiob.org.uk/event/understanding-school-finance-3/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) – This webinar will be recorded\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Managing relationships with parents
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £45\n🎧 Deputy Heads\, Assistant Heads\, Heads of boarding\, Houseparents\, Assistant houseparents\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse Outline: \nOur 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. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nUnique characteristics and expectations of boarding school parents\nPotential challenges and misconceptions\nAdapting communication channels and styles to suit different parents’ needs and preferences\nEngagement and participation\nCollaborative problem-solving.\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nDevelop effective communication with boarding parents\nEnhance parental engagement and involvement\nResolve conflicts and address challenging situations.\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker: \nDavid Walker FTIOB\, Executive Director\, Boarding and Director\, BSA/TIOB \nDavid 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.
URL:https://www.tiob.org.uk/event/working-with-parents-4/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Creating an Exam-Healthy Atmosphere in the Classroom and Boarding House during the Summer Term
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £90\n🎧\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nThis session explores how teachers and boarding staff can create a supportive\, exam-friendly environment during the Summer Term\, helping students manage stress and perform at their best. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nUnderstanding the impact of exam stress on students\nPractical strategies for reducing anxiety in classrooms and boarding houses\nTechniques to support wellbeing and focus during revision periods\nCommunication with parents and pastoral teams\nPromoting resilience and positive study habits\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nIdentify key signs of exam stress in students\nImplement strategies to create calm\, supportive environments\nSupport students’ emotional wellbeing during the Summer Term\nEnhance collaboration between teaching and pastoral teams\nAdvise students and parents on effective coping strategies\n\nBOOK NOW \nThis event is joint with: \n \n\nSpeaker: \nKatherine Radice \nKatharine Radice has 20+ years of experience in the classroom and is a leading expert on how to support young people through school.  Her two most recent books – Exam Stress: A Practical and Positive Guide for Teachers and The Parent’s Guide to Exam Stress – have been highly praised across the secondary school sector:  The Parent’s Guide to Exam Stress has been described as \n\nA book to start as soon as your child starts secondary school and keep coming back to – Nicola Morgan\, The Teenage Brain Woman and author of Blame My Brain\nA must for parents who want to understand more and help – Michael Senior\, founder of NetSixthForm network for UK sixth form leaders\nFull of practical\, supportive and kind advice – Marina Gardiner Legge\, Head of Oxford High School\nfor more reviews\, see here.\n\nKatharine currently combines her work as an educational consultant and author with teaching part-time in a Cambridge secondary school and a pastoral role as the Transition and Participation Advisor for Gonville and Caius College\, Cambridge.
URL:https://www.tiob.org.uk/event/creating-an-exam-healthy-atmosphere-in-the-classroom-and-boarding-house-during-the-summer-term/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Boarding Schools' Association":MAILTO:info@bsagroup.org.uk
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