Some leaders drain all the intelligence and capability out of their teams. Because they need to be the smartest, most capable person in the room, these managers often shut down the smarts of others, ultimately stifling the flow of ideas. You know these people, because you’ve worked for and with them. This course shows you how to become an Experienced Leader.

As leaders, we can try different tactics to make our teams work more effectively, but the reality is we do not always get to choose our team members and we do not have endless budgets for professional learning and endless resources. Phrases like ‘high performing teams’ become common-place – but how do you actually achieve it?

A critical role of any Leader in today’s workplace is to coach their team so they can achieve their best. When you coach your team, you may support them in making better decisions, learn new skills, solve complex problems, or support their progress in their role and career. While some leaders in organisations and indeed in schools are fortunate enough to get formal training whether that be through your school, the department or on your own methods, many are not. Some develop their coaching skills for themselves, on the job.

This course provides helpful frameworks for reflection about your current practice as well as a methodology for structuring a conversation with a colleague or parent. While not every conversation will be an instant success, preparation, rehearsal and ultimately, practice, will help to build your constructive challenge skills over time.

This course includes both asynchronous self-paced learning and synchronous group webinars to support implementation at your school.  Additional readings have also been curated, to provide you with relevant research to broaden your understanding.

This course provides a brief introduction to the core tenets of differentiation, as well as some of the digital platforms, tools and strategies to support personalised learning across learning areas and year levels. With numerous resources and references to continue exploring beyond the course, you will be well placed to deliver ongoing rigorous, targeted instruction.

Starting any new career is challenging, as being the novice and not the expert in any field is an uncomfortable situation for many people. Teaching offers its own unique challenges...

As an Aspiring Leader being present, mindful and having conversations that really matter, is fast becoming your new normal and expectation. Having these genuine conversations with our teams and colleagues will create better leaders, strengthen relationships and transform the quality of teaching within our schools.

To be a successful Aspiring Leader, you will need to influence behaviours, in fact 90% of our role is to influence. To successfully influence as an Aspiring Leader, you will need to constantly develop your influencing skills.  If you want to influence effectively, you will need to present your ideas with clarity, passion, logic and confidence.

The Thinking Skills course is organised around Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy and explores the direct application of Edward De Bono’s CoRT & 6 Thinking Hats and Tony Ryan’s Thinker’s Keys. This course is suited to beginning and early career teachers, as well as experienced teachers wanting a refresher in how to make thinking visible across the classroom.

The best way to lead is to lead by example. When we take some time and recognise the need for both our own personal and professional development, we will have a far greater chance for success. This course aims to teach you just that.

This course will contain a series of recorded gigs featuring Guest Headliners who have extensive experience in the art and science of the promotion process. Helpful advice and tips on writing your CV, getting into the right mindset for the process and techniques for the interview. We will be adding a range of experts as well from time to time. Real people with real experience in the process. Stay Tuned!

Many successful leaders today will attribute a key part of their success through having a good mentor early in their careers. Working alongside a mentor supports us in facing any challenges that may arise, sharing successes, and helping deal with disappointments.

This course explores the neuroscience and psychology behind highly effective teaching and learning. How do we engage students and set up learning experiences and environments that encourage learning? Highly interactive and experiential with a practical grab-bag of strategies.

Coaching is aimed at solutions and action, taking individual strengths and development needs into account to achieve potential. This Coaching Course has a focus on pedagogical coaching.

Welcome to this Positive Psychology Course. Positive Psychology is not a self-help fad, it is the scientific study of human flourishing. In this course, you will be introduced to the foundations of Positive Psychology including tools that have been shown to increase levels of positive emotion, gratitude, hope and optimism.

Wellbeing – we all know what to do – so why don’t we just do it? If anyone asked you about the lifestyle factors that contribute to our overall sense of health and wellbeing – you would know what they were – sleep, nutrition, exercise, and positive relationships (or some version of…). We know more about these practices now than any other time in history. We have access to information and the science behind all these factors and how they contribute to our wellbeing, so why don’t we just do it?

Every leadership skill is rooted in thinking. Research has shown that the way people prefer to think impacts how they approach interactions, decisions, problems and every other aspect of work and management.  By understanding and then optimising your thinking for the situation, you can increase your effectiveness exponentially.