SUCCESSION PLANNING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN CHURCH SCHOOLS

A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF RECENT EVENTS

Frank Keenan Emmaus Conference June 2011

THE RECRUITMENT CRISIS in CHURCH SCHOOLS

• Howson Reports for 10 years

• Peak still to come?

• Age profile of senior leaders

• Crisis worse in RC sector

• Effects of internal appointments

Research and/or Action

• Catholic Leadership Research project

• Reasons for Deputies “not stepping up”

• NC approach pre 2008 (NPQH)

• National/local strategies

• Diocesan programmes

Nurturing Future Leaders (NFL)

• Jan 09: MOU with NC

• NPQH only mandatory qualification!

• 09/10: Development of National Strategy

• Survey and sharing of good practice

• Spiritual formation of aspiring leaders

Personal growth and Spiritual Formation

The Context of Catholic

Educationand

Theological formation

Professional Learning

A ‘Trinity’ of formation for Authentic Leadership in a Catholic Context

Diocesan Programmes

• Salford: Catholic Leadership Programme

• 5 Dioceses and Liverpool Hope

• NWTP

• Validation, accreditation, credit transfer

• Model for national strategy?

Contextualising NC programmes

• Birmingham initiative

• NPQH “face-to-face days” in 6 RC Dioceses

• LFM collaborative groups

• Joint RC/CofE pilot in East Anglia, 2010

Contextualising Head Start

• Meetings early 2010, NC and NFL

• Tailored Professional Partners

• Grants to Dioceses and LA’s

• Work begins on post-NPQH online courses

• 3 sectors: RC, CofE, Independent schools

New NCSL Approaches

• “Drilling down”

• National/Govt awareness of “minorities”

• Option for action

• New agreement with RC and CofE sectors

• Joint Conference in December 09

• Promise of NC funding

New National Joint Strategy

• “Deal” between NC and Dioceses, April 10

• Funding directly to Dioceses

• Dioceses grouped in 9 GO regions

• All planning and delivery done jointly

• Start date September 10, till July 11

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The essence of the strategy is a “deal”

• The deal is between the College and dioceses and, us together, with aspiring leaders, existing leaders and governors

The “deal” provides details of what:

- We will provide to you

- You will provide to us

- Working together, what we will provide for:

- aspiring leaders

- governors

- experienced heads

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What we will provide to you….

• A wide range of materials to support succession planning including:

• a Framework for Action specifically designed for dioceses

• a range of materials which you can adapt to use with governors

• regular termly updates of specific relevance for dioceses and your governing bodies (for 10-11, the dates are 10 Sept, 7 January and 15 April)

• Funding available to:

• support dioceses working in regional groups to engage with and support the implementation of the strategy

• enable groups of dioceses to offer aspiring leaders leadership formation opportunities

• Twice yearly analysis of the progress being made with the strategy

• Enhanced College website with a specific section for the “faith” sector

• Individual support from our team of National Succession Consultants

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What you will provide for us

• A completed self-evaluation form twice a year (January and July)

• Up-to-date links to diocesan web sites

• A named Succession Planning contact from each diocese as the key link person with the College

• 2 named lead dioceses in each region (1 Anglican and 1 Catholic) (£15k to support increased capacity for each regional group to engage with the strategy)

• A range of case studies reflecting the progress being made

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What, working together, we will provide for aspiring leaders of schools with a religious character

• Regional “taster” workshops for those interested in furthering their vocation/career in schools with a religious character (up to £5k per region)

• A menu of individual support for those who aspire to leadership in schools with a religious character and are yet to complete the NPQH programme (up to £15k per region)

• Tailored events for those with NPQH who are close to leadership positions in schools with a religious character (in 3 “supra” regions – up to £13k per supra region)

• Consider developing a promotional leaflet encouraging aspiring leaders in community schools to consider a career move to the “faith” sector (up to £4k per region)

(NB.

• events jointly planned by Anglican and Catholic dioceses with some potential for separate sessions where essential;

• likely to be on Saturdays to avoid rarely cover issues;

• target of minimum number of participants for each type of event;

• opportunities to link up with other local National College projects (e.g. Regional Targeted Fund)

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What, working together, we will provide for experienced heads of schools with a religious character

• encouragement and opportunities to be engaged in supporting:

• dioceses in succession planning

• those who aspire to leadership in schools with a religious character

• a range of models of leadership

(NB. The assumption is that dioceses will look to their most experienced heads to support and facilitate many of the events)

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What, working together, we will provide for governors of schools with a religious character

• regular termly updates on succession planning drawing on national and regional information including information on key national programmes

• supporting materials and examples of how governors can routinely engage on issues of leadership development and succession planning

• supporting materials and examples of emerging models of leadership and school-to-school partnerships

• up-to-date information about succession planning via the College and individual diocesan websites

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And an enhanced website

A specific section of the National College website with sections designed for:

- Dioceses

- Aspiring leaders

- Governors

- With click-through to all diocesan websites

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Summary of available funding

• Funding available for Catholic and Anglican dioceses working collaboratively within each region (or supra regionally for NPQH plus):

• £15k – Capacity building for regional groups of dioceses

• £5k– Regional „taster‟ workshop

• £15k – Regional pre-NPQH programme

• £4k – (optional) Development of a regional promotional leaflet

So, £39k per region (assumes 9 regions)

• Plus £13k – Supra-regional NPQH plus event

Total funding available to dioceses: £390k

Programme in London and East 10/11

• Taster Days x 6 (2 with LA’s)

• Pre-NPQH, 5 day course

• Post-NPQH, 24 hours, supra-regional

• Diocesan SEF x 2

• Capacity building grant

Funding for 11/12

• Funding assured for 11/12

• Final amounts similar

• No Taster Days funded

• More for pre-NPQH

• Still going to Dioceses in GO regions

• NC still funding other contextualised programmes (e.g. MLDP and Head Start)

Head Start Pilot, 2011

• Designed by context “experts”

• Building on short modules

• 4 week course, all online

• Use of latest techniques: Webex, blogs etc.

• Reviews very favourable

• Rollout this year

MLDP 11/12

• First year of new programme starts in September

• NC very keen on contextualised groups

• Brentwood Diocese has 2 groups due to start

• Contextualised materials being written

New NC “Church school ladder” emerging

Head Start

Post-NPQH

NPQH

Leadership Pathways

Pre-NPQH

MLDP

ISSUES

• Academies (New NPQH?)

• Teaching Schools

• Coherence and progression

• Accreditation, portability, credit transfers

• Role of HE

• Programmes pre MLDP

• Catholic Regional Training Partnerships (CRTP)

• Attracting those not in Church Schools

Questions for discussion

• Impact of Academies and Teaching Schools? Action needed? By whom?

• How to integrate existing Diocesan programmes with NC “ladder”?

• How to identify and develop “rising stars”?

• How to involve HE?

• Integrating spiritual/theological formation?

• How to plan for post-NC funding?