Career pathway: Academic or Pastoral Leadership?
November 29 @ 12:30 - 13:30
- Date: November 29, 2024
- Time: 12:30 – 13:30
- Cost: TIOB Member Rate – FREE, BSA Member Rate – £90, Non-member Rate – £180
- Audience: All aspiring to senior leadership roles
- Platform: Zoom (online) – webinar
Course Outline:
Boarding staff can do it all! With many TIOB members on the cusp of senior leadership, it can be interesting to consider different types of senior positions, and if you are best suited to academic or pastoral leadership. Our webinar will explore these two pathways and consider relevant attributes and training. The session will enable delegates to make better-informed decisions about the next step in their leadership journey.
Training topics will include:
- Line management
- Common and different priorities
- Skills and attributes
- Transferrable skills from boarding
Learning outcomes:
- Better understanding of the opportunities and pressures of academic and pastoral leadership
- What makes for a good academic and pastoral leader
- How best to market and use skills gained in boarding
Speaker:
Matthew Oakman, Headteacher, Saint Felix School
Having attended the Perse School in Cambridge, Matt studied History at Oxford University (St Edmund Hall) where he then stayed on to complete his PGCE (Keble College) before embarking on a career in teaching and education. Having spent three years at Bryanston School in Dorset as an Assistant Housemaster and teacher of History and Politics, Matt moved on to Wellington College. He then spent the next twenty-five years there at a time of great change and transformation for the College where he was able to play a significant role in this process; having been Head of Hockey, Matt became the first Director of Sport at Wellington before taking on the role of Head of 6th Form. This in turn led to a number of Senior Leadership roles at the College including Deputy Head (Pupil Performance), Deputy Head (Academic) and finally Senior Master. In 2023, it was time for a change and Matt moved on to become Head of Saint Felix School in Southwold. Here, he has undergone a programme of updating the facilities, introducing a new curriculum, implementing a mentoring programme and creating a bespoke Saint Felix Diploma. Matt is married to Rossana and they divide their time between Suffolk and Brighton; they have two gorgeous cats (Mia and Dillon) and enjoy life by the sea and in the countryside.
David Walker, Executive Director, Boarding and Director BSA/TIOB
David is the Executive Director, Boarding and Director BSA/TIOB and joined the BSA group in August 2023. He has over 20 years’ experience in boarding schools and has worked in a range of schools in the UK and Africa, alongside being a prep school governor and a trustee of a MAT. Before taking up his post at the BSA, David was Deputy Head Pastoral at a large co-ed independent school in the South-East.
