Working with parents
10 February 2025 @ 16:00 - 17:00
- Date: February 10, 2025
- Time: 16:00 – 17:00
- Cost: TIOB Member Rate – £90, Non-member Rate – £180
- Audience: Deputy Heads, Assistant Heads, Heads of boarding, Houseparents, Assistant houseparents
- Platform: Zoom (online) – webinar
Course Outline:
Our 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.
Training topics will include:
- Unique characteristics and expectations of boarding school parents
- Potential challenges and misconceptions
- Adapting communication channels and styles to suit different parents’ needs and preferences
- Engagement and participation
- Collaborative problem-solving.
Learning outcomes:
- Develop effective communication with boarding parents
- Enhance parental engagement and involvement
- Resolve conflicts and address challenging situations.
Speaker:
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.
