Boarding Leadership Conference Day 3 – Strategic management of boarding followed by Crisis management case studies

• Date: June 16, 2023
• Time: 11:30 – 13:30
• Cost: Member Rate – £195 / Non-member Rate – £390
• Audience: Anyone who works in boarding who has a desire to be the best they possibly can be.
• Platform: Zoom (online)

To accommodate the busy schedules of TIOB members, we have decided to restructure the TIOB Boarding leadership conference and split the day into three sessions across three separate dates.

• 13^th March: 10.30am-12.30pm : Effective ways to develop you and your boarding team followed by Authentic Leadership
• 22^nd May 11.30am-1.30pm: Marketing and Development followed by Recruiting and Retaining boarding staff
• 16^th June 11.30am-1.30pm: Strategic management of boarding followed by Crisis management case studies.

Should you not be able to attend all three dates, all sessions will be recorded and made available to delegates.

This conference promises to ensure that individuals in boarding can reflect on their performance in a range of spheres within their role. You will be presented with a range of perspectives, support and inspiration from experts in the field. By the end of the conference, you should be able to evaluate and develop a strategic plan allowing you to be more effective and focused in your role.

Learning outcomes:

Delegates will:

• Have the opportunity to consider their position on their boarding journey and consider how to review and act upon current best practice
• Have up to date knowledge on themes relating to how they can achieve the best possible personal outcomes
• Take away learning and ideas on how to motivate themselves and team members.

Programme:

11:30 – 12:30 Strategic management of boarding

• Speakers:
  • Robin Fletcher, CEO, BSA Group
  • Chris Wheeler, Headmaster, Monkton Coombe and Chair, TIOB

12:30 – 13:30 Managing that crisis (case study)

A calm head is required when extraordinary events happen in school. This session looks at a case study and identifies the stakeholders and what is required to calmly ensure that all are cared for whilst the outside world sees a clear organised message of organised action.

• Speakers:
  • Andrew Ashton, Bursar, Radley College
  • Victoria Gamble, Head, Ruthin School
  • Dale McMorran, Head of Boarding, Wymondham College

Robin Fletcher, Chief Executive, BSA and BSA Group

Robin is CEO of BSA Group, comprising the BSA (Boarding Schools’ Association), Sacpa (Safeguarding and Child Protection Association) and BAISIS (British Association of Independent Schools with International Students). Robin was a journalist, editor and communications director before joining BSA in 2014.

As BSA CEO, Robin is a member of the Department for Education’s Systems Partnership Oversight Board. Outside BSA, he is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, an Honorary Fellow of Cardiff Metropolitan University, a Governor of Rugby School, President of the Rugbeian Society and a non-executive director of the national trade body Make UK. He lives in Bath in south west England and has two daughters, two stepdaughters, and two stepsons.

Chris Wheeler, Headmaster, Monkton Coombe and Chair, TIOB

Chris Wheeler has been Principal of Monkton Comb in Bath since January 2016. He was elected Vice Chair of HMC for 2019-20 and has served on HMC’s Inspection Sub Committee. He previously served as Principal and CEO at Hillcrest International Schools in Kenya, Headmaster at St Christopher’s, Hove, and has variously been Deputy Head, Housemaster (day and boarding) and Head of English.

In addition to his work at HMC, he is an ISI Team Inspector and a trustee of the Lywood Colley Academy Trust. He has previously served as a Trustee with the Palladian Academy Trust, a member of the Court of the University of Bath, an examiner at GCSE and A-level for both English and Literature and often speaks at churches and chapels across the country.

Andrew Ashton, Bursar, Radley College

Andrew is Bursar at Radley College, Oxford. Educated at Newcastle Royal Grammar School, Andrew then studied chemistry at University College Oxford. He went on to join Barclays Bank, where he qualified as an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, and worked for fifteen years in a number of positions, including in corporate management, change management, and, latterly, in operational strategy in Barclays Africa. Andrew moved on from Barclays and spent three and a half years as a management consultant within the financial services sector.

Formerly living in Wimbledon, Andrew moved to Radley in August 2008 following his appointment as Bursar at Radley College and is responsible for the financial and operational aspects of the College and the management of the non-teaching staff.  Andrew also serves on the governing body of Shiplake College.

Victoria Gamble, Head, Ruthin School

Victoria graduated University College London with a BSc in Zoology and attended the University of Bristol to attain her PGCE. Her first teaching job was at King’s College School, Wimbledon teaching biology and chemistry, heading the Royal Naval Combined Cadet Force and as Head of Stage Management. She moved to take up the post of Head of Science at St John’s College, Southsea and then became a Deputy Head working in London, Cardiff and Dubai.

As a life-long learner herself, Victoria has been a Medical Student Selector for a Russel Group university, qualified as a Chartered Educational Assessor and achieved a Certificate in School Management and Leadership from Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her passion in education is to provide a learning environment where each student’s experience is personalised and tailored to their specific areas of development, using both stretch and support activities. This has been enhanced through her experience teaching at a Microsoft Showcase School using technology alongside excellent teaching to provide students with rigour, flexibility and detailed feedback to drive their progress. Victoria is very excited to be returning to the UK to take up the post of Head at Ruthin School.

Dale McMorran, Head of Boarding, Wymondham College

Dale joined Wymondham College in 2005 as second in English and leader of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme.  It is here that he first experienced boarding, working two nights a week in Lincoln.  After supporting Dr Jones in Fry Hall for five years as his Deputy, Dale became Head of Kett Hall in 2012, a position which gave him, in his own words, “the best job in the world”.  In 2016 Dale joined the Senior Team directing the quality assurance processes in the College and in 2018 he became Deputy Headteacher responsible for Boarding and Behaviour.  Teaching English remains a highlight of any day, and Dale notes a personal triumph being awarded a National Teaching Award in the summer of 2018.  Dale is enthused by his family, films and cinema, his bookshelf, his sporting rackets and his unique golf swing.  Two lifelong dreams, to travel in space and to drive the ‘A Team’ van, remain very much alive.

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