Getting that promotion to Deputy Head and Headship
9 January 2025 @ 10:00 - 11:00
- Date: January 09, 2025
- Time: 10:00 – 11:00
- Cost: TIOB Member Rate – £90, Non-member Rate – £180
- Audience: All aspiring to senior leadership
- Platform: Zoom (online) – webinar
Course Outline:
It sometimes feels like we should all aspire to promotion and senior leadership. However, while it is obvious to some for some, there are elements to consider before putting in an application.
Is it the right time? The right post? Am I ready or am I prepared? Is it the right school? How does this role fit into my life/my family’s life?
Our webinar will explore these questions and what Heads look for when appointing senior leaders in their schools.
Learning outcomes:
- Consider whether the move to Senior Leadership is for you
- Reflect on key questions
- Develop confidence in your purpose as a leader.
Speaker:
Mark Lauder, Headmaster, Strathallan School.
Mark Lauder was born in Scotland and educated at Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh. He studied at the University of Aberdeen, before moving to St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he became Junior Dean of College. He began his teaching career at Shiplake College in Henley-on-Thames, where he was Head of the History Department, Resident Tutor and Master I/C of Rowing. He then headed back to Oxford in 1999, to become Head of History at St Edward’s School and then a Housemaster. While there, he continued with his rugby refereeing, coaching U16s rugby and U15s rowing, and ran the naval section of the CCF.
In 2007, Mark was appointed Deputy Headmaster and Head of Boarding at Felsted School in Essex, where he maintained his coaching and teaching roles. It was from there, in 2010, that he headed north, to take on the role of Headmaster at Ashville College in Harrogate, an HMC co-educational day and boarding school with 870 pupils. He has been an ISI team inspector, a school governor and Chair of the Boarding School’s Association and is now in his eighth year as Headmaster of Strathallan School. He is also a member of TIOB.
Mark is married to music teacher Caroline, and has two sons, one a graduate and the other in 3rd year, University. In his spare time, he enjoys wild camping in the Scottish islands and walking in the hills.
