Switching off: strategies to make the most of the work/life balance

• Date: June 12, 2023
• Time: 11:00 – 13:00
• Cost: Member Rate – £100, Non-member Rate – £200
• Audience: Houseparents, Housemasters/mistresses and Deputy Heads
• Platform: Zoom (online) – Seminar

Working in boarding is one of the most rewarding jobs in a boarding school but when your home is your job, getting the work/life blend right can be challenging, particularly at the end of an academic year. As we approach the holidays, it is imperative to get that rest and recuperation ready for the onslaught of the Autumn term.  This event will explore how to set boundaries on your time, manage expectations, and protect yourself and your family so that you can provide outstanding pastoral care to the pupils in your boarding house. It will provide creative ideas to allow you to relax and provide reinvigoration for the following year.

Objectives

• To ensure that you as a boarding professional are able to ensure you have sufficient mental resilience and energy to make your tenure in the role sustainable
• Develop a balance in routine that allows for work, your family and yourself to each have a slice of your time

Training topics will include:

• Current challenges of the role
• Time management and effective systems
• Stakeholders in you and your role
• Healthy lifestyle

Learning Outcomes

• Delegates will have the opportunity to evaluate current practice leading to the management and development of a sustainable work/life balance
• Delegates will be able to create effective administrative systems to enable compliance and time efficiency
• Delegates will review what relaxation techniques will work for them

Speakers:

Gaelle Sullivan, Director of Research Services and Inclusion, and Director of TIOB

Gaelle is Director of Research Services and Inclusion, and Director, TIOB. She and joined the BSA in January 2023. She is an experienced senior leader and has worked in a range of state and independent schools. She is a qualified SENCO and holds a Masters Degree in Inclusive Education. Prior to joining the BSA, Gaelle was Deputy Head Pastoral, DSL and Head of Boarding at an all-girls independent school in the South-East.

Mark Robinson, BSA Senior Consultant

Mark has a Product Design Degree from Brunel University and a PGCE. His first post in independent education was as Assistant Master at Christ’s Hospital in Horsham where he held several positions including Assistant Housemaster to a junior boy’s boarding house. After five years he moved on to Ardingly College in West Sussex as a Head of Department and Housemaster to a joint day and boarding house. Mark has been an inspector on boarding inspections, an Assistant Housemaster to a girls’ boarding house and fully involved in teaching up to ‘A‘ Level.

In 2002 Mark gave up teaching to set up Mentor Education Services Ltd, a business offering education-related consultancy services to the independent sector, initially training, interview coaching and professional development but also marketing and pre-inspection to schools both in the independent and maintained sector.

Mark was appointed as Assistant Director of Training for the Boarding Schools’ Association in 2010, where he continued offering training and consultancy to independent and state schools both in the UK and around the world. In 2017 he was appointed as Deputy Head Pastoral at Collège du Léman in Switzerland, a large international boarding and day school. After gaining some further, valuable international experience, Mark returned to the UK to continue his training and consultancy in the Independent and state school sectors.

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