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Transforming house culture as a new houseparent
September 18 @ 14:30 - 15:30
- Date: September 18, 2024
- Time: 14:30 – 15:30
- Cost: TIOB Member Rate – £90, Non-member Rate – £180
- Audience: Deputy Heads, Assistant Heads, Heads of boarding, Houseparents, Assistant houseparents, teaching staff
- Platform: Zoom (online) – webinar
Course Outline:
Taking over a boarding house where there have been historic issues can be daunting. In this webinar, we will explore how to navigate the turnaround and transform the house culture. Our speaker’s experience will provide insight, strategies and best practices for taking over a toxic team and orchestrating a positive transformation. This session aims to equip you with the essential tools to identify, assess, and address toxicity within a team environment. We’ll delve into effective communication strategies, leadership techniques, and collaborative approaches to foster a healthier and more productive work culture. This webinar will be useful whether you’re a houseparent/head of boarding seeking solutions for a troubled team or an aspiring leader preparing for future challenges.
Learning outcomes:
- Identify and implement hallmarks of healthy house culture
- Learn how to challenge toxic practices.
Speaker:
Andrew Day, Deputy Head, King’s College Doha
An Educational Senior Leader with an extensive background in the UK boarding sector. During his 17 years of living in 4 boys and Co-Ed boarding houses, spanning 3 UK HMC schools, there really isn’t much he hasn’t seen and dealt with. During his first tenure as a Housemaster, buried in paperwork, Andrew Co-Founded an Ed Tech company specialising in boarding and pastoral management: information flow, informed decision making, compliance, and staff workload reduction. Launched at a BSA conference in 2015, the software ultimately generated significant benefits for boarding staff at various HMC schools. Since leaving the UK, Andrew has held a series of SLT roles leading on: Academic, Pastoral, Co-Curriculum, Staff, and Admin at whole school levels in premium British schools in China, Singapore and now Qatar. Always looking for challenge: startup, crisis, or significant change.
