WTFS is available to:
- Senior leadership teams (SLTs) from primary, middle, secondary and special schools and pupil referral units
- SLTs in partnerships, collaboratives and related groups
- SLTs working with middle leaders
- Leadership teams for the partnerships themselves, eg networked learning communities and collaboratives
Best Practice Network deliver WTfS across the South West region, please contact us to find out more.
You may also wish to review the list of
frequently asked questions (FAQs) or download the WTfS leaflet.
NCSL Working together for success (WTfS)
The programme:
- addresses the rational aspects of team working, but also the more challenging emotional and political needs of real teams
- is based on leading edge thinking and practice from education and business
- equips SLTs with skills and behaviours for more effective team working
- develops effective team working using real challenges faced by schools
- offers an insightful online diagnostic feedback process and numerous tools and techniques
- uses first-class facilitators to work with SLTs for the duration of the programme
I feel much more positive about my work and I feel part of the SLT, more valued and respected.
Process
Working Together for Success can be structured over either a term-and-a-half, or two terms, and comprises:
- two single days of mixed school residential events
- one-and-a-half day whole school team residential event
- four single days of in-school planning, facilitation and coaching with first-class facilitators
- a final half day off-site learning review event
A school's senior leadership team (SLT) members can individually attend the first two residential days at different times, but the whole SLT must be together for the remainder of the programme.
We feel we are all problem owners, rather than it's the Head's problem and us trying to solve it.
Best Practice Network continue to seek out and share best practice by developing a range of innovative programmes tailored to suit the specific needs of local authorities, school leaders and their teams. For example, Improving Team Performance has been co-developed with HOLT (a leading national provider of experiential learning for team and leadership development) and Changing Organisations draws on the the unique style of working below the surface of the Tavistock Consultancy Service (TCS).
In addition to WTfS, we are able to offer a range of National College of School Leadership programmes (including DCSI and Multi-agency team development) and, as an accredited centre for the Institute of Leadership and Management, the ILM Coaching and Mentoring awards.
For more information email: melaniegreville@bestpracticenet.co.uk
