Shifting trends in boarding staff

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Course outline

The role of boarding staff continues to evolve in response to changing pupil needs, workforce expectations, recruitment challenges and developments across the wider education and care sectors. Traditional models of boarding staffing are being reconsidered as schools look at how they recruit, structure, support and retain effective boarding teams.

This webinar will explore some of the key trends shaping the boarding workforce and what these changes mean for boarding schools. It will consider the changing expectations of boarding roles, emerging staffing models, recruitment and retention, professional boundaries, staff wellbeing and the skills increasingly required to provide high-quality pastoral care.

Delegates will be encouraged to reflect on their own staffing structures and consider how boarding teams may need to adapt to remain sustainable, attractive and effective.

Training topics will include:

• How boarding staff roles and expectations are changing
• Current recruitment and retention challenges
• Changing expectations around workload, flexibility and work-life balance
• Emerging approaches to staffing structures, rotas and residential roles
• The increasing pastoral and safeguarding demands placed on boarding staff
• Skills and professional development required by the modern boarding workforce
• Staff wellbeing, support and supervision
• Building a sustainable and attractive boarding workforce for the future

Learning outcomes

By the end of the webinar, delegates will:

• Understand key trends influencing the boarding workforce
• Consider how expectations of boarding roles have changed
• Explore approaches to recruiting and retaining high-quality boarding staff
• Reflect on whether existing staffing structures and working practices remain fit for purpose
• Recognise the importance of staff wellbeing, development and support in maintaining effective boarding teams
• Consider practical ways to future-proof their boarding workforce

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Speakers:

Gaelle Sullivan, Director of Research, Inclusion and IELA

Gaelle is Director of Research, Inclusion and IELA 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.