TIOB – Getting that promotion to Deputy Head and Headship

• Date: June 24, 2024
• Time: 11:30 – 12:30
• Cost: TIOB Full Member – £65, Non-member Rate – £130
• Audience: House parents, anyone looking for a senior leadership post in a boarding school
• Platform: Zoom (online)

Course outline:

This webinar aims to provide an overview of the process behind getting a promotion for those with the desire to take on new responsibilities and challenges to grow their career in the boarding sector.

The webinar will be led by Headmaster, Strathallan School, Mark Lauder, who will discuss how to create a skill set for promotion, how to identify what areas you would like to focus upon and the challenges you will meet on the way.

Training topics will include: 

• Review and identify your key skills
• Reflect and develop areas in your professional tool kit
• Develop clarity on what is expected of a senior leader in a boarding school.

Learning outcomes: 

• Understand the characteristics of excellent senior leadership
• Learn about the application, interview and recruitment process
• Understand how to make an effective transition from a middle leadership role to a senior leader.

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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 seventh year as Headmaster of Strathallan School.

Mark is married to music teacher Caroline, and has two sons, both now at university. In his spare time, he enjoys wild camping in the Scottish islands and walking in the hills.