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SUMMARY:Inclusive recruitment practices
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £90\n🎧 Headteachers\, Deputy and Assistant Headteachers\, Heads of Boarding and HR professionals\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up\n✅ Included in BSA CPD Pass \n\nCourse outline: \nWe want our schools to be as inclusive and diverse as possible. However\, if we do what we’ve always done\, we’ll get what we’ve always got. Join us for this interactive seminar where we will address the challenges of recruiting a diverse workforce. Our speaker will provide practical strategies to support inclusive recruitment practices in schools. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nYou want to be genuinely authentic and inclusive when recruiting ALL staff\nYou want to increase the diversity of your staff\nYou want to be compliant with the law\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nReview of current recruitment processes\nPractical steps for a more diverse staff body\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker:
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/inclusive-recruitment-practices-3/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom
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SUMMARY:BSA/BAISIS Certificate in Professional Practice : Supporting International Boarders
DESCRIPTION:New 2026/27 course dates added! \nAudience:  This three day course is aimed at any member of staff  that wishes to improve their academic and pastoral support for international boarders. \nStudy Days for this Module are: \n\nStudy Day 1: February 25 2027\nStudy Day 2: March 23 2027\nStudy Day 3: May 7 2027\n\nTO BEGIN YOUR QUALIFICATION IN FEBRUARY 2027 CLICK HERE \nTimings: 10:00 – 15:30 GMT/BST: Check local timings here – World  \nEach study day is comprised of a morning and afternoon session \nOur preferred platform for online training is Zoom \nKey Elements of the Certificate Course Programme: \n\nThe strategic nature and importance of the international boarding market\nWhy international students seek a British education\nCultural identity\, cultural values\, and cultural difference\nInduction\, culture shock and integration\nIdentifying and meeting the pastoral and academic needs of the international student\n\nFormat: This course will involve presentations\, group discussions and case studies.  You will be supported by course tutors.  The course assignment is designed to help you focus on one aspect related to international boarders with a view to improving that provision/support. \nCourse Outcomes: Successful students will have gained knowledge and skills to allow them to add value to the way in which their school or college support their international boarding community. \nWhat is the BSA Certificate in Professional Practice : Supporting International Boarders? \nThis certified course is designed specifically for staff working with international students and will provide an opportunity for these staff to develop their knowledge and skills in relation to supporting this critical\, and increasing\, sector of the boarding school market. \nWho is the course aimed at? \nThis course can be undertaken by both graduate teaching and non-graduate house staff\, including matrons\, assistant house staff and house-parents; indeed any member of school staff with responsibility for the care and wellbeing of international boarding students. \nHow will this course help me to develop personally and professionally? \nIn successfully completing the course you will: \n● be able to evaluate and have a clear appreciation of the personal and professional needs and skills involved in your boarding role; \n● develop greater knowledge and understanding of the issues covered in the syllabus; \n● develop\, through support and guidance\, the range of personal strategies you may use to resolve relevant welfare concerns for your international students; \n● develop your ability to reflect critically on your work and evaluate the need for change or action; \n● develop your study and planning skills and your ability to analyse reading and reference material; \n● be able to communicate and defend your views and opinions orally and in writing; \nHow is it arranged? \nThis course consists of three Study Days and a linked research project. The three intensive study days involve a mixture of short lectures\, presentations and discussions led by students\, together with group problem solving exercises and case studies. Group discussion is a particularly important aspect of this course\, enabling you to look at the theory in the light of your own practical experience. You will be encouraged to contribute ideas\, opinions and questions\, take responsibility for your own learning and\, by sharing\, to contribute to the learning of the group as a whole. \nBetween sessions you will be expected to do some reading\, thinking and discussing with colleagues in your school and with your mentor. Before each study day\, you will be expected to spend some time on the preparatory tasks in the course booklet and using the course sessions reflect on your own boarding school situation. The follow up tasks will help you to focus on practical ways of applying ideas and theories in the boarding setting. \nYou will also be required to keep a professional file during the course containing brief notes\, ideas\, action points\, and activities and issues to take back to the workplace. The course booklet will give you a number of relevant tasks to think about\, providing opportunities to record your thoughts. This file is itself not directly assessed but will provide essential material to draw upon when you write up your chosen assessment topic. \nThe Course Assignment is a written project of ~2500 words on a topic directly related to the pastoral care/management of international students. The topic will benefit both the student and their school in developing their understanding of best practice in relation to supporting international students. Guidance on selecting a suitable topic\, and on how to write up and submit the assignment will be provided in the course booklet and by the tutors on the course. \nMain course sessions include: \nThe Pastoral Care & Boarding Wellbeing of International Students \nDeveloping strategies and practice \nIntegration and the whole school approach \nNOTE: Students will need attend all study days and successfully complete the assignment in order to gain the course certificate. \nWhat support will I receive during the course? \nYou will receive support throughout the course from the BSA\, the course tutor and from your school mentor. \nCourse tutors \nYour BSA course tutor will be a senior member of staff with considerable experience in boarding education. He or she will: \n● provide personal and professional help and encouragement; \n● work with you in discussion groups and tutorial sessions during the course; \n● liaise with your school mentor; \n● review and provide feedback on your proposed assessment task; \n● advise and support you with your assignment and review progress regularly; \n● mark your assignment. \n  \nElyse Conlon\nInternational Director at Moreton Hall School \nElyse Conlon is International Director at Moreton Hall School\, Shropshire and has worked at Moreton for 13 years in roles such as Teacher of GCSE English\,  Head of EAL\, and Director of Studies for their renowned International Study Centre and Summer School programme. \nElyse was previously involved in admissions in a high-performing overseas school\, was Deputy Chair of BAISIS (British Association for Independent Schools with International Students) for three years\, and is also delighted to continue her training role with the Boarding Schools Association designing and delivering accredited courses to school staff in independent schools both overseas and in the UK. \nElyse has always been inspired by meaningful and practical international CPD with post graduate degrees in international education \, applied linguistics and human resource management. She has been delivering and designing teacher training programmes for 20 years. \nSchool Mentors \nAll participants on the course should have the support of a mentor\, appointed and approved by the Head. An effective partnership between you and your mentor will have significant benefits in terms of challenge and stimulation for you both and also offers an opportunity for fresh insight into boarding issues for the school. \nThe role is best undertaken by a colleague who really knows and understands your work and has an experienced overview of boarding. Your mentor should support you professionally while you undertake the course\, encouraging you in the process of reflection and helping you to develop your professional competence. \nKey tasks for mentors are: \n● allowing time for regular discussion and ensuring regular formal meetings; \n● helping you to identify relevant skills and appropriate coursework tasks for your professional and personal development; \n● helping you to set realistic targets for progress and to meet them; \n● reviewing progress with you and providing constructive feedback; \n● challenging and supporting you in reflecting on and evaluating your work. \nHow is the course assessed? \nYou will produce a reflective essay or report of approx. 2500 words\, drawing on material from the professional log you have kept throughout the course. You will use a case study approach to analyse and comment on your day-to-day work as well as reflecting and evaluating your practice and your learning. \nHow long will I have to complete the task? \nThe deadline for the submission of coursework will be August 2027 \nStudy days for this module are: \n\nStudy Day 1: February 25\, 2027\nStudy Day 2: March 23\, 2027\nStudy Day 3: May 7\, 2027\n\nTO BEGIN YOUR QUALIFICATION  CLICK HERE \nTimings: 10:00 – 15:30 GMT: Check local timings here – World  \nOur preferred platform for online training is Zoom \n“I want to express my appreciation Supporting International Students Certificate Course. The course content was not only strategically insightful but also effective in developing my understanding of the subject matter. \nThe course’s structure and coverage of key themes\, such as the strategic nature and importance of the international boarding market\, the motivations behind international students seeking a British education\, and the nuanced exploration of cultural identity\, cultural values\, and cultural differences\, were all rich\, engaging\, and detailed. Working with peers to explore such topics allowed me to gain a deeper insight into the dynamics of the international education landscape and the factors influencing students’ choices. \nThe key areas for me\, related to induction\, culture shock\, and integration. The course afforded time for reflection on challenges international students face when transitioning to a new academic and cultural environment\, offering insights into their holistic experience. \nI appreciated having a mentor\, and they offered useful guidance throughout the course. \nI am pleased to report that the final project I produced during the course has been useful in my educational context. We are using the work to aid discussion around our cultural appreciate day\, and other similarly related events. I am confident that the education I received from this course will continue to benefit me as I continue to support international students in a boarding context.”
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/bsa-baisis-certificate-in-professional-practice-supporting-international-boarders-3/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom
CATEGORIES:Accredited Training,Online
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