The school administrator who manages actively and effectively

An inspiration workshop on how to manage schools proactively and in a future-oriented manner.
As a school administrator, you are ultimately responsible for the proactive, future-oriented and high-quality management of your school/schools. In this inspiration workshop we will discuss the various essential dimensions and sub-aspects required for this. Actively managing schools is a duty, passively managing schools is not an option...

Why should you take this course now?
As a school administrator you keep several balls in the air. But what does it mean specifically for you as a director to co-manage an important institute or school? We give you an up-to-date overview of all dimensions in which a board should be active to manage schools in a quality manner.

We will go into more detail about what it means to actively and quality-manage schools.

We focus on, among other things, the context of the school/school group, the personal motivations of a director and the relationship between the administrators and the school management.

Who is this program designed for?
This inspiration workshop is intended for (potential) school administrators of primary, secondary, special education, Centers for Adult Education and Centers for Basic Education.

Why choose this in-depth program?
You choose an inspiration workshop with a fascinating mix of theory and practice that will provide you with new insights, but which will also lead to an initial plan of action on quality and proactive management. Throughout the training we offer you a strong combination of inspiration and interaction. You can expect a balanced interplay between evidence-informed insights and immediately applicable tools.

Topics covered include:

• theoretical framework around the role of the school board and proactive management;
• the importance of the context of the school / school group;
• the personal motivations of the school administrator;
• the different roles of a school administrator;
• school administrators and ethical dilemmas;
• supporting school leaders;
• demonstrate strategic ambition;
• tension between stakeholders;
• the importance of a good professional relationship between school leader and school administrator.

After this education:

• you have a thorough basic knowledge of the most important substantive dimensions of a high-quality and contemporary school board;
• you have a better insight into the priority importance of the sub-aspects (context, person, role, relationship between school leader and school administrator);
• do you have insight into how you as a school board can draw up a strategic ambition memorandum;
• you have an initial plan of action to make the transition to a more active board decisive.

Who will guide you in this process?
Pieter Sprangers (PhD) lives in parallel worlds. He works as a teacher and scientific researcher at the Karel de Grote Hogeschool, AP Hogeschool, University of Antwerp and IADE creative university. He obtained a PhD in scientific educational design. His scientific research focuses on redesign of educational systems. Pieter also works as head educational designer and process supervisor at domo de refontiro. He has been guiding schools in Flanders and the Netherlands for more than fifteen years with regard to complex transformations. In the past, he also helped shape a fully-fledged personnel policy in the organizations where he took on management positions. Pieter has demonstrable expertise in guiding school administrators and school boards with complex challenges.