National Programme for Specialist Leaders of Behaviour &
Attendance
CfBT Lincolnshire School Improvement Service, in partnership with
then then Department for Education and Skills (DfES) delivered a
successful trialling of the materials for the National
Programme for Specialist Leaders of Behaviour & Attendance
(NPSLBA) in Lincolnshire. The NPSLBA is an innovative
programme leading to accreditation ranging from a DfES (now
Department for Children, Schools and Families) NPSLBA DCSF
Certificate to MA in Education.
- On joining the NPSLBA participants become part of a rapidly
growing network of B&A leaders within the region and across the
country, working at varying levels of responsibility within
schools. The course is not specifically for teachers or those in a
position of responsibility within the school setting; BiP and
Learning Mentors, EWOs, support staff, teachers, EiP Coordiantors
and senior leaders attend the current courses. The programme is
sufficiently flexible to meet the needs of all participants, with
the definition of leadership being "at which promotes and
facilitates necessary change".
The programme offers:
- An opportunity for professionals at all levels of
responsibility to develop and enhance their leadership skills
within the context of behaviour and attendance, building on a
distributed leadership model.
- A choice of study topics including links to other relevant
National Strategy materials. The NPSLBA study topics are also
cross-referenced to a wider range of other sources and
websites
- A focus on leadership within Behaviour and Attendance leading
to professional recognition where none had previously existed.
- An opportunity Prior to joining the programme
participants will be asked to complete a formal
application form and learning agreement, signed by their employer,
confirming their and their employer's commitment to the programme.
Further details about the NPSLBA nationally can be found at
Initially the programme was offered to schools in the Education
Improvement Partnership/Behaviour Improvement Programme as part of
a strategy to develop capacity to address the needs of children and
young people where behaviour and/or attendance is a barrier to
learning. The programme was also offered to BESD schools to enable
trialling of the BESD materials to take place. The
programme rolled out to all schools and agencies in
Lincolnshire in September 2007 as part of the School
Improvement Service's Professional Development Agreement offer and
as part of a wider roll out within the county. Lincolnshire is
now into its third successful year of delivering the programme in
partnership with the DCSF and National Strategies.
For information about the NPSLBA in Lincolnshire please
contact Sara Gregory (sgregory@cfbt.com), Joan Beale
(jbeale@cfbt.com), Corrie
Melvin (cmelvin@cfbt.com),
Liz Neal (lneal@cfbt.com) or
Lucy Wood (lwood@cfbt.com) who
are all registered Local Leads for the NPSLBA Programme.