Are you now expected to chair or attend meetings with other management teachers?

Are you meeting professionals from outside the school?

Are you expected to deliver presentations to a range of professionals?

Are you having to deal with stressful situations like managing disciplinary issues or upset parents?

Are you spending less time in the classroom and feel you need to alter your communication skills with others?

Are you doing more public speaking?

Do you feel your body language lets you down when you communicate with others?

Are you confident that your presence is powerful?

When teachers move into senior management, they require a range of new skills as well as using their excellent existing ones, to be successful. More time is spent communicating with adults – whether they be colleagues, parents or professionals from outside the school. Executive Voice supports senior teachers to acquire these effective communication skills.

Through a series of practical exercises, teachers will explore and develop their own skills and hidden talents with the opportunity to take risks and try out new communications styles in a safe and confidential environment. This course offers a unique opportunity for teachers to take time out from the pressures of the classroom to focus on their personal, as well as professional development.  Participants will leave with a CD recording, summarising the course, to remind them of key points.

Executive Voice is run by two professional opera singers who also teach. Susan is an NQT who taught in primary schools before pursuing a career in music. She fully appreciates the physical and mental challenges that face teachers today and is committed to support this valued profession in becoming more effective communicators. Neil has taught in secondary schools and is now pursuing a career as a professional opera singer. He also has experience at senior management level in the business sector; skills and knowledge he brings to these courses.