Women s Leadership Forum

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1 Utilising the acclaimed NESLI Online Learning Platform Supporting the development needs of current and aspiring female school leaders The South Australian Schools Women s Leadership Forum Designed specifically for South Australia s female school leaders Commences Term 3, 2015 For over ten years, Women & Leadership Australia (WLA) has been guiding Australia s female teachers towards greater career success and life satisfaction through the internationally recognised Women & Leadership Forums. This seminal program has been developed in partnership with Australia s National Excellence in School Leadership Initiative (NESLI) to meet the needs of today s dynamic female school leaders. The program has been shaped by input from a wide range of stakeholders spanning most leading Australian universities and school bodies. This collective expertise imbues The Women s Leadership Forum with a potent mix of understanding, advice and strategy for addressing the unique challenges and complexities that women face in the contemporary school leadership context. The Women s Leadership Forum provides a powerful forum for female leaders connect with peers and to think deeply about what it means to be a female leader in a school setting Janet Horton Women & Leadership Australia

2 The Women s Leadership Forum The Women s Leadership Forum is built around four distinct but complimentary themes. The structure of the program optimises the learning outcomes of each module, as well as contributing to the overall flow, ensuring a logical progression from one session to the next. Through mastery of each of the elements discussed, participants can take an important step towards understanding and achieving their personal goals. During the 8 week course, four modules are explored: Values Communication Influence Resilience The program is underpinned by a state of the art integrated online learning approach ensuring participants have the opportunity to connect powerfully with both their peers and the course facilitator. Who is the Forum for? Resilience Values You Communication Aspiring leaders The Women s Leadership Forum represents an exceptional platform for aspiring female leaders to gain valuable exposure to issues they may encounter on their leadership journey. The program allows aspiring leaders time to reflect on their career aspirations and identify the key steps necessary for stepping into a leadership position. Current leaders The Women s Leadership Forum meets key leadership development priorities for current female school leaders. Current leaders benefit enormously from connecting with their peers and discussing their leadership challenges in a supportive and engaging environment. Influence Module 1 Values Identifying and operating within your own valuesbased framework In this module, participants consider and clarify their own values and identify what they look like with regard to thinking and behaviours. Individuals can assess the degree of alignment between their personal values and their organisations and identify options for reconciling differences. This module also allows individuals to determine ways to be an effective role model for others. This module underpins the other modules with regard to communicating effectively, influencing and working collaboratively with others as well as building and strengthening personal resilience. The outcome is the development of a personal guiding framework that assists the individual adopt a sustainable, authentic, values-based leadership style. Module 2 Communication Understanding and interpreting differing styles Interpreting different communication styles effectively is fundamental to building lasting interpersonal relationships. In the workplace effective communication is the vehicle that achieves results, so getting it wrong is not an option. We all have a basic understanding of how people communicate but this session focuses on the key concepts of personal communication style, how to identify and master your dominant style, how to correctly interpret the style of others and most importantly how to be flexible enough to communicate optimally with differing styles. Mastering these techniques will rapidly enhance your ability to communicate purposefully in any situation. Module 3 Influence Fostering goodwill, commitment and collaboration to aid productivity Influencing others may be as simple as asking a person to do something, or as complex as building strategic coalitions to achieve long term goals. Whatever the desired outcome, your ability to influence effectively and ethically depends on the strategies you use, and when and how you implement them. This module looks at influencing strategies; in particular, how effective leaders draw on different tactics to best suit the person and situation they are in. A range of different strategies are explored. Module 4 Resilience Building resilience and overcoming challenges The final module explores the concept of resilience particularly during challenging times or in highly pressurised environments. Personal resilience is not only about strength through adversity but the ability to grow and adapt as a result of disruption, to move forward stronger than before. Participants are asked to consider resilience at both a personal and strategic leadership level. Participants go on to learn about ways to build resilience in their teams, and manage challenging situations more effectively.

3 A tremendous opportunity for all female school leaders How is the program delivered? The Women s Leadership Forum is delivered through NESLI s acclaimed Online Learning Portal and combines live intereactive webinar discussions with self paced online learning. Benefits of this delivery format include: Brings together diverse cohorts from a wider geographical area to connect and share experiences. The sessions are conveniently scheduled immediately after school hours (4pm-5.30pm). In addition to reducing school disruption, this eliminates the need for casual relief staff. Allows women in regional and remote areas to access this invaluable program. If a participant misses a session, thay are able to catch up on the missed work and watch a recording of the live session. The program is delivered from NESLI s state-of-the-art elearning campus in Melbourne. A team of experts are always on hand to assist participants and answer all of your technology questions. Weeks Weeks Weeks Module 1: Values Module 2: Communication Module 3: Influence Course Duration: 8 weeks Commencing: Term 3, 2015 Requirement: 2.5 hour per week (average) Weeks Module 4: Resilience

4 The Power of Women & Leadership Forums Research suggests that to reach one s potential as a leader, it is vitally important that we feel connected, supported and empowered in all areas of our lives. Whilst workplace training is essential to developing skills, the immense power of women and leadership forums resides in bringing women together to explore their potential as well as their challenges in a supportive and empathetic environment. Women & Leadership Australia is a national initiative committed to supporting the presence of women in business and community leadership roles. WLA is based on the belief that women represent an enormously under-utilised national resource. Through supporting a greater percentage of talented women to step up into leadership positions, tremendous cultural and economic benefits will follow. The initiative comprises a range of professional development programs, advisory services, networking opportunities, and ongoing research. Since its inaugural forum in 2003, over 40,000 women have participated, making Women & Leadership Australia the largest female focused leadership initiative in Australian History. Each year thousands of women continue to benefit from the program ensuring the initiative is widely accepted by business leaders as critical to the ongoing development of Australian leadership. Thank you very much - the whole experience has totally exceeded my expectations. The most valuable event I have attended in a long time. Great organisation, excellent speakers and totally relevant topics Sharon Murden Loved it So inspiring. I have fire in my belly! The best part was the fact that there was something for everyone. So much was covered during the sessions & importantly too there was broad representation in the cohort. Thank you so much. Mary Field The WLA program is under the auspices of the Workplace Training Advisory Australia. Further Details For more information on The Women s Leadership Forum, please contact us: P: E: nwilliams@asam.edu.au

5 This document is a Tax Invoice Return via fax: Registration Form The SA Women s Leadership Forum An initiative of The National Excellence in Schools Leadership Initiative (ABN ) Today s date: School name: Phone: Fax: Contact name: Title/position: Postal address: Names of participants Title/position (required for confirmation details) Fees GST incl. Early Bird (ends 5th June) Standard rate Single delegate $395(price per delegate) $595 (price per delegate) Group of three (or more) delegates $350 (price per delegate) $550 (price per delegate) Group of six (or more) delegates $320 (price per delegate) $520 (price per delegate) Totals Total delegates Total registration fees due: $ Payment Methods Please invoice me Credit Card (Visa or Mastercard Only) Name Amount $ Card Number Signature Expiry Date / Verification Number 3 digit number on card signature strip EFT A/c Name: National Excellence in School Leadership Institute PLC LTD Bank Name: Westpac, Melbourne BSB: A/c No *Please remittance advice to finance@wtaa.edu.au Further Details Telephone: nwilliams@asam.edu.au Post: PO Box 4079, Melbourne University, VIC 3052 Payment in full must be made prior to event. Submission of this registration form indicates your intent to make full payment. Cancellation Policy A substitution delegate is always welcome with written notification. Cancellations received up to 6 weeks prior to the event will incur a 50% withdrawal fee. For cancellations received within 6 weeks of the event no refund will be issued. Every effort will be made to contact each attendee should an event be rescheduled or cancelled by NESLI for any reason. If an event is rescheduled or not held for any reason, NESLI s liability is limited to the event fee only. Indemnity - NESLI reserves the right to change the venue and/or speakers of any event due to circumstances beyond its control. In the event of changes to venue or speakers, or cancellation of the event, NESLI is indemnified against any or all costs, damages, expenses, including legal fees, which are incurred by the attendee/s. In the case of venue change, all reasonable efforts will be made to inform attendees. I understand that by registering myself and/or others as attendees at this event, photos or video may be taken by NESLI of this event, which may be used for marketing purposes. OFFICE USE ONLY CC ACT I R A L C D CA QA