CARITAS EDUCATION CONSULTANCY
Compassionate Leadership in Education
COACHING AND GROUP COURSES
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APPLYING FOR SENIOR LEADERSHIP
One-to-one mentoring to support you in stepping up to senior leadership. With the benefit of an expert guide through the recruitment process, you’ll discover what heads are really looking for and how to take your skills and experience to the next level. This is leadership coaching focused on enabling you to shine, so you can make that application with real confidence.
COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION GROUP COURSES
Six week online courses covering key aspects of leading with compassion, creating a culture of trust and confidence, inspiring your team, handling challenging situations with courage and kindness, dealing with your inner critic and practising self-compassion. Small groups enable meaningful conversation. Course includes online resources and discussion forum as well as two optional one-to-one coaching sessions.
MENTORING FOR NEW LEADERS
Someone who’ll listen and encourage, someone who’s been there and done that, an ideal sounding-board and the backer in your corner. Whether you’re struggling to resolve tricky situations or wanting to breathe new ideas into your role, this is one-to-one mentoring that helps you develop your strengths and broaden your skills. Perfect if you’ve taken on a new leadership role this academic year.
ABOUT
Led by Jan Cresswell, Caritas Education Consultancy supports current and aspiring school leaders in achieving transformational leadership through compassionate practice.
Jan is a long-standing champion of compassionate leadership in education. Most recently as head of a high-performing independent secondary school, she has over twenty years’ senior leadership experience in 3-18 HMC, GDST and IB World Schools.
A well-established adviser on effective and sustained culture change, team development and strategic planning, Jan is ideally placed to work with current heads and leadership teams seeking to take their school forward, as well as supporting individuals on their path to leadership.
At Caritas, we understand the difference strong, compassionate leadership can make. Our approach is highly collaborative, centred on active listening and taking time to understand your goals. We don’t believe in templates and will always work with you to create a plan tailored specifically to your context, helping you bring about the change you wish to see.
THE TEAM
JAN CRESSWELL
Senior Consultant
An experienced headteacher and leadership coach, Jan has a passion for developing confident and courageous leaders who create the conditions for optimum growth and wellbeing in their schools. She has also delighted in sharing her love of English literature and theology with students of all ages in thirty years of classroom teaching since her days at the University of Durham.
DR CHRIS CAMPBELL
Consultant
Research Fellow in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at UCL, Chris brings research experience to the team as well as many years in education leadership.
CONSULTING SERVICES
LEADERSHIP COACHING
Supporting your leadership journey
Whether you are new to your role, stepping up into senior leadership or feeling a need to refresh your vision, these one-to-one sessions will enable you to find your voice and grow in confidence as a strong compassionate leader. Tailored to your own leadership goals, this personal approach builds on your strengths and supports you to move forward with purpose and energy.
SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT
Moving your school forward
Offering invaluable insight into the strengths of your school community and the potential for growth, our school projects support headteachers in building highly effective leadership teams, leading meaningful culture change and creating dynamic development plans. We start by listening, and our approach will always be transparent and empathetic. Each project is an ongoing conversation and we will work alongside you throughout as you bring your new ventures to life.
GROUP COURSES
Sharing the leadership experience
Informal small group sessions, covering essential aspects of leadership such as identifying your strengths and values, finding your voice, creating a culture of trust and confidence, building a dynamic team, handling your inner critic, and leading in times of challenge.
Compassion is an irreplaceable dimension for any organisation that wants to make the most of its human capabilities.
Monica Worline & Jane Dutton in Awakening Compassion at Work
Measurement is fabulous. Unless you’re busy measuring what’s easy to measure instead of what’s important.
Seth Godin
Leadership is too often painted as a sweeping landscape of populism and soaring tones. In reality it is pixels of care and thoughtfulness.
Paul Gilbert
CONTACT CARITAS
Get in touch to book an exploratory call and let’s find out how we can help you and your school to thrive.
