New consultancy offers for 2011-12

In addition to the new courses and conferences referred to elsewhere in this booklet, MAPS is pleased to announce that the following new services are available through consultancy:

Business management consultancy service

Support for the recruitment and appointment of a new business manager
Review of your organisation’s business operation
Mentoring service for business managers

Sustained school development (offered through EdisonLearning, our latest premier partner)

A systematic approach to raising attainment
Delivery of a sustained plan for whole school development
Proven expertise in making significant impact on schools in a range of contexts and settings

Maximising the impact of your management information system

Understand the potential of your system to support school improvement and to empower leadership
Ensure the system delivers value for money

Employer engagement programmes (offered through HTI)

Secondments from school into business
Use business expertise to enhance your SLT’s understanding of a particular issue
Meet with policy makers, business leaders and government officials to share thinking about issues pertinent to school leadership
Involve your whole school in a culture which involves local business and the community

Mediation service

Provided by a trained and qualified colleague
Allows the resolution of difficulties between colleagues before matters get to a formal stage

ASCL Professional Partner – a SIP like service

Provides headteachers with an independent colleague who can support their work as both a SIP and a mentor

For further details of any of the above services, please contact consultancy@ascl.org.uk