Succeeding as a Head of Sport
With Neil Rollings
Dates & Venues
This webinar is intended for aspiring or recently appointed heads of a sport in a school. It will consider the priorities for these roles, and how these have changed in recent years. Participants will be prepared for managing the contemporary challenges in school sport, and developing creative solutions to common problems. It is suitable for leaders of any sports programme in a school.
- The role of the modern head of a sport
- Leading a sports programme in a school
- Clarifying what success looks like
- Supporting high performance
- Retaining a critical mass of players
- Creating a competition programme
- Establishing standards, values and behaviours
- Building a culture of commitment
- Creating a school-wide coaching philosophy
- The workforce of school sport
- Controlling the quality of the experience
- Meaningful communications
Prices
INDIVIDUAL £69
SCHOOL SUBSCRIPTION £149 (log in on up to five separate devices)
Zoom webinar runs 7.30pm to 9pm. School subscription allows up to 5 members of staff. Recording available for 48 hours. All prices exclude VAT.
Course Leaders
Neil Rollings
Neil was Director of Sport in four independent schools, over a 21-year career. He was Chairman of HMC NE Games Masters' Conference and an Independent Schools Inspector. Neil now works with schools in the UK and overseas, developing sports programmes and appointing Directors of Sport. He is a member of the RFU Schools' Partnerships Group, contributor to the Government Task Force on the Future of PE, member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood. He was Chairman of the Professional Association of Directors of Sport in Independent Schools for 15 years, and is Course Director of the University of Buckingham MA programme in Leading School Sport.