North of England SBM Conference: The Business of Weaving Magic

17th Oct 2013

9am – 3:35pm - From Education Gateshead (Gateshead Council)

Who is it for: School Business Managers, Office Managers, School Administration Staff

Keynote Speaker: Sir John Jones

John Jones is an inspirational and motivational speaker. He has been headteacher of three secondary schools over a period of 17 years. He was a Non-Executive Director on the board of Aintree Hospitals Trust and has been a Governor of two schools on Merseyside. He was a member of the Government’s Policy Action Team for Neighbourhood Renewal at the Social Exclusion Unit. He was also a member of the Headteachers’ National Focus Group on Truancy and Exclusion and the Excellence in Cities Project at the DfES. John was a member of the Leadership and Development Unit sponsored by the National College for School Leadership. He works part-time at the Centre for Educational Leadership at Manchester University delivering a range of programmes and was a CEL member on the National Remodelling Team. He teaches on the Master’s Course at Liverpool University specialising on the leadership of change and is an Associate Director of Alite Ltd. John feels privileged to be Chair of the Board of ‘Everton in the Community’ and a Governor at The Everton Free School. John is also proud to be the Chancellor of Sefton’s Children’s University. John received a Knighthood in the New Year’s Honours List, 2003, for services to education.

Workshops include:

A. Academy / Multi Academy – It’s all in the detail!

Jennifer Moorhouse, Business Manager, Carmel College a Member of the
Carmel Education Trust, Darlington

B. Maximising Income Generation
Doug Green, SBM Tutor National College / Teesside University

C. Too nice for your own good? – Tips on how to be more assertive
Alan Sergison, Education Consultant

D. Public relations in a school environment
Adelaide Emmerson, Director of Support Services,
George Stephenson High School, North Tyneside

Cost: £175 per delegate

To book your place please email SusanBurn@Gateshead.Gov.UK 

For further information contact: Gillian McTeer, Business Partnership Manager Tel: 0191 433 8614

Email: GillianMcTeer@Gateshead.Gov.UK