Advice hub
‘Moving forward, ensure that your mental health is a focus for you, practise the wellbeing advice you give others and be kind to yourself’
Skills and welfare check Now would be a good time to audit your working practices during the pandemic – what went well and what new learning have you taken on board which could be useful moving forward? Are there any tasks or practices from pre Covid-19 days that you need to resurrect? Perhaps you can retire some of the old ways of doing things, as you now have some brand new ‘tools’. Online parents’ evenings and using Google Forms or Zoom meetings spring to mind. We all react to events differently.
Moving forward, ensure that your mental health is a focus for you, practise the wellbeing advice you give others and be kind to yourself. Consider mental health awareness training for yourself or someone in the leadership team.
Good relations Schools took on many additional support roles within their communities during the pandemic. How do we build on those relationships going forward and how do we capitalise on how the community can help schools? Building relationships and managing expectations will be key. Consider inviting your trustees or
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governors into school, discuss the re-set of school life and share with them your recent learning. Address how you can encourage volunteers back into your school.
Looking after the vulnerable The way schools looked after their most vulnerable pupils during these unprecedented circumstances showed true dedication. Are there any tweaks which could be made to your Pupil Premium plans as a result of your deepened understanding of the obstacles facing so many families? The IT divide was apparent during lockdown, so how can you help reduce that gap? Are there any adaptations to staffing policies and practices which could be made? Reviewing your flexible working policy, creating a menopause policy or reviewing your employee assistance programme are all possible examples.
Clear routeways We know that our job description has an expansive remit, combining many roles requiring different skill sets – from estates and compliance to operations, finance, HR and income generation. However, lots of the new skills we picked up during the pandemic are transferable, so
record them before you forget! Celebrate them at your appraisal and ask if there are opportunities to use them again, maybe by joining the leadership team, signing up for a course or becoming a mentor. There are many opportunities to
specialise, or to develop your current role. Maybe recent experience has inspired you to create your own exit route with CPD or an update of your LinkedIn profile. Check for blockages, such as your own imposter syndrome, and get help from a coach or mentor to help you seek out a new opportunity. Since February 2020, our
behaviours of agility, leadership, decision-making, collaboration, resourcefulness and our emotional intelligence have really come into play. We are different people now, but we still have a challenging job to do, so next time you feel you’re fighting fires, take a step back. You’ve got this – you survived being an SBP during a pandemic, after all!
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