Projects
Date
Portfolio
Client
June 2019 - Ongoing
Advising on education policy, and strategy for engaging with stakeholders as the company scales.
Leading on the roll-out in Greater Manchester, the first expansion outside of London.
Advising on children’s safeguarding implementation and training. Internal professional development, comms, social media and local market.
Software startup and certified Social Enterprise providing an online platform connecting school and teachers directly.
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To date schools working with Zen have made savings over of £1m in wasted agency fees.
March 2020
Ontological Coaching and Leadership in Action programme with author Alan Sieler.
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Three day workshop with participants from business, education and academia hosted in Manchester.
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helenmgconsulting
March 2019 - Ongoing
Leadership Development Programme including transition and change, decision making processes, coaching, emotional learning, school based projects and The Real World Group 360 Leadership Diagnostics.
10 Participants in cohort 1 and a further 10 beginning autumn 2020.
An independent day school, Greater Manchester.
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Contributing to an overall strategy to develop sustainable leadership capacity and capability within the existing team.
2019 - Ongoing
School Principal and Multi- Academy Trust CEO appraisals.
Using and Appreciative Enquiry approach alongside scenario and strategic planning and based in Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
2018 - Ongoing
Chair of the DfE Initial Teacher Training Expansion Pilot, North West.
Prestolee MAT
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This pilot project has increased local access to teacher training in Oldham and Knowsley where recruiting new teachers has been challenging. Success of the project recognised by the DfE.
2017 - 2020
New Headteacher Leadership Development Programme including Real World Group 360 Leadership Diagnostics.
Tameside MBC
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Fifteen new headteachers engaged in this supported programme.
2016 - Ongoing
Individual coaching clients, transformational and executive leadership coaching.
Individual clients of helenmconsulting
2019 - Ongoing
Leading the Regional Network Leadership for National Leaders of Governance.
Ensuring policy updates and shared and being implemented.
Greater Manchester Learning Partnership and The Teaching School Council, Lancashire and West Yorkshire.
2019
Ontological Coaching and Leadership in Action programme with author Alan Sieler.
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Participants from business, coaching and engineering engaged in three day workshop hosted in Yorkshire.
helenmgconsulting
2019
Inaugural Black Sea Schools Federation teacher conference.
Leading workshops including:
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Leadership development
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Coaching
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Children’s safeguarding
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Emotional Learning
2019
TEDx conference speaker
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'Cultivating Courage and Compassion in Leadership'
The American University of Kuwait
2019
Futures and scenario planning for collaborative services for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
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Workshop for multi-professional teams working through a clear process leading to informed decision making to ensure constructive and focussed strategy.
Oldham and Tameside MBC's
2018 - 2019
Specialist school Led Initial Teacher Training Research Project. Initiated, planned and developed a research project into the effectiveness and impact of specialist school led initial teacher training across Lancashire and West Yorkshire.
Greater Manchester Learning Partnership, Lancashire and West Yorkshire Teaching Schools
2018
Multi Academy Trust transition programme
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6 month programme working with leadership teams of expanding multi-academy trusts to grow leadership understanding, insight, skills and capacity.
The Dunham Trust
2018
Professional development for the leadership team including workshops:
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Leadership, transitions and change
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Coaching
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Children’s Safeguarding
The British International School, Tbilisi
2018
Professional development for the leadership team including:
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Leadership transitions and change
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360 Leadership Diagnostics,
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Coaching
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Children’s safeguarding
The British School, Kathmandu, Nepal
2018
Compassion Summit.
Keynote speaker and workshops including:
Self compassion
Emotional Learning
Children and young people from schools across the Middle East.
The American School, Amman, Jordan
2017 - 2019
Implementing Department for Education Strategy for regional system leadership for school improvement.
Teaching School Council Lancashire and West Yorkshire
2017
Multi Academy Trust transition programme.
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6 month programme working with leadership teams of expanding multi-academy trusts to grow leadership understanding, insight, skills and capacity.
Lime Tree Primary Academy.
2017
Scenario and Strategic Planning for MAT and CEO leaders.
Manchester Teaching School Alliance
2017
School Led Initial Teacher Training Research Project. Initiated, planned and developed a research project into the effectiveness and impact of school led initial teacher training in Greater Manchester since 2012.
Greater Manchester Learning Partnership
2016
Leadership development for the leadership team workshops including:
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Leadership, transitions and change
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Coaching
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Working with stakeholders
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Children’s safeguarding
The British School, Kathmandu, Nepal
2016
Change Leadership Workshop
Everyone Learning Teaching School Alliance
2016
Futures and scenario planning consultancy
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Exploring the future of Initial Teacher Training
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Three workshops working through a clear process leading to informed decision making to ensure constructive and focussed strategy. Includes comms strategy and developing action plans for implementation.
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Sheffield Hallam University
2016
Multi Academy Trust transition programme
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6 month programme working with leadership teams of expanding multi-academy trusts to grow leadership understanding, insight, skills and capacity.
Prestolee Multi Academy Trust