4:20 - 4:50 PM | The Leaders You Didn't Know You Were Growing — Building the Next Generation
Roundtable
The Conversation
The recruitment crisis facing schools has an answer that doesn't require a single external hire, it just requires noticing the leadership potential already sitting inside the building, and building a pathway for it to grow.
This roundtable brings together three different vantage points on growing leaders from within early years, group-level education strategy, and a dedicated teaching school built for exactly this purpose. It explores internal leadership pipelines as a solution to the recruitment challenge, and considers what it takes to spot leadership potential early, and how to build the pathways that let it flourish.
Key discussion points include:
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A conversation on how schools deliberately grow their next generation of leaders
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Internal leadership pipelines as a solution to the recruitment challenge
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What it takes to spot leadership potential early
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Building the pathways that let leadership potential flourish
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Three vantage points: early years, group-level strategy, and a dedicated teaching school
Speakers
Dr Neil Hopkin Director of Education, Fortes Education Dr. Neil Hopkin leads the Academic Leadership Team at Fortes Education, where he is responsible for the overall strategic development of the schools’ academic performance, the development and implementation of new initiatives and innovations, operations, and curriculum development, alongside staff professional development, student, and family happiness.
Dr Catherine O’Farrell Founding Partner, Incluzun
Rebecca Tennant Head, Taaleem Teaching School Rebecca launched Taaleem Teaching School, a group-wide professional learning network fostering collaboration and best practice across Taaleem schools — anchored by The Staff Room, its dedicated online hub for professional development and dialogue. She is passionate about high-quality teaching and learning, the impact of learning environments and neuroarchitecture, and developing aspiring, middle and senior leaders — committed to professional learning that is practical, purposeful and impactful for students.