Utilising the acclaimed NESLI
Online Learning Platform
Supporting the development
needs of current and aspiring
female school leaders
The ACT Schools’
Women’s Leadership Forum
Designed specifically for the ACT’s female school leaders
Commences Term 3, 2015
For over ten years, Women & Leadership Australia (WLA) has been guiding
Australia’s female teachers towards greater career success and life satisfaction
through the internationally recognised Women & Leadership Forums.
This seminal program has been developed in partnership with Australia’s
National Excellence in School Leadership Initiative (NESLI) to meet the needs
of today’s dynamic female school leaders.
The program has been shaped by input from a wide range of stakeholders
spanning most leading Australian universities and school bodies. This collective
expertise imbues The Women’s Leadership Forum with a potent mix of
understanding, advice and strategy for addressing the unique challenges and
complexities that women face in the contemporary school leadership context.
“The Women’s Leadership
Forum provides a powerful
forum for female leaders
connect with peers and to
think deeply about what
it means to be a female
leader in a school setting”
Janet Horton
Women & Leadership Australia
The ACT
The Leadership
Journey Forum
Women’s Leadership
The Women’s Leadership Forum
Module 1 | Values
The Women’s Leadership Forum is built around four
distinct but complimentary themes. The structure of the
program optimises the learning outcomes of each module,
as well as contributing to the overall flow, ensuring a
logical progression from one session to the next. Through
mastery of each of the elements discussed, participants
can take an important step towards understanding and
achieving their personal goals.
During the 8 week course, four modules are explored:
Values
• Influence
• Resilience
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• Communication
Resilience
• Values
m m u n i c a ti o n
The program is underpinned by a state of the art integrated
online learning approach ensuring participants have the
opportunity to connect powerfully with both their peers
and the course facilitator.
Who is the Forum for?
Aspiring leaders
The Women’s Leadership Forum represents an exceptional
platform for aspiring female leaders to gain valuable
exposure to issues they may encounter on their leadership
journey. The program allows aspiring leaders time to
reflect on their career aspirations and identify the key steps
necessary for stepping into a leadership position.
Current leaders
The Women’s Leadership Forum meets key leadership
development priorities for current female school leaders.
Current leaders benefit enormously from connecting with
their peers and discussing their leadership challenges in a
supportive and engaging environment.
Identifying and operating within your own valuesbased framework
In this module, participants consider and clarify their
own values and identify what they look like with
regard to thinking and behaviours. Individuals can
assess the degree of alignment between their personal
values and their organisations’ and identify options
for reconciling differences. This module also allows
individuals to determine ways to be an effective ‘role
model’ for others. This module underpins the other
modules with regard to communicating effectively,
influencing and working collaboratively with others as
well as building and strengthening personal resilience.
The outcome is the development of a personal
guiding framework that assists the individual adopt a
sustainable, authentic, values-based leadership style.
Module 2 | Communication
Understanding and interpreting differing styles
Interpreting different communication styles effectively
is fundamental to building lasting interpersonal
relationships. In the workplace effective communication
is the vehicle that achieves results, so getting it wrong
is not an option. We all have a basic understanding
of how people communicate but this session focuses
on the key concepts of personal communication
style, how to identify and master your dominant
style, how to correctly interpret the style of others
and most importantly how to be flexible enough to
communicate optimally with differing styles. Mastering
these techniques will rapidly enhance your ability to
communicate purposefully in any situation.
Module 3 | Influence
Fostering goodwill, commitment and collaboration
to aid productivity
Influencing others may be as simple as asking a person
to do something, or as complex as building strategic
coalitions to achieve long term goals. Whatever the
desired outcome, your ability to influence effectively
and ethically depends on the strategies you use, and
when and how you implement them. This module
looks at influencing strategies; in particular, how
effective leaders draw on different tactics to best
suit the person and situation they are in. A range of
different strategies are explored.
Module 4 | Resilience
Building resilience and overcoming challenges
The final module explores the concept of resilience
– particularly during challenging times or in highly
pressurised environments. Personal resilience is not
only about strength through adversity but the ability
to grow and adapt as a result of disruption, to move
forward stronger than before. Participants are asked
to consider resilience at both a personal and strategic
leadership level. Participants go on to learn about
ways to build resilience in their teams, and manage
challenging situations more effectively.
The ACT
The Leadership
Journey Forum
Women’s Leadership
“A tremendous opportunity for all female school leaders”
How is the program delivered?
Brings together diverse cohorts from a wider
geographical area to connect and share experiences.
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The sessions are conveniently scheduled immediately
after school hours (4pm-5.30pm). In addition to
reducing school disruption, this eliminates the need
for casual relief staff.
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Allows women in regional and remote areas to access
this invaluable program.
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If a participant misses a session, thay are able to catch
up on the missed work and watch a recording of the
live session.
The program is delivered from NESLI’s state-of-the-art
eLearning campus in Melbourne. A team of experts are
always on hand to assist participants and answer all of
your technology questions.
Weeks 1 + 2
Self Paced Learning Portal Exploration
Live Webinar Session
School-based Activity
Module 2: Communication
Weeks 3 + 4
•
Self Paced Learning Portal Exploration
Live Webinar Session
School-based Activity
Module 3: Influence
Weeks 5 + 6
The Women’s Leadership Forum is delivered through
NESLI’s acclaimed Online Learning Portal and combines
live intereactive webinar discussions with self paced
online learning. Benefits of this delivery format include:
Module 1: Values
Self Paced Learning Portal Exploration
Live Webinar Session
School-based Activity
Course Duration:
Commencing:
Requirement:
8 weeks
Term 3, 2015
2.5 hour per week (average)
Weeks 7 + 8
Module 4: Resilience
Self Paced Learning Portal Exploration
Live Webinar Session
School-based Activity
The ACT
The Leadership
Journey Forum
Women’s Leadership
“The Power of Women & Leadership Forums”
Research suggests that to reach one’s potential as a leader, it is vitally
important that we feel connected, supported and empowered in all areas
of our lives. Whilst workplace training is essential to developing skills, the
immense power of women and leadership forums resides in bringing women
together to explore their potential as well as their challenges in a supportive
and empathetic environment.
Women & Leadership Australia is a national initiative committed to
supporting the presence of women in business and community leadership
roles. WLA is based on the belief that women represent an enormously
under-utilised national resource. Through supporting a greater percentage
of talented women to step up into leadership positions, tremendous cultural
and economic benefits will follow.
The initiative comprises a range of professional development programs,
advisory services, networking opportunities, and ongoing research. Since
its inaugural forum in 2003, over 40,000 women have participated, making
Women & Leadership Australia the largest female focused leadership
initiative in Australian History.
Each year thousands of women continue to benefit from the program ensuring
the initiative is widely accepted by business leaders as critical to the ongoing
development of Australian leadership.
The WLA program is under the auspices of the Workplace Training Advisory
Australia.
Further Details
For more information on The Women’s
Leadership Forum, please contact us:
P: 1300 138 037
E: [email protected]
Thank you very much - the whole
experience has totally exceeded my
expectations. The most valuable
event I have attended in a long
time. Great organisation, excellent
speakers and totally relevant topics
Sharon Murden
“Loved it – So inspiring. I have fire
in my belly! The best part was the
fact that there was something
for everyone. So much was
covered during the sessions &
importantly too –there was broad
representation in the cohort.
Thank you so much.”
Mary Field
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