The Headteacher's Toolkit (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781542690898)

John Samuels was a Headteacher for fourteen years and County Adviser for Leadership and Management in Hampshire for three years. During his time as a County Adviser John was responsible for the CPD of School Leaders in Hampshire and helped to establish the Hampshire Teaching and Leadership College. He also represented the Local Authority on a number of bodies and carried out projects with the National College and the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit. He now works as an Education Consultant mainly working with local authorities and individual schools. He has been a Visiting Research Fellow at Sussex University and worked on a number of research projects. John is a verified coach and Lead Facilitator for the National College for Teaching and Leadership. He has trained both Headteachers and Advisers as coaches. He works on a number of NCTL programmes including NPQH and the Chairs of Governors programme. John's work focuses on leadership development, increasing personal effectiveness, coaching and mentoring and developing leadership capacity. His other area of expertise consists of working with schools to develop shared language about learning around a model for learning.