Judith McClure, convenor of SELMAS,  spoke last in Session 2 on the subject of succession planning

In her final year of headship, Judith reflected on the current problems of head teacher recruitment to a job that’s so rewarding.  Succession planning is about:

- Developing leadership skills all the time

- Realising that teamwork is so important and needs to be rewarded

She also urged conference to get the message across that it’s a privileged and rewarding job to be a head teacher. To help that process, we need to make sure there is support for head teachers:

- in dealing with press matters

- by making heads feel empowered

- by accepting that pay does matter when you are expected to shoulder such a leadership burden.

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