Our Courses
Practical leadership development designed specifically for the unique challenges facing school leaders.
Training Calendar 2025/26
Please note, all courses will be facilitated at AllstateNI, Mays Meadow, Belfast, unless stated otherwise.
Course schedule for 2025/26 currently under review due to high demand. Dates and further information will be published here shortly.
Coaching & PRSD
A training programme delivered over 2 days for principals & vice-principals
Effective coaching is fundamental to developing high-performing educational environments. This comprehensive programme equips school leaders with the essential skills and frameworks needed to foster growth and excellence within their teams.
This programme covers:
- The managing, coaching and mentoring continuum
- Essential coaching skills
- Choosing the right coaching model
- Setting worthwhile PRSD targets
- Coaching practice and observation
- Giving constructive feedback
Leadership Essentials
A training programme delivered over 2 days for principals & vice-principals
Leadership in education requires a unique blend of vision, emotional intelligence, and practical management skills. This programme provides school leaders with the tools and strategies necessary to create inspiring and effective learning environments.
Key focus areas include:
- Setting vision & direction
- Building a strong leadership team
- Engaging & developing others
- Developing the mind of a coach
- Inspiration & motivation
- Handling difficult conversations
- Performance management
High Performing Teams
Can be provided ‘in-house’ or as part of an external training event.
The most successful schools are built upon strong, cohesive leadership teams that work collaboratively towards shared goals. This programme explores the dynamics of effective teamwork and provides practical strategies for building and sustaining high-performing leadership teams.
Emerging Leaders
A targeted training programme delivered over 2 days
There is a concerning trend in Northern Ireland’s education system: a declining number of teachers applying for vice principal and principal positions. This leadership vacuum threatens the sustainability and quality of school management, instructional guidance, and student outcomes.
Several factors contribute to this issue, including a lack of confidence, limited awareness of the leadership pathway, concerns about workload and accountability, and insufficient preparation or support. To address these challenges, we have developed a targeted programme designed to demystify school leadership roles and inspire the next generation of educational leadership.
The programme aims to:
- Build confidence and leadership capacity in aspiring candidates
- Introduce a framework of approaches and tools that will equip aspiring leaders to better cope with the demands of leading and managing schools
- Share inspirational guidance and ideas from current leaders within the sector as well as acknowledged leaders, consultants and recognised authorities from the wider world of leadership and management
- Equip teachers with tools to balance leadership responsibilities and well-being
Key Skills Workshops
Short, focused sessions designed for busy school leaders
Our Key Skills Workshops provide some of the essential skills and tools required to meet the demands of leadership and management in schools. Designed as short three to four hour sessions, they are ideal for twilight or afternoon training, minimising the disruption to the pressures of day-to-day school life.
Understanding that every school leader faces unique challenges, these workshops offer practical, adaptable tools that can be implemented immediately within any educational environment.
Our Key Skills Workshops include:
- Resilience and Mental Toughness
- The EEC Model for Feedback
- Dealing with Challenging People
- Effective Communications
- Developing Emotional Intelligence
- Influencing & Persuading Skills
“The greatest contribution of a leader is to make others leaders.”
Simon Sinek