Who should attend?
School leaders working in early years primary and secondary settings, special schools, alternative providers including trust leaders and aspiring leaders.
Why attend?
In this complex and uncertain world, we need leaders and school teams who aren’t just resilient, but have empathy, self-awareness, and an understanding of what humans need to do well. We need to shift away from ‘toughing it out’, to working to support and lift each other to make our schools happy and thriving communities.
NAHT’s Empowering Change Conference 2024 explores what it really means to be mentally fit (hint: it’s not all about being tough or resilient) and how to understand and overcome the ways we self-sabotage, making life harder than necessary.
We are pleased to announce Rachel Younger, NAHT President will open the conference. Final words and closing of the conference will be given by Angi Gibson, NAHT Vice President.
How is this conference different?
This event will bring together into one place all sectors within education, with a focus on those who previously enjoyed their own sector council conference events, for example SEND Sector Council, Early Years and Primary Sector Council, and Secondary Sector Council, (School Leaders Summit).
Keynote Speaker
Action Jackson
The self-proclaimed ‘UK Ambassador for Happiness Action Jackson' is an award-winning motivational speaker, best-selling author, TV host and lover of life.
If you factor in TEDx speaker, influencer, multiple marathon runner, London to Brighton bike rider, entrepreneur, husband, son, and father (note, the list is not in priority order!), you will understand why he is better known as ‘Action Jackson.’
Jackson loves simplicity. He believes that life is to be lived fully. He works with educators and leaders of the next generation and his message is always the same: Rise up people. Our young people need us! Jackson is passionate about transforming individuals, teams, and entire youth cultures. For him, it’s about raising the bar to ‘world class'. Action Jackson is the most motivated motivational speaker you will ever hear.
Lisa Read
A former school leader, Lisa holds qualifications in coaching, emotional intelligence, neuroscience and more. Working extensively within education, and also within the union movement and the Labour Party; Lisa is regularly hired by government ministers such as Angela Rayner, David Lammy and Louise Haigh to work with their teams. Sharing Real Clear’s unique model of mental fitness, based on 20+ years of research and practice, you’ll discover:
- The key components that make up mental fitness.
- How balanced you are in the ‘Big Four’ muscles of mental fitness.
- Your ‘mental fitness exercise plan’ based on your unique strengths and development areas for yourself…and what might be needed for the team.
Workshops
Morning Session
- Primary and Early Years
- SEND and Alternative Provision
- Aspiring Leaders
Interactive Afternoon Session with Lisa Read