LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT 2017 Workshop 1: Developing Leadership Capacity within the EIS

Leadership Development 2016 BUILDING CAPACITY AND SUCCESSION PLANNING BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION IN THE UNION FROM UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS FUTURE STRATEGIES AND SKILLS TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES COMMUNICATION SKILLS

BUILDING CAPACITY AND SUCCESSION PLANNING PROPOSAL ACTION Social Media – training and encouragement to use/become involved Accessed Digital Unions Funding to support industrial action campaign LA activists and EIS staff: 19 Edinburgh, 15 Glasgow SUL 10 courses over 2 years,  12 participants per course  

BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION IN THE UNION FROM UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS PROPOSAL ACTION Targeting younger teachers Capitalise on young people’s interest in activism Design of Leadership Development 2017 Request to LA Secs, Organisers and Servicing Officials of Networks to identify potential new activists Mentoring potential new reps and activists with more experienced reps – staged approach Design of LDD 2017- buddying Practical illustration of leadership as a collective endeavour Emphasis on women in leadership roles Consideration of wider campaigns re gender balance Application to SUL 2017-19: funding for professional learning on leadership for women members Get it Right for Girls publication Women on Public Boards consultation STUC Women’s Committee Executive Committee considering gender balance within union structures

BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION IN THE UNION FROM UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS PROPOSAL ACTION Personal communication for BME members Enhance the confidence of BME members by sharing information re union roles, processes etc. Invitation to participate in SUL-funded leadership event BME Member Seminar May 2016 SEJ article focusing on activists February edition De-mystify Creation and distribution of Activist cards

BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION IN THE UNION FROM UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS PROPOSAL ACTION Sharpened communication around terms and conditions, LNCT agreements, WTAs – knowledge of rights and entitlements Promote a collegiate model of union representation Industrial action campaign materials and follow up advice on tackling workload Design of event Communicate the relationship between the EIS as a trade union and the quality of children’s educational experience Application to SUL 2017-19 Equality and Human Rights in the Classroom ASN- autistic spectrum; social, emotional and behavioural difficulties; and speech and language impairment Developing Awareness of Young People’s Mental Health Teaching Children from Refugee and Immigrant Communities

FUTURE STRATEGIES AND SKILLS TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES PROPOSAL ACTION Different strategies on leadership at all levels – national, local, rep/school Mentoring, shadowing, networking central in this as part of overall strategy Leadership Development 2017- buddying element, focus on leadership as activism Application to SUL 2017-19 for funding for professional learning on different kinds of teacher leadership- general, for BME teachers and for women CPD/Training that incorporates importance and professional benefits of activism CPD as an organising tool Exploration of ways of EIS working more closely with Scottish Government on delivery of professional learning

COMMUNICATION SKILLS PROPOSAL ACTION EIS national Facebook page Balance of communication types needed Established June 2016 1733 page likes Our last post reached more than 21,000 people 73 shares, 30 comments and 266 reactions   Written: SEJ, letters, Reps bulletin, posters, policy papers and publications Digital: website, emails, e-bulletin, Facebook, Twitter AV: short films, radio, tv

ORGANISER TEAM

What next? Evaluation Officials Committees Proposal: Always reflect on activities and learn from them Evaluation Officials Committees

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT LOCALLY? Recent progress Future priorities