1. How to…
…move into language school
management
Andy Hockley, IATEFL Liverpool, 2013
2. Agenda
Why might you want to move into management?
What routes are available?
What training and/or support is out there?
Things to think about
3. Why management?
Why did you come here today?
What are the reasons why people might consider
moving from teacher to manager?
4. Possible answers
Provides a career path
Change of focus
Personal/professional development
Pushed
New organisational working practices
Accreditation
Any we missed?
5. Routes
Where do you want to go? What do you want to
achieve?
Where are you now? What skills do you already
have?
6. Skills
What are the skills of a manager?
(Or, perhaps, what skills should a manager
have?)
7. Routes into management
Rising through the ranks (teacher – coordinator -
senior teacher – ADOS – DOS – and beyond…)
Changing jobs (changing LTO)
Deputising
Taking on responsibilities
Projects (management writ small)
Certification
Summer school
8. Training and support - courses
ELT specific management courses
Eg IDLTM, DELTM (blended)
MA in Educational management
Some online courses
Project Management courses
ELT specific such as “Fundamentals of Project
Management”
General (many)
Non-ELT specific
Eg MBA, other general management courses
Workshops
Eg IATEFL LAMSIG events and one days workshops
10. Literature etc
Books
From Teacher to Manager (CUP 2008)
Management in ELT (CUP 1991)
IATEFL LAM SIG Newsletter
11. To sum up
Talk to managers
Learn from your experience being managed (good
and bad)
Where do you want to go?
Where are you now?
How can you get from A – B?
And What, How, Why, Oneself…
12. KSAA
Knowledge – Knowing About
Skills – Knowing How
Attitude – Knowing Why
Awareness – Knowing Oneself
Who are you as a manager?