Teacher Recruitment, Retention and Career Progression: A Guide For School Leaders – Authors in conversation
Join us for a panel discussion with authors of our book Teacher Recruitment, Retention and Career Progression: A Guide for School Leaders. The book supports leaders with recruiting, supporting and retaining teaching staff with a focus on building diverse and inclusive staff teams. It guides leaders to support those new to the profession whilst enabling all staff members to progress. Specifically, it supports leaders to address the barriers that people with protected characteristics might face in becoming teachers and progressing into leadership positions.
Our expert panel will discuss topics related to their chapters including the importance of professional identity and autonomy for retention and career progression, recruiting and retaining LGBTQ+ teachers through inclusive leadership, addressing workload and supporting teacher wellbeing and addressing systemic barriers to support teachers from global majority backgrounds. There will be a chance to ask our panel members questions.
This webinar is aimed at school leaders and anyone interested in building diverse and inclusive teams and supporting recruitment, retention and school progression in schools and colleges.
Speakers:
Dr Lisa-Maria Müller is Head of Research and Policy at the Chartered College of Teaching, where she leads on linking research, policy and practice through research projects, publications and events. She is lead author of six reports exploring the impact of COVID on teachers and students, the implementation of cognitive science in classrooms and the notion of teacher professionalism as well as project lead on national and international projects, including collaborations with the OECD and UNESCO. Lisa-Maria is a qualified MFL teacher with experience in secondary schools in Austria and the UK. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Vienna.
She co-authored the chapter ‘Teacher professionalism: the importance of professional identity and autonomy for retention and career progression’ with Victoria Cook.
Professor Catherine Lee MBE is Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University. She is a researcher and adviser on LGBTQ+ inclusion in education. In 2023 Catherine received an MBE for services to equality in education for her leadership development work in schools and universities.
She wrote the chapter: ‘Recruiting and retaining LGBTQ+ teachers through inclusive leadership’.
Yamina Bibi FCCT is a former deputy headteacher, English teacher, consultant and currently an education project specialist for the Chartered College of Teaching and Chiltern Learning Trust. Yamina is also author of The Little Guide for Teachers: Thriving in Your First Years of Teaching (2024). Additionally, Yamina is co-founder of South Asian Educators’ Network, an associate, trainer and coach for Belonging Effect and a #WomenEd network leader.
She wrote the chapter: ‘Addressing workload and supporting teacher wellbeing’.
Sufian Sadiq FCCT is the Director of Talent and Teaching School at Chiltern Learning Trust. He is a passionate activist within the educational landscape around race, equity and inclusion. He is a serving Ofsted inspector. Sufian is President-Elect and Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching, as well as a Fellow for the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors. He plays an active role in numerous charitable organisations as a trustee and also holds key governance roles within educational organisations.
He co-authored the chapter: ‘Inclusive leadership: addressing systemic barriers to support teachers from minority ethnic backgrounds’ with Angie Browne.