Workshop 2 Title: Strategic Distributed SEND Leadership
Presenters: Kate Browning and Geraldene Codina
Workshop description
This workshop will focus on the key features of strategic distributed leadership for SENCOs. Focussing on the SENCO’s strategic direction and vision for SEND in their setting, attention is first directed towards the SENCO’s engagement with the school’s senior leadership team and its governing body. This will then lead into a consideration of the SENCO’s role in relation to the Subject Leaders role; attention will be given to the concepts of children’s access to and participation/achievement in the school’s curriculum offer. The topic of the curriculum will then be discussed in relation to inclusive high-quality first teaching and the intent, implementation and impact of the curriculum.
Kate Browning is a well-regarded lead professional both locally and nationally in school improvement for children and young people with SEND. She has over 20 years of experience as a teacher, SENCo, Local Authority School Improvement Officer for SEN and interim Education Development Officer for NASEN, where she supported the delivery of nationwide training on the 0 – 25 SEND Code of Practice with the DfE. She is currently involved in project work on ‘Mastery in maths for children with SEND’. She is an Associate Consultant for NASEN, an expert advisor for The Key and has been a Chair of Governors of a large junior school.
Dr Geraldene Codina is the Programme Leader at the University of Derby for the National Award for SENCOs, and a number of other inclusion focussed Masters degrees. She also supervises six doctoral students. Geraldene Chair’s the Derby City Opportunity Area (OA) SEND Project Management Group and sits on the OA SEND Inclusion committee. Geraldene recently co-edited the book Leading on Inclusion: The role of the SENCO and co-authored the SENCO Induction Pack: Supporting your school as the start of your journey. Prior to working in Higher Education, Geraldene worked as a Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO), senior leader and school teacher in both special and mainstream settings.
