Professional development

• Middle Leadership Development Programme
  • Who is MLDP for?
  • Working in a cluster
  • Programme details
  • Role of the lead organisation
  • Role of the facilitator
  • Role of the learning coach
  • Credits towards other qualifications
  • Costs
  • Apply
  • Case studies

Middle Leadership Development Programme

The Middle Leadership Development Programme (MLDP) enables groups (clusters) of schools, academies and children's centres to deliver professional development to their own middle leaders, developing effective leadership of teaching and learning. Supported by the National College, MLDP be tailored to individual needs and context, with the benefit of sharing expertise and best practice with others.

Who can apply?

Schools, academies and children's centres who would like to work as part of a group (cluster) to provide professional development for middle leaders who are new to their role or facing a leadership challenge. You can either:

• set up your own cluster
• join an existing cluster as an individual

What's involved?

The programme is delivered by facilitators from the cluster who are nominated, experienced senior leaders.

Facilitators are trained to deliver the programme on a four-day residential. Six months later they must also attend a two-day assessment.

Middle leaders who participate in the programme will attend approximately five face-to-face sessions, be given online activities and individual learning, and get support from a learning coach.

Find out more about the programme.

Duration

Approximately 10 months, depending on the programme created by your cluster. Although we are moving to a licensing approach for our programmes later this year, all new and current clusters will continue to be supported in their delivery by the College until the end of 2013.

Costs

This is the last opportunity to receive College funding for this programme.

Training and assessment of two facilitators per cluster is provided free of charge by the College, including the use of online materials and support. Once facilitators are accredited as National College facilitators they are able to deliver this programme to their cluster of middle leaders, and beyond. The delivery of MLDP is funded by the cluster who are free to charge participants.

Charges are applicable to independent and other fee-paying schools.

Further information about costs.

Find out more

• Download our fact sheet
• Read about the benefits for middle leaders
• Find out about people's experience of the programme

Apply

The application round is currently open and will close at 5pm on 29 February 2012.