Equal Access to Promotion

Overview

Equal Access to Promotion (EAP) is jointly developed and delivered by NCSL and the National Union of Teachers (NUT).

The core purpose of the programme is to address the professional development needs of black and minority ethnic (BME) teachers in middle leadership and provide support for them to move on to senior leadership roles.

EAP is a module of the Leadership Pathways programme, but is also being offered as a stand-alone programme to a broader range of school leaders. Offering the programme to non-Leadership Pathways participants will make EAP a truly accessible programme. For some EAP participants the programme will act as a gateway to broader provision and encourage further engagement with NCSL.

Find out more about the Leadership Pathways programme.

Aims

The aims of EAP are:

• to provide an experience and forum for black and minority ethnic leaders focused on effective leadership
• to enhance participants’ leadership strengths and extend their strategies for overcoming barriers to leadership/promotion
• to boost participants’ knowledge of current and future career and leadership development opportunities
• to equip participants through the study of leadership to raise their influence as leaders in schools in order to impact on student learning and well-being
• to encourage BME teachers in middle leadership positions to seek senior leadership roles and positions in schools

Eligibility

EAP is targeted at BME teachers in middle leadership roles who are looking for more senior leadership roles and responsibilities. Participants will typically have between four and nine years’ teaching experience and will not have participated in previous EAP programmes. Participants may have current or previous experience of NCSL‘s Leadership Pathways and Leading from the Middle programmes, or NUT‘s Continuing Professional Development’s ‘Aspiring to Lead’.

Availability

The application round for cohort 4, to begin in September 2009, will open 4 May and close 26 June 2009.