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Raising student aspirations and motivation
- This session is aimed at pastoral staff and looks at building student aspirations, motivation, and creating a culture of "being bothered".
The focus of the session will look at how aspiration and motivation can permeate through whole school systems and processes through easily applied strategies and concepts.
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Paul Trainor, Managing Director, Positive Synergy Ltd
Paul is an an experienced leader in a range of sectors, he worked in secondary education for eighteen years in six different schools, including ten years in senior leadership roles. He now runs a consultancy business working in education, business and sport alongside having a senior leadership role in a professional sports club.
After initially qualifying as a PE Teacher in 1998, he worked in pastoral leadership roles as Head of Upper School, Assistant Headteacher and Deputy Head Teacher roles in schools in vastly different contexts. In these roles, he developed a wide range of experiences and approaches to pastoral support, behaviour, developing middle and senior leaders, supporting aspiring leaders, raising student aspiration, achievement and careers provision.
Prior to becoming a teacher, Paul played professional Rugby League. Being in this elite environment has had a significant impact on the vision for his work as a person and leader, enhancing motivation, raising aspiration, developing and sustaining high performing teams, building resilience and success mindsets in particular.
Paul’s consultancy business, Positive Synergy, works with individuals and organisations in education, business and sport to develop people and performance. From his experience of working with a wide range of schools, colleges, businesses and sports teams, he has a real interest in how outstanding, high performing organisations are created, led and sustained. Paul works with school and college staff across the country in areas including behaviour, pastoral support, raising aspiration, mental toughness, motivation, culture and leadership development.