Course Details

Becoming more assertive

The aim of this course is to provide professional development for all staff and governors who feel they'd like to become more assertive. It aims to offer practical help to people whose lack of assertiveness negatively affects their professional life, by getting them to reflect on different scenarios and practice different techniques.

The course will be useful to all staff who feel they'd benefit from increased assertiveness. It'll require a commitment to personal and professional change, which is one of the course’s greatest challenges. A by-product is the development of an environment in which assertive behaviour is encouraged.

As you work through the course, you will:

• examine your definition of assertiveness, seeing how it differs from passive and aggressive behaviour 
• reflect on how a lack of assertiveness may be inhibiting you at work 
• learn techniques for developing your assertiveness
• learn to recognise when to employ skills of assertiveness

Author Biography

Meet the course author:

Elizabeth Holmes was head of history in a high school in Sussex, England before leaving full time teaching to pursue a writing career. She's written for a variety of national publications and has had several books published about supporting teachers, including The Newly Qualified Teacher's Handbook and The Teacher's Guide to Successful Professional Development. She has researched the issues around assertiveness at work extensively through her work as 'agony aunt' on www.eteach.com, answering the professional and personal concerns of teachers.

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