Lecture: Building your career in educational support

Do you want to know how to take your career to the next level? Are you curious about the skills and capabilities needed to maximize professional success? In our upcoming lecture, hosted by Mike Weston, Head of the International School in Groningen, you can explore how to forge a successful path as a young support professional in education.

Mike Weston has over two decades of experience in education, having served as Head of School at the International School Groningen since 2005. He has also advised and consulted at NHL Stenden University and previously held the role of Assistant Headteacher at Davison High School for Girls.

Topics

During this session, you will learn about key aspects of building a successful career as a young support professional in education, including:

• How can you navigate your career when you’re not involved in the primary process of teaching and conducting research, but rather one of the many other roles within the world of education? 

• The role of luck: to what extent is our professional success the result of careful planning, and how much is just serendipity? 

• Challenging situations: how do you handle difficult conversations about wanting to explore new opportunities in a challenging (financial) environment? Working in the Netherlands as an international: what is it like to work in a Dutch professional environment when you come from another country? 

• Tips & tricks

We hope to see you then!