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School Office & Admin Staff: How to Excel in Your Role

Handle the queue at reception, the angry phone call and the flustered colleague in a way that leaves everyone, you included, a bit happier.

  • 44 minutes
  • 0.5 CPD hours
  • Certificate

Free for 14 days, then £8 a month or £80 a year. Cancel before day 14 and you won't pay anything.

On its own: £51 including VAT · 12 months' access

About this course

You're often the first person a parent sees and the voice on the end of the phone. That shapes how people feel about your school, and it's easy for it to go unnoticed, even by you.

This course helps you do the job with more confidence and get more out of it. You'll look at what parents and visitors expect when they come to you. You'll also see why someone who arrives angry may have flipped their lid for reasons that have nothing to do with you, and how to stay steady when it happens. There are simple habits too: answering the phone quickly, owning a problem rather than passing it on, and being honest when something will take longer.

Running through it all is a bucket of sunshine. You'll notice what fills yours, and how much you add to everyone else's.

Modules

8 modules
  1. 1Introduction4 min
  2. 2Your job4 min
  3. 3Your customers9 min
  4. 4How do others see you?5 min
  5. 5Understanding ourselves6 min
  6. 6Empathy and understanding others7 min
  7. 7Stress and tension6 min
  8. 8Wrap up3 min

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Good to know

  • A certificate with your CPD hours that anyone can check online.
  • Buy the course and you have 12 months to finish it.
  • Stop when you like and pick up where you left off.
  • Your school is a member? Log in and it’s already there. You won’t pay twice.

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On its own: £51 including VAT · 12 months' access