Making it your own
Childhood has changed, and schools need the expertise to respond. Our Train the Trainer programme helps leaders and specialist staff understand what these changes mean for classrooms, support for vulnerable learners and relationships with families.
Across three practical training days, we develop the skills to evaluate practice, train and coach colleagues, and lead meaningful improvement. Supported by Navigate's learning programmes and resources, you'll build the confidence and expertise to shape and sustain change through your own people, systems and partnerships.
Building expertise that stays in your setting
Schools are working incredibly hard to respond to the changing needs of children and young people. The challenge is often finding the time, expertise and capacity to bring everything together into a consistent approach that works across the whole setting.
Our Train the Trainer programme brings together Navigate's work in emotionally safe schools, trauma processing, family engagement and school improvement.
We explore how changes in childhood and society are influencing classrooms and school culture, the support needed by vulnerable learners and the relationships schools build with families.
Participants develop the understanding and practical skills to recognise where their setting needs to adapt, strengthen existing practice and lead improvement with confidence.
Schools are working incredibly hard to respond to the changing needs of children and young people. The challenge is often finding the time, expertise and capacity to bring everything together into a consistent approach that works across the whole setting.
Our Train the Trainer programme brings together Navigate's work in emotionally safe schools, trauma processing, family engagement and school improvement.
We explore how changes in childhood and society are influencing classrooms and school culture, the support needed by vulnerable learners and the relationships schools build with families.
Participants develop the understanding and practical skills to recognise where their setting needs to adapt, strengthen existing practice and lead improvement with confidence.
Developing the people who lead improvement
We want schools to have the expertise within their own teams to shape practice, support colleagues and keep learning as circumstances change.
Throughout the programme, participants develop skills in evaluating practice, delivering professional learning, coaching, monitoring, constructive challenge and implementation.
Our five strands of emotional safety, safe spaces, self-belief, opportunity and hope provide a shared foundation, helping leaders connect different areas of school life and consider what children, families and adults need to succeed.
The learning is designed to work through your existing leadership, coaching and professional development structures, making it easier to embed improvement in the everyday life of your setting.
Day 1: Worth & Why
Explore the changing context of childhood, understand the research behind our approach and develop the skills to evaluate current practice. Participants begin building a clear picture of their own setting, recognising strengths and identifying opportunities for improvement.
Day 2: Gap & Help
Using the learning and evidence gathered within their settings, participants explore what needs to change and how to make improvement accessible. We develop the practical skills needed to support colleagues, strengthen practice and build confidence across the wider team.
Participants develop their skills as trainers, coaches and improvement leads. Through practical activities, rehearsal and feedback, they learn how to facilitate professional development, navigate challenges and plan for implementation within their own settings.
Participants develop their skills as trainers, coaches and improvement leads. Through practical activities, rehearsal and feedback, they learn how to facilitate professional development, navigate challenges and plan for implementation within their own settings.
Day 3: Into Practice
Participants develop their skills as trainers, coaches and improvement leads. Through practical activities, rehearsal and feedback, they learn how to facilitate professional development, navigate challenges and plan for implementation within their own settings.
Sustainable improvement
Our ambition is for schools to have the expertise, confidence and agency to keep developing their practice as the needs of children and communities change. Through their own leaders, coaches and existing systems, schools can embed our five strands into everyday practice, support colleagues, evaluate progress and continue making meaningful improvements.
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Every participating school receives 12 months of whole-school access to Navigate's Emotionally Safe Schools, Trauma Processing and Family Engagement programmes, alongside practical resources and opportunities for ongoing support. This helps learning become part of the school's culture, strengthening the capacity to respond to change, remove barriers and keep the future open for every learner.
Better Together
Train the Trainer brings schools, clusters, trusts, local authorities and wider improvement partnerships together to develop shared understanding and local expertise. With cohorts starting from six schools, the programme creates opportunities for collaboration, professional learning, constructive challenge and ongoing support, while giving each setting the freedom to shape an approach that works for its own people and community.
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By investing in the expertise of those already working closest to children and families, we can strengthen practice across whole communities and build the relationships and capacity to sustain it. The learning becomes yours, the expertise stays local, and we continue to navigate together.