Our mechanisms of regular meetings and workshops enable our members, at different levels within their organisations, to react and respond to policy decisions, to share their own practice and decisions and then to influence future policy decisions in a visionary way.
157 Group Principals meet three times a year for a business meeting and, in addition, hold two two-day reflective workshops. Each of these provides an opportunity to share reactions to recent developments, before engaging in peer support and improvement at the highest level. In 2012-13, for example, members engaged in a whole afternoon session on their approaches to quality improvement in teaching and learning.
Six of our Principals make up the Directors of 157, and these Directors work with other members to establish the key priority areas for the Group in each academic year.