How can middle leaders influence colleagues, set clear expectations and translate school priorities into team practice?
Practise leading colleagues, setting expectations and running useful team routines while translating whole-school priorities into local classroom practice.
You may be expected to improve team practice, support colleagues and make whole-school priorities real, without having full control over time, resources or every decision. It is a demanding place to lead from.
This course helps middle leaders develop the clarity, influence and team routines that turn responsibility into purposeful action rather than simply more work for the person in the middle.
Lead a team with clearer conversations, shared routines and a workable route from priority to practice.
Starts 25 August 2027
In person · Stockholm, Sweden · Venue to be confirmed
Registering interest is free. A course run is confirmed once at least six participants have registered their interest. Until then, neither a place nor a course run is guaranteed. Booking terms →
Run the course with your own staff, on your own dates.
Day 1
Being accountable for colleagues' work while remaining one of them.
Day 2
Expectations, feedback, coaching and addressing disagreement in practice.
Day 3
Meetings, team routines, managing upwards and translating whole-school change.
Day 4
A leadership plan for your team, tested with peers.
Every course we run is built on what research says makes professional learning change practice. Here is what that looks like in this one.
Realistic leadership scenarios, with structured reflection on what they show.
You work on your own live leadership challenges.
Role practice: what would you actually say, do or decide?
An optional online follow-up lets you report back on a team routine you tried and refine your next step.
EUR 420 per participant, incl. VAT
Facilitation and all course materials, a certificate of attendance, a selection of cultural activities in Stockholm, and fika every day: tea, coffee, something baked and something healthy.
Meals, travel and accommodation.
Most courses run at our base in Vasastan, a few minutes' walk from Odenplan, with cafés and a park close by. We confirm the venue with each group before the course. Arlanda is about 40 minutes away by commuter train or airport coach, with no change needed. Between sessions there is time to walk by the water and reflect. We find people learn better that way.
Getting here and where we work →Nick Praulins is co-founder of The Nordic Learning Company, where he leads our work with schools and educators, shaping the learning philosophy, pedagogy and programme design behind its education practice.
View profile →Erasmus+ KA1 teacher mobility. Your organisation confirms eligibility and funding with its National Agency. We complete the Europass Mobility document for participants who request it.
You can move to another date or send a colleague at no cost. If you cancel more than four weeks before the start, we keep 30% of the fee; inside four weeks, we keep the full fee. If we cancel, you choose a full refund or another date.
What you’ll leave with
A clearer view of your role, team routines and a plan for one live challenge.
Pairs well with
Build a student-leadership programme that helps your school create meaningful routes for students to contribute.
Build professional learning that changes practice, not simply fills the calendar.
Collaborative professional learning for better classroom practice
Erasmus+ is the European Union’s programme for education, training, youth and sport. The Nordic Learning Company AB is an independent course provider, not endorsed by the European Commission or any National Agency. Member of the EU Pact for Skills. Based in Stockholm.
EUR 420 per participant, incl. VAT
Starts 25 August 2027
