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Governing Thoughts: September 2010
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A blog (mostly) about the issues arising from my involvement as a school governor. Friday, 17 September 2010. It's all over now - or perhaps 'for now'. Well, last week I resigned both of my governorships. Sometimes, you just have to focus on other things and I would rather not do the role at all than simply turn up every few weeks for a meeting and then * * * off again - for me It's a full committment or nothing. In a new environment. So, no more entries for a while - be well and keep up the good work.
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Governing Thoughts: OU courses for Governors
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A blog (mostly) about the issues arising from my involvement as a school governor. Thursday, 23 February 2012. OU courses for Governors. Well, as trailed a couple of months ago, I am back! I am now a member of an IEB for a failing primary school in Bradford. They are on the recovery path and I hope to be able to add something by way of my leadership and business expertise. Not the pupils, that's for sure. Gotta be worth a go! Thursday, February 23, 2012. Tuesday, 08 May, 2012. View my complete profile.
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Governing Thoughts: March 2013
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A blog (mostly) about the issues arising from my involvement as a school governor. Sunday, 3 March 2013. Leadership, Change Management and Organisational Development. I have just spent a few hours at the NGA Regional Conference listening inter alia. He suggested that, in exploring how to develop leadership and governance in schools, we need to pay attention to four areas:. Leadership climate and competence. Quality standards and wider management context. Do governor development programmes emphasise the s...
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Governing Thoughts: August 2010
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A blog (mostly) about the issues arising from my involvement as a school governor. Friday, 20 August 2010. The role of students in recruitment. The NASUWT recently published some data on teacher's responses to the use of 'Student Voice', so I thought I might write up my current views on the topic. Why should those recipients (we would call them customers in a different environment) not be involved? Obviously a teacher liked by the students but who has no technical knowledge or teaching ability would be n...
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Governing Thoughts: February 2012
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A blog (mostly) about the issues arising from my involvement as a school governor. Thursday, 23 February 2012. OU courses for Governors. Well, as trailed a couple of months ago, I am back! I am now a member of an IEB for a failing primary school in Bradford. They are on the recovery path and I hope to be able to add something by way of my leadership and business expertise. Not the pupils, that's for sure. Gotta be worth a go! Thursday, February 23, 2012. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Governing Thoughts: Policies, policies, policies - and some that are not!
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A blog (mostly) about the issues arising from my involvement as a school governor. Sunday, 20 May 2012. Policies, policies, policies - and some that are not! As part of our ongoing journey to convince our Ofsted Inspector that we are doing well enough to be released from Special Measures, we have been looking at every policy the school has/needs - after all, governance is about much more than 'simply' improving performance and anyway these Policies should. Why does a Maintained School need:. Let's get on...
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Governing Thoughts: July 2010
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A blog (mostly) about the issues arising from my involvement as a school governor. Thursday, 29 July 2010. Putting your head above the parapet. I have had a couple of conversations in the last week about the benefits and dangers of putting your head above the parapet, so thought I might share my thoughts on the subject. The constant barrage can be tiring and ways of dealing with that are useful:. 1 Remember that it is not you. 2 Regard all comments as valuable feedback - they generally say as much about ...
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Governing Thoughts: New Head, new skills?
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A blog (mostly) about the issues arising from my involvement as a school governor. Thursday, 27 December 2012. New Head, new skills? So, the Head who so skillfully steered us out of Special Measures has found another job in pastures new - good for him! Thursday, December 27, 2012. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Followers - join up, contribute to the fun! Subscribe To This Great Blog! Add this site you your bookmarks - Please! View my complete profile. This is what turns me on. Make a Real Difference!
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Governing Thoughts: December 2011
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A blog (mostly) about the issues arising from my involvement as a school governor. Thursday, 8 December 2011. I may be back! Well, after a bit of a break, I have been approached about the possibility of joining an IEB for a VERY local primary. I have always been a fan of IEBs in principle - after all, if a school fails Ofsted then there is surely a prima facie. Case that the leadership has failed the pupils and should be removed. The same, of course, applying to the Head. Looking forward to developments.
