1. Governor Induction part 1 STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
Rebecca Walker & Clive Haines

2. Welcome to Governance
Introduce yourself and share the following information:
What category of governor you are
How long you have been a governor
How many meetings you have attended

3. Welcome to Governance NGA Welcome to Governance
A guide for newly appointed governors of state schools

4. Roles and Responsibilities
What is your understanding of your role as a governor?

5. Roles and Responsibilities
To help schools to provide the best possible education for their
pupils, in all types of schools governing boards should have a
strong focus on three core strategic functions:
Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils
Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent

6. Shared Strategic Leadership
Building a productive and supportive relationship with the
headteacher while holding them to account for school
performance and taking hard strategic decisions.
Governors are responsible and accountable in law and in practice for major decisions about the school and its future.
Governors are equal partners in leadership with the headteacher and the senior management team.
Governors should strive to achieve school improvement and help schools ensure that every child gets the best possible education and does as well as s/he can.

7. Your School’s Vision
Developing a strong vision statement can help stakeholders in your school reach a common understanding The vision is your school's goal — where you hope to see it in the future. Do you know your school’s vision?

8. Strategic Direction It involves asking the questions:
Where are we now?
Where do we need to be?
How do we know?
A PLAN with different names

9. Strategic Plan Agreed by the Governing Board and Senior Leaders
Setting out the vision for the school and its broad ambitions
Developed in discussion with staff, parents and pupils

10. School Development Plan
Developed by the Senior Leaders, based on desired outcomes of the Strategic Plan
With details of how the strategy will be turned into reality

11. Implementation of the SDP
Carried out by the Senior Leaders and the staff
Monitored for its IMPACT by the Governors

12. Strategic vs Operational
The plans made and the actions to be taken in an
effort to enable the school fulfil its intended
purpose.

13. Strategic vs Operational
The plans made and the actions to be taken in an
effort to enable the school fulfil its intended
purpose.
Operational
To be involved in the actual ‘doing’ of
the plans and actions.

14. Quiz – Strategic or Operational?

15. Things to consider How does your governing board work strategically?
Do you have clear goals?
How do you know how well your school is performing?
On what evidence do you base your judgements?
What is the relationship between the school's self evaluation and the school’s strategic plan?

16. Meetings: Agendas

17. Meetings: Minutes

18. Does my governing board…
think and act strategically?
know about, and take into account recent changes in education and children’s services?
canvass and take into account the views of parents, pupils and others in the community?
keep abreast of possible future trends and changes?
ever get involved with the more operational day-to-day management of the school?

19. Communications Leadership Update leadershipupdate.rbwm.org.uk
Termly updates
Schools’ Bulletin (RBWM)
Safeguarding
Clerks
Information
Advice
Governor Services
Via your clerk or directly

20. Training Governor Central (Wednesday evening) Training for 2017-18 at:

21. Governance Handbook
For governors in maintained schools, academies and free schools.
It covers:
Core roles and functions
Legal and statutory duties/requirements

22. NGA LearningLink E-learning portal for governors.
Your clerk can give you the details of how to register.

23. Questions
Any questions ?