Transcript NCTL Powerpoint Template (Arial) v1 0 April 2013

NCTL
support and training
for Governors
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Training and support: an overview
Training:
• Subsidised Chairs - Leadership development programme
• Free Governor training - PRP (Feb 2014)
• Free Governor training - RAISEonline (March 2014)
• Free Governor training - Efficiencies (April 2014)
• Subsidised Clerks – training programme (summer 2014)
• Free NCTL membership with ‘Governing Schools’ resources
• Free Regional workshops for heads and chairs – resources
Support:
• Free National Leaders of Governance – mentoring & coaching
• Free School improvement through governance - case studies
• Free Reviews of Governance - resources and processes
Governing schools: resource area
Free to members of the National College, which is free for school governors
Leadership of governors
National discussion group
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Leading Governors Booklet
Leadership development programme
Leadership competencies overview
Case studies
How to resources…
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…drive school improvement
…manage the financial business
…meet your statutory obligations
…build your governing body
…recruit a headteacher
…encourage diversity and equality
Research
 Governance in education
‘Doing the job’ discussions
Hotseats
Policy discussions
Key policy updates
 Key policy updates
Governance beyond education
 Case studies
 Research and policy
 Other relevant docs
Additional resources
 Online short courses
 Good practice for leaders
‘Leading Governors’ publication
The aim of this booklet was to outline the key role of the Chair:
1. Leading effective governance
2. Building the team
3. Relationship with the Headteacher
4. Improving your school
5. Leading the business
• Launched in Sept 2012 and still in NCTL’s top 10 publications
• 16,000 printed copies distributed and 30,000+ downloaded
• Used for training by local authorities and governing bodies
• Free hard copies can be ordered or download ..
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http://www.nationalcollege.org.uk/docinfo?id=155697&filename=leading-governors.pdf
Chairs of Governors’ leadership
development programme
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Equivalent to 1 National College module (max 50 hours comprising
face-to-face sessions, in-school activities, reading and e-learning)
Online diagnostic: to explore leadership competencies
3 units designed to develop knowledge, skills and understanding of:
1. The role of the chair
2. Effective governance
3. Leading change and continuous improvement
Hosted within a learning schedule on the National College website
Mentor support
Scholarships available
Learning journey for each unit
Induction
Attend facilitated
Group session
Engage with
resources
School based
activities
Dig deeper
(if desired)
Complete action plan
Self reflection
Support from mentor
Online learning community
Self-directed study
11 licensees delivering nationwide
National Leaders of Governance
Who are they?
• Highly effective chairs of governors who use their skills and
experience to support chairs in other schools and academies
What do they do?
• Purpose is to increase leadership capacity to help raise standards,
so that improvements can be sustained
• 3 years’ experience as a chair in 5 years, and still be a governor
• Demonstrate how their leadership of the governing body has
contributed to school improvement
• Part of a good leadership team, and in a school with good and
improving standards
• Supported by their Headteacher and governing body
• 10 days per year and prepared to travel when necessary
NLGs’ deployments…
Raising school performance:
• raising standards and leading improvement
• understanding and interpreting school data including RAISEonline
Providing support and challenge for the Headteacher:
• providing more effective support and challenge to the Headteacher
• developing the chair’s relationship with the Headteacher
Governance process:
• developing the chair’s leadership, effectiveness and confidence
• mentoring a chair to provide support through a particular process
Reviews of Governance
NCTL suggest that the reviewer should:• Have a preliminary conversation to: discuss the context, needs,
principles & process
• Meet with the chair and head to discuss & plan the self-review
process.
• Identify additional elements required eg attending GB meeting
• Work with the chair to conduct a self-review session with the GB.
• Meet with the chair and head once the self-review process is
complete to agree a SMART Action Plan with key areas for
improvement
• Ensure the GB knows it needs to implement the agreed Action Plan
drawing on external support as appropriate.
Reviewers & cost
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Schools and academies choose who they want and agree a cost
(The pilot reviews cost £900 - £1,300)
Reviewers should have knowledge and experience of leading
governors and school improvement.
In the pilot NLGs undertook external reviews
Pilot resources are on NCTL website:• NCTL framework based on Ofsted evaluation criteria
• All Party Parliamentary Group’s 20 questions
• GovernorMark
• Other self-audit tools.
Further Info.
E: [email protected]