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Governor Services Innovation – Monmouthshire Council
A massive well done to the Governor Services team at Monmouthshire Council. They’ve recently recorded a series of videos to help Governors learn more about their role in their own time. Wendy Barnard, Senior Support Services Officer stars in the … Continue reading
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Tagged e-learning, elearning, governor, local authority, Monmouthshire, public sector, school governors, social media, technology, Wales, Youtube
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Modern Governor Pricing – Simple, Clear, Open
Modern Governor is the UK’s leading provider of e-learning for School Governors with over 20,000 governors online. We continually work with governance experts throughout the country to improve Modern Governor and deliver it to the people who need it to … Continue reading
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Tagged cost, e-learning, elearning, governor, interactive, learning pool, local authority, online learning, pricing, public sector, technology, training
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Introducing “Governor Base”
September 12th saw the launch of a joint venture, Governor Base, set up by support services provider, Ten Group, new education services company, One Education, the National Governors’ Association (NGA) and us, school governor e-learning provider, Modern Governor. Governor Base … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, e-learning, elearning, governor, Governor Base, modern governor, nga, School Governor, school governors, support
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School Governance – Learning from the Best
In May 2011, Ofsted released a report called “School Governance – Learning from the Best”. The introduction reads: School governing bodies are responsible for the conduct of maintained schools in England. The quality of their work is a matter of … Continue reading
TES Article: Effectiveness of Governing Bodies
There was a somewhat provocative editorial piece about governance published in the TES last week which stated “We’ve spent too much time making governance local and not enough making it effective”. I was surprised by the opening paragraph: “Vindictive, interfering, … Continue reading
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Tagged governor, local authority, modern governor, NCOGS, nga, public sector, School Governor, school governors
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Who’s Governing The Governors?
Neil Carmichael MP has just published a report called “Who Governs the Governors?”. The introduction states: “More than half a million people contribute in excess of 2 million working days to serving schools as unpaid governors across England, Scotland and … Continue reading
Should school governor training be compulsory?
The National Foundation for Educational Research has published a report titled “Governance Models in Schools“. In it, they state that “Key to effective governance was perceived to be governors having a clear understanding of their role (and its limits) and … Continue reading
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The obligatory Wordle…
I recently asked “Should school governor training be compulsory?” It’s prompted lots of you to comment – you can view our blog and all comments here (don’t forget to add your comment too!). I love the simple beauty of “wordles” … Continue reading →