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MIKE SIMMONDSEducation Consultant
Enabling projects that transform
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Good Practice for a
governing body
The role of the Head and the
Chair of Governors
Se
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Get the governing body and
chair they deserve!
Headteachers
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Sidelined or Engaged?
Avoided or Trusted?
Sidelined or Engaged?
Avoided or Trusted?
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Identify the leader
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The
find
ings
The role of the chair – a significant educational
and community
leadership
responsibility..
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5 Key Roles of a Chair
Leading Effective Governance
Building the team
Relationship with Headteacher
Leading the business
Improving your school
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A Biblical Chair?
• Patriarch
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A Biblical Chair?
• Patriarch
• Judge
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A Biblical Chair?
• Patriarch
• Judge
• King
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A Biblical Chair?
• Patriarch
• Judge
• King
• Apostle
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A Biblical Chair?
• Patriarch
• Judge
• King
• Apostle
• Servant
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Am I a Biblical Chair?
• Patriarch
• Judge
• King
• Apostle
• Servant
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Jo
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)14 And if your Lord and teacher has washed your feet, you should do the same for each other.
15 I have set the example, and you should do for each other exactly what I have done for you.
16 I tell you for certain that servants are not greater than their master, and messengers are not greater than the one who sent them.
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Lea
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Mobilising people to meet adaptive challenges … is at the heart of leadership practice … leadership generates new cultural norms that enable people to meet on ongoing stream of adaptive challenges in a world that will likely pose an ongoing set of adaptive realities and pressures. (Heifetz, 2002) From: A Culture for Learning An investigation into the values and beliefs associated with effective schools March 2004 Hay Group Education
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5 Key Roles of a Chair
Leading Effective Governance
Building the team
Relationship with Headteacher
Leading the business
Improving your school
Lea
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NG
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ME?
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The relationship with their chair of
governors
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The relationship between the
chair and the headteacher is
one of the most important
working relationships in the
school…. They are both school
leaders and their overall purpose
is essentially the same – it is their
way of working that differs.
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• Time
• Relationship
• Excellence
• Vision
• Faith
1. Explore your expectations of the relationship.
2. Do the arrangements for keeping in touch suit both parties?
3. How effective is your critical friendship? How can it be improved.
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Managing, Restraining & Releasing
School Governors
Heads & Chairs
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Key Skills for Governors
• Focusing on strategy• Asking the right questions “rightly”• Recognising whether the answers
are correct• Celebrating success
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Key Skills for Heads
• Providing the right information• Valuing the strategic role of the
governing body• Seeking the views and support of
the governing body
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The
Fo
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lem
en
ts of Tru
stRELIABILITY
OPENNESS
ACCEPTANCE
CONGRUENCE
People you relate to want to
know if you do what you say you
will do. It’s hard to have
confidence in a person who
makes promises they don’t keep!
People tend to want to co-
operate best with people who
will “level” with them, not hide
anything and give them the
whole story (even though it may
not all be good news).
All people want to be accepted
for who they are. Not judged
criticised or made to feel
inferior.
The final element of trust is
congruence – the knowledge
that what is you, is on track with
what you believe, what you
know to be true and what you
do.
Fifth element: Unity in Christ
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Ma
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TrainingTransparent information
Support & provideSpoon feed questions
Encourage & team build
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Consultancy
©sxc.hu/svilen001Consultation Chair Mentoring
Bespoke Training Conference Speaking
with
MIKE SIMMONDS
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Re
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Strategy not day to dayCode of Conduct
School Visits PolicyConfidentiality
Good Procedures
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Re
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The ultimate
objective:
Empowered
Trustworthy
Effective
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ACTION PLAN
Planning together for effectiveness
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