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The Centre has produced national school governor training and clerk training programmes for the Welsh Assembly Government. The former focuses on the key governing body roles of strategic planning, target setting and monitoring and evaluation. The latter, while looking at the statutory duties of the governing body clerk also considers the variety of roles carried out by the position holder.

The Centre has organised a number of successful national conferences for governors in Wales and also the first national conference for Welsh Parent Governor Representatives who serve on local authority scrutiny committees.

Finally, the Centre offers a consultancy and training service which is used regularly by local authorities, individual governing bodies and groups of governing bodies.

For further information on our consultancy and training service please contact the Centre Manager
 
Governor Training Library Resources PDF Print E-mail

The Education Library houses a collection of material purchased by the All Wales Centre of Excellence for Governor Training and Research. This useful resource holds up to date information on all aspects of school governance.

Recent additions to stock include:

• Information for School and College Governors (2003) A manual for governing bodies and their clerks. London: ISCG

• Robbins, M. and M. Baxter (2003) Policies: a guide for school governors and headteachers. Stretham: Adamson

• Sallis, J. (2003) The parent governors book. London: ACE

• Sallis, J. (2004) Questions school governors ask. Stafford: Network Educational


For details of how to access these and other resources please contact:
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01792 518634


For details of other titles held in the collection please access UWS Library and Information Services online catalogue at: http://voyager.swan.ac.uk
 
Governor Training Conferences PDF Print E-mail

The Centre has arranged national conferences for governors, while the Centre Manager contributes regularly to governor training events organised by LEAs across Wales.

Our conference in March 2004 entitled "Where are we going?" focussed on the governor roles of strategic planning and target setting. Over 100 delegates attended, and the conference was opened by Jane Davidson AM, Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning, and the guest speaker was Dr Jane Martin, Executive Director of the Centre for Public Scrutiny.

Link to 2004 Conference Report (word document)

Our March 2003 conference took as its theme "How are we doing? Governing body self-evaluation and governing bodies' evaluation of their schools". Over 90 delegates attended, and guest speakers were Susan Lewis, HM Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales, and Catherine Burt, an educational consultant specialising in governing body self-evaluation.

Link to 2003 Conference Report (word document)

The Centre's first national conference in October 2001, looked at the role of governors in general. At this event the guest speakers were Jane Davidson AM, Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning, and Peter Earley, Reader in Education Management, Institute of Education, University of London.

Link to 2001 Conference Report (word document)