Governor Training

Terms of Reference

Training and Liaison Governor

Aim

To assist in providing the best possible training and development opportunities for the governing body from within the resources available.

Support the Head Teacher and the school by ensuring that all training and development focuses on how to raise pupil standards
Support parents by ensuring that the governing body keeps up to date by participating in regular training and development activities
Support pupils by ensuring that all training and development activities focus on ensuring governors provide the best possible education
Support governors by raising awareness and encouraging governors to participate in a wide variety of training and development opportunities

Possible tasks

1. Support the Head Teacher and the school

Work with the Head Teacher and Chair and by consultation establish the training and development needs of the governing body and individual governors
Consider with the Head Teacher and Chair a range of training and development opportunities that will help all governors become more effective
Help to produce a welcome induction pack for new governors

2. Support parents

Take a lead on the governor training agenda item each term

3. Support pupils

Ensure all governors fulfil their role effectively by participating on relevant training and development opportunities

4. Support Governors

Attend the termly local authority briefings and network with other Training and Liaison Governors
Keep abreast of national, regional and local training and development issues and thereby inform other governors
Help to plan and organise whole governing body training sessions that are specific to the needs of the school
Feedback to the local authority strengths of the central training programme and how it could be improved

Note

It must be acknowledged that each school is unique. Therefore these terms of reference should reflect the strengths and challenges of each school and should not be adopted wholesale. The terms of reference should be reviewed annually in the autumn term with any recommendations for change being submitted to the whole governing body.

(September 2008)

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