Primary Roles Videos
Mentoring the Chair
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Case studies of two governors mentoring schemes Across the country there are various mentoring schemes in place to offer support for chairs of governors. We focus on the relationship between a new chair of governors...
Retention
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A look at encouraging the retention of staff in schools With 250,000 qualified teachers lost to the profession in the last seven years, retention of good staff is a challenge for most schools. We take a look at the w...
Diplomas for Governors
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A look at the introduction of the new diplomas The first of the diplomas (the new 14-19 qualification) are being rolled out in September 2008 in a select number of schools, amongst them Little Ilford School in Newham...
School Affair
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Internal promotion and its consequences Useful information, advice and discussion especially for governors. This week, a panel of school governors focuses on the complications caused by the promotion of the head's "...
Recruiting a New Head
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A panel of governors discuss going about recruiting a new head Our panel of governors debate the best means of recruiting a new head, as they wrestle with the hypothetical but realistic scenario posed by a series of ...
Finance
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Hypothetical panel debate on dealing with budget deficits What happens when a school face a serious budget crisis and how should the governors intervene to help solve the immediate crisis and prevent it from happenin...
Race and Religion
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How should governors handle a sudden rise in racial tension? Three real governors watch a series of reconstructed sequences highlighting the type of scenario they may have to deal with at their school. Governor exper...
Ideas from the Box: Every Child Matters
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A discussion on approaches to the Every Child Matters agenda A panel of primary school governors comment on two Teachers' TV programmes, Every Child Matters and Pupil Power, and their relevance to their work and thei...
Ideas from the Box: School Improvement and Targets
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Primary governors discuss SIPs and target-setting A panel of primary school governors comment on two Teachers' TV programmes, "School Improvement Partners: Understanding their Role" and "Just for Governors: Setting T...
Ideas from the Box: Enjoying and Achieving
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A group of governors discuss two Teachers TV programmes A group of secondary school governors comment on two Teachers' TV programmes and their relevance to their work, "Macbeth in the Classroom" and "Leading Edge". ...