The Effective School Governor by David Marriott 88 pages

'The Effective School Governor' provides practical guidance on how to carry out the responsibilities and roles of a governor. It is arranged in three major sections: your personal effectiveness, your personal effectiveness as an individual governor, and your personal effectiveness as a member of a team.

The book is accompanied by a free tape for busy governors to listen to in their cars or at home.

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"The Effective School Governor" focuses on the work of the individual governor. It helps the reader develop a clear understanding of his/her own personal effectiveness. It then advises the reader on the best ways to make this effectiveness count, both as an individual governor and as a team member of a governing body.

A sequence of carefully structured tasks guides the reader to an informed and practical appreciation of how to function effectively in the role.

What the book covers

• Personal qualities: how to identify, analyse and make the most of them.
• The individual governor¹s role: what¹s required, how to carry out the role, induction, training.
• Working with others: taking part in meetings, committee work, getting to know and understand the work of the school, building partnerships.
• Current thinking: the author pinpoints and summarises the main features of contemporary thinking on how governors can perform effectively.

³The Effective School Governor² is an invaluable guide for new and experienced governors in both the primary and secondary sectors.

David Marriott is currently Head of Governor Support for Wiltshire. He has worked in education throughout his career, including five years as a deputy head in a large Bristol comprehensive. A former parent governor, he is a contributor to the magazine of the Association of Governor Training.

In his current post, David provides advice, guidance and training for primary and secondary governors throughout Wiltshire. This includes leading conferences, providing workshop sessions for school governing bodies, and supporting governors on an individual basis. The School Effectiveness Series The Effective School Governor is the tenth title in The School Effective Series, which focuses on practical and useful ideas for individual schools and teachers. The series addresses the issues of whole school improvements and new knowledge about teaching and learning, and offers straight forward ideas which teachers can use to make life more rewarding for themselves and those they teach.