Steve Gullick- School Goveners

Steve Gullick- The roles of School Goveners Steve Gullick gave us a lecture about the Governing Body in Schools. School Governers are voluntary positions. They aim to meet every term. The role includes such duties as: • Employing staff • Staff discipline • Excluding pupils • School budgeting • Ensure targets and standards are met • Approving school trips, and many more. Steve Gullick (2012) quoted ‘School Governors hold the school to Account; they have to be satisfied that the school is doing well’. The Governors look at the schools long-term goals, day to day running is not a concern they are dealt with by the head teacher. The governors have free training available to them run by the local authority, this is not compulsory. I believe the training should be compulsory as it is such an important role. Education minister, Andrews (2011) quoted that: I am very aware that governors need to be knowledgeable and properly trained to do the job effectively. “Our Education (Wales) Measure 2011 allows Welsh Ministers to introduce mandatory training for governors on issues which we believe will have the most impact on raising standards in governance. These areas will be induction, training for chairs and working with head teachers on school performance data. The Measure also gives me the power to set the content of that training so that I have confidence it will be of the highest standard.