Widening Horizons Programme

Professionalisation

of Governance

Les Walton July 2013

The Importance of Governance

Autonomy and Accountability Responsible for? Responsible to?

The ‘Professional Debate’Expert• Proficient• Skilled• Trained• Practised

Specialists• An expert• Specialised

Accredited• Qualified• Certified• Licensed

Paid?

Remunerated?

Reimbursed?

Rewarded?

Compensated?

Unpaid?

Voluntary?

Selected

Contracted

Appraised

Accountable

Quality assured

Leader

Competent

Ethical

Ensure the Fundamentals of Effective Governance are in Place

Committee room, designed 1901, in Halifax Town Hall

Develop Effective Governance

Quality Standards and wider Managerial context

Policy Development Framework

Leadership climate and Competencies

Progression

Outcomes

Organisational Effectiveness Framework

Collaborative effectiveness

Climate

Performance

£Finance

Leadership

Emotional Intelligence

Cross the Line and Know Reality

Learning Walks

Governor Visits

Governor Focus Visits

Settle the Skills and Representation Debate

Create a Skills and Representative Based Board

For example in North Shore Academy:Portfolio holders:1. Les Walton (NET) Chair – governance and Leadership and remaining areas including non-teaching

staff2. Chris Roberts (NET) Vice Chair - finance, resources, pupil premium and performance management

and Science3. Lorna Mcclean (FE) behaviour and Attendance and SEN4. Sue Smith(Staff) – achievement and Humanities5. Caroline Reed (Primary) – teaching and learning and English 6. John Copping ( Business) – planning and MathematicsCommunity Representation7. John Franks (parent ) – parent voice and review procedures8. Barbara Inman (Councillor) – community voice and review procedures9. Professor Paul Keane ( University) – links with further and higher education and child protection10. Celia Weldon ( Health Service) – pupil voice11. Bill Jordon (Principal) - governance and leadership12. Lynda Brown (Local Authority) - partnerships

Do not Rely on self evaluation and Ofsted

Bring in External Challenge and Support a Variety of Sources

Non-executives

Observers

Ethics and Standards Committee

LocalScrutiny

Peer Challenge

External Audit

Achievement Partners

Seek Continuous Improvementagreeing the agenda

chair’s remarks

pre-briefings

real time actioning

the responder

stakeholder briefings

the representative network

values and principles

leadership styles

the chair CX relationship

framework for development

Chair and Board performance appraisal

external scrutiny

ministerial reviews

Maintain Constancy of Purpose within a Constantly Changing Environment

‘Create constancy of purpose for continual improvement of product and service’ Edward DemingThe long-term future is important and should serve as the focus for changes. Target the future, become more competitive, grow, and provide for the long term needs rather than short-term profits. The existence of a long-term purpose brings with it the climate of stability and longevity and a climate within which continuous improvement is realistic. Investment in process quality and product innovation both have their rewards in the future. Clearly, long-term constancy of purpose is a top management output. Deming considers this to be management’s number one priority and obligation. Deviations from the purpose must be dealtwith by appropriate action immediately.Clear long-term aims lead to clear policies, clear

‘The secret of success is constancy of purpose’ Benjamin Disraeli

Maintain Constancy of Purpose during Transition (LSC- YPLA – EFA) ( IEB- SIB )

“We are the product of 4.5 billion years of fortuitous, slow biological evolution. There is no reason to think that the evolutionary process has stopped. Man is a transitional animal. He is not the climax of creation.”Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)

• “Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.” Denis Waitley

• “The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.”

• Marcel Pagnol

Maintain Constancy of Purpose through the Curriculum

Tackle the Hard Stuff – Catch the Rabbits of Vocationalism and Academia

If you don't know where you

are going, any road will take

you there.

If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.

The first rule of focus is this: wherever you are, be there

Most of all be Ethical

The end