The Role of Governors in Performance Management

Details

Course Code: 80775M
Date: 11th September 2008
Venue: Shirehall
Time: 18:00 - 20:00

Course Code: 90775M
Date: 18th June 2009
Venue: Shirehall
Time: 18:00 - 20:00

Target audience

New and experienced headteachers, governors. This course is only applicable to Shropshire County Council schools.

Course content

• An overview of the performance management framework in schools
• The responsibility of the governing body for performance management
• The role of governors responsible for the headteacher's performance review.

Intended outcomes

Course delegates to have a clear understanding of:

• the legal framework for the operation of performance management in school
• the legal responsibility for the governing body
• the headteacher's performance review process, the role of the governors and external advisers
• how effective performance management contributes to school improvement
• how performance management review outcomes link with decisions on pay.

Five Outcomes: Enjoy and Achieve

Programme

The programme will include:

• an introduction to the performance management framework
• how performance management contributes to school improvement
• the responsibility of the governing body
• the headteacher's performance review process and the role of the governors responsible, the headteacher and the external adviser
• how performance management links with other planning cycles and decisions on pay.

We aim to put finalised course programmes on the website two weeks ahead of the course date.