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‘Valuing your CMI Volunteering ’. Title. ‘Valuing your CMI Volunteering ’. ‘Business Skills for Governance’ Steve Acklam FCMI Chief Executive School Governors’ One-Stop Shop (SGOSS). “BUSINESS SKILLS IN GOVERNANCE”. Steve Acklam, Chief Executive & FCMI. PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES.
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‘Valuing your CMI Volunteering’ ‘Business Skills for Governance’ Steve Acklam FCMI Chief Executive School Governors’ One-Stop Shop (SGOSS)
“BUSINESS SKILLS IN GOVERNANCE” Steve Acklam, Chief Executive & FCMI
PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES To show that CMI members have a valuable volunteering opportunity through SGOSS, using a wide range of business skills within school governance. There is potential for some school governor roles to generate sufficient impact for Chartered Manager recognition.
SCHOOL GOVERNANCE – FACT & FICTION 21,400 Schools in England Children 300,000 Governor places Maturity 40,000 Vacancies Educational knowledge Time
SCHOOL GOVERNOR RESPONSIBILITIES Strategy HR School Improvement Budget Management Safeguarding Partnering the schools senior team A PASSIONATE DESIRE TO GIVE CHILDREN THE BEST POSSIBLE START IN LIFE.
INPUTS & OUPUTS • Time • Advice & Skills • External Perspective • Challenge • Technical skill development and enhancement • Improved team work; patience, listening & communications • Personal satisfaction
GOVERNANCE + CHARTERED MANAGER SKILLS • Leading People • Trust & Respect • Clear Communications • Problem Solving Working with the governing body • Managing Change • Creative & Innovative • Planning Shaping the Future • Meeting Customer Needs • Relationships • Appropriate Provision Delivering school improvement
GOVERNANCE + CHARTERED MANAGER SKILLS • Info & Knowledge • Informed decision making • Complexity • Knowledge & Skills Understanding Education • Activities & Resources • Finance • Efficiency & Effectiveness • Priorities & Standards Budget • Managing Self • Influence & Persuasion • Good Practice • Commitment Self Satisfaction
CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION RESEARCH * K E Y * ”Volunteering – The Business Case”: Commissioned & launched by the COL, May 2010
WHERE DOES SGOSS FIT? FREE CHARITABLE SERVICE PROFESSIONAL CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT 10,000 PLACED GOVERNORS UP-TO-DATE KNOWLEDGE HERE TO HELP
CMI GOVERNOR VIEWS Feedback from CMI members about the skills they use and have developed as School Governors Member A – Chair of Governors (up to 2009) and Finance Committee member “I’m conscious of improved decision-making...an ability to encourage working together...there’s prioritising my time, learning to understand a whole new series of acronyms, and managing volunteers.” Member B – Curriculum and Finance Committee member “Leadership, team working, negotiating, appraising, interviewing, ICT skills, writing, listening, working with young children and understanding their needs, understanding and interpreting the school curriculum, understanding statistics, School Appeals. Financial and budgeting skills...” Member C – Curriculum Committee member and former Finance Committee member. Member of the Head Teacher’s annual appraisal governor sub-group “influencing and persuading, analysing, reviewing, questioning and evaluating financial data, understanding the wider impact of decisions on aspects of the school’s delivery of its strategic objectives.”
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