Product Description

The most relevant introduction to governors' working practices, fully updated and revised for the new millenium.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #219359 in Books
• Published on: 1998-08-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 66 pages

From the Back Cover
Second edition, brought up to date in Spring 2000, and fully revised with additional information to cover new regulations. Often referred to as required reading for school governors since its original publication, Joan Sallis down-to-earth approach ensures that it is the most relevant introduction to working practices for new and recently appointed governors. School governors are overwhelmed with instructions on what they have to do. This book is different - it concentrates on helping them to do it. It gives governors a survival kit based on a clearer understanding of their role. This includes guidance on boundaries, better management of sensitive relationships, and knowledge of those rules and good practices which make for better teamwork.

About the Author
Joan Sallis is nationally known and respected for her writing and lecturing on school government and her weekly advice column in the TES. Above all, she is known for treating difficult issues with humanity and humour in everyday language. She was awarded the OBE for services to education in 1996. In her role as the national president of the Campaign for State Education and as a consultant working with and on behalf of school governors for many years, Joan believes passionately that a better partnership between schools and their users offers the only hope for better funded and respected state education. She has been a governor of her local comprehensive school for many years.