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Each year, experienced governance professionals Fee Stagg updates her 'Great Big Governance Glossary'.
It's an A-Z of governance terms and a useful induction document for new governors as well as being of interest to experienced governors with useful pages of advice, links and definitions.
We caught up with Fee to ask her a few questions about this year's guide.
I've been writing The Great Big Governance Glossary on and off for about 5 years but this year published it as a free download. As an experienced chair, governance professional and trustee, I am keen to support and help those new to governance with their first few weeks and months in the role. The Glossary is labour of love and not a professionally curated document and in writing it I learnt new things too.
If you have been in governance for a while now cast your minds back to your first governing board or trust board meeting - did you know what was going on and could you understand what everybody was talking about? I certainly didn’t.
If you don’t have the toolkit about what words and phrases mean then you can’t participate fully in a meeting and equally you can’t keep stopping the flow of the conversation to ask what an acronym means. Mind you if everyone around the board table looks lost then I strongly encourage you to ask your question!
Firstly remember everyone had a first meeting once upon a time. Try to read all the documents before the meeting especially the agenda and headteacher or CEO reports. These should contain a wealth of useful information.
Also be ready to undertake your safeguarding and induction training but don’t over commit yourself by joining every committee and offering to chair and be a link governor. Take it steady and don’t be afraid to ask questions. Your questions are just as valid as everyone else’s. It is ok to be a curious bystander for the first meeting or two.
28 October 2024 | 7 minute read
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Nicola Waters 31 Oct 2024, 10:43 (8 days ago)
Wow, what a phenomenal and helpful piece of work!
Jean Reid 31 Oct 2024, 10:11 (8 days ago)
Thank you Fee really appreciate it, a great resource, it will be very useful 😊
Ghazala Khan 31 Oct 2024, 07:54 (8 days ago)
Thank you
Penny Catchpole 31 Oct 2024, 07:27 (8 days ago)
What a great idea
Jess Shulman 23 Oct 2024, 23:50 (15 days ago)
Fee, thank you so much for sharing your expertise and putting this together. It is an excellent resource and I have shared it widely with my network, all of whom have appreciated it - thank you. I have donated to the Trussell Trust by way of thanks.
Fee Stagg 24 Oct 2024, 10:31 (15 days ago)
Thank you Jess but especially for your donation to the Trussell Trust.
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