Ask A Clerk offers three online training courses for clerks in maintained schools in England. (These courses are not suitable for academy clerks.)
Each pre-recorded course provides a two-hour training video you can watch at any time. Also included is a complete transcript of the video and a study guide that explains the subject in plain English.
If you have any questions about the courses please contact me.
1. Roles, Procedures & Allowances Training
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The Roles, Procedures & Allowances training covers the role of governors and the clerk, electing the chair, calculating the quorum, holding votes, conflicts of interest, delegating decisions to committees, chair’s action and much more.
2. Constitution Training
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The Constitution training covers the different types of governor, how many governors of each type you need, terms of office, holding elections, the instrument of government and much more.
3. Minutes, Agendas & Admin Training
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The Minutes, Agendas & Admin training covers how to write useful minutes, how to record decisions and governor challenge, how to draft and plan agendas and how to tackle admin tasks such as GIAS and the register of interests.