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\"\"My blog has been a lot about CityEngine and planning workflows but I’d like to warn you that I will occasionally be posting some words about my new adventure.   A while back attending one of children’s class assemblies at the local primary school (Sedbergh Primary School<\/a>) the headteacher announced a vacancy for a ‘co-opted’ governor on the schools governing body.  Now, I had been looking for a local community group to volunteer for, that took me outside my comfort zone and was unrelated to my professional career.  This seemed to fit me.    <\/p>\n

I approached the headteacher to say I was interested and we arranged a meeting where he explained the role of a governor and gave me an idea of the challenges the school was facing.   From what I’ve now read the governors of a school can be very important, just read some Ofsted reports and you’ll see mention of them and their role.   <\/p>\n

Leaders, including governors, have successfully steered the school through a challenging period. They have been successful in their drive to raise standards since the previous inspection.  School Inspection Report 27th September 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To be honest I was unsure how I could help.   I needn’t have worried too much.   The headteacher reassured me that support was available and that prior knowledge of governance was not a requirement in fact they wanted co-opted governors to bring their own skill sets to the table.  The idea was to bring my professional skills to the board rather than my parenting ability… <\/p>\n

Fast forward to the recent governors meeting this week which I attended as an observer.   This was a fun lively meeting discussing lots of things related to the school, I get the feeling I will have a better appreciation of just how much work teachers do across the board (I had an idea, but still!).   I’m happy to report that the existing governors took a vote to admit me.  This means I am a ‘co-opted’ School Governor of Sedbergh Primary School, this is of course subject to a criminal records check also know as a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) process.<\/a> The meeting itself is strictly confidential which if you think about it makes sense when especially when dealing with a small school and children.   I will never go into detailed specifics of my role here on this blog, but I see no harm in discussing the generality of the role and my learning journey.    This is very early days I don’t know all the terminology but I’m excited to learn! <\/p>\n

In conclusion I’m on the start of a learning journey I guess!  So my blog will be used as I have done for my career as a place to store notes and resources as well as thoughts.  Those of you who read this site know I only started it as a place to keep notes really \ud83d\ude42  I suspect the next blog post will be about educational related acronyms!<\/p>\n

Wish me luck, please leave a comment or note if I get something horribly wrong or you can offer advice or resources!<\/p>\n

Websites for background<\/h3>\n