Supporting material for new governors

If you are a New Governor or interested in Becoming a Governor, you may wish to look at the following articles:

• Help Schools Help Children - How to become a school governor (www.governornet.co.uk/recruitment),
   
• National Training Programme for New Governors (www.governornet.co.uk/ntpfornewgovernors), and our
   
• Overview articles, specifically Governing Body Procedures - Overview (enter full title or: Overview into search box).

The information below provides a Tour of GovernorNet:

More material is available at:

Materials for people interested in serving on the Governing Body or for new Governors is available by clicking on the blue links below. It is possible to stream the materials. Virtually all programmes broadcast on the Teachers TV channel can be played or downloaded from their website.

All videos that can be viewed on our site are available in Windows Media Video (.wmv) format.

To play a video, go to the relevant programme page and hit the Play Now button that sits at the bottom right-hand corner of the programme image. The video will buffer for a few seconds before beginning to play. You also have the option to double-click the video screen to enable a full screen view.

If you're having problems getting a video to play, or you need some help with downloading, please take a look at the information at:  http://www.teachers.tv/help

Just for New Governors - Know Your School - http://www.teachers.tv/video/4880

Just for New Governors - Know Your Responsibilities - http://www.teachers.tv/video/4882

Just for New Governors - Know your Role - http://www.teachers.tv/video/4881

General support for School Governors - http://www.teachers.tv/governors

Guide to the law

A new version of the Guide to the law for school governors was published in Jan 2010.

Teachers' TV has a whole area of material accessible to Governors cilck on the link below to access the home page:

http://www.teachers.tv/governors