Board Development Day 2019
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Purposeful leadership: effective and ethical boards
Academy Ambassadors held a Board Development Day on Monday 11th November 2019. Resources from the conference and further reading can be found below.
Resources for business leaders›learn more about the role of a non-executive director/ chair
Resources for employers›learn more about the role of a non-executive director/ chair
Resources for non-executive directors›become a more effective non-executive director/ chair
Resources for non-executive directors›learn what makes a good multi-academy trust
Resources for trusts›get more from my trust board
Speaker presentations from the event can be accessed here:
Opening Address
(Sir David Carter, Ambition Institute)
- MAT Impact Masterclass
(Andy Child MBE, Nexus Multi Academy Trust)
- Getting Started in Financial Governance
(Sarah Pittam, Academy Ambassadors, Victoria FitzGerald, Trust in Learning Academies, Perter Baines, The Kemnal Academies Trust)
- Understanding Education Data
(Scott Walker, Academy Ambassadors)
- Ethical Leadership in Education
(Sam Henson, National Governance Association)
- Financial Planning in a Primary-School MAT (see here for video)
(Claire Emery, Academy Ambassadors, Lee Mason-Ellis and Sam Golding, The Pioneer Academy Trust)
- Improvement Capacity Framework
(Leora Cruddas, Confederation of Schools Trusts)
Audio recordings were also made of the main plenary and large workshop sessions. We will publish the content in due course. All additional available resources will be posted on this page in the next week.
Further resources can be accessed here:
- Multi-Academy Trust Improvement and Capacity Framework
(Department for Education)
- Governance Handbook
(Department for Education)
- School resource management: top 10 planning checks for governors
(Department for Education)
- School resource management self-assessment tool
(Department for Education)
- The next phase of MAT Leadership
(Tom Glover, Ambition Institute)
- Building better diverse trust boards
(Kirsty Watt, Academy Ambassadors)