Our award-winning Shaping Governance® is a practical and proven toolkit that will help you to improve the skills, confidence and impact of those that govern!
What is Shaping Governance®?
Shaping Governance is a highly effective, strategic governance improvement session that is making a demonstrable difference to the way that governing boards work, improving understanding of statutory duties, the school, its pupils and its challenges. It facilitates better working across and between governors and senior leaders, and creates collective understanding to the positives, as well as creating an action plan for improvement.
In just 2.5 hours, you can improve the effectiveness and impact of school and charity governance, through our award winning development sessions.
Our experience shows that governance is improved at a faster rate when focus is on developing the governing board as a whole, not just the Chair. This has also been evidenced by the RSA and their publication - Who governs our schools: Trends, Tensions and Opportunities - which cites that developing boards and school leaders together will maximise the effectiveness of leadership and governance.
In 2017, we worked with schools to create a short but effective development session, that enhances the skills, confidence and impact of those that govern! Since its launch, our now award-winning Shaping Governance® has been delivered to 100’s of school governors, and has received a 4.96 / 5 ‘Diamond’ rating from its users; with users citing its simplicity and effectiveness as key outputs.
How does it work?
Through an interactive 2.5 hour development session, boards and senior leaders work together to discuss nine elements of governance - reflecting core roles, statutory duties and important areas from the Ofsted framework. The Shaping Governance® technique uses these themes, and interactive working groups to address all 16 competencies in the Government’s Competency Framework.
Three versions of this strategic governance team building session have been created for:
Schools
Exploring nine areas of governance, learning, sharing and improving
SIAMS Framework
Exploring the new framework, learning and identifying excellence
Charities
Exploring and aligning to the National Charity Governance
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What's included?
Through an interactive 2.5 hour development session, boards and senior leaders work together to discuss nine elements of governance - reflecting core roles, statutory duties and important areas from the Ofsted framework. The Shaping Governance® technique uses these themes, and interactive working groups to address all 16 competencies in the Government’s Competency Framework.
Insight to Impact Consulting have designed three packages to help facilitate the development of governing boards:
Bronze
- Facilitated Shaping Governance® session for
governors and senior leaders to strengthen knowledge and skills across nine areas of governance.
- Written report including a summary of the meeting, a draft action plan and our recommendations.
- Debrief call to run through the report and next steps.
- Annual follow-up Shaping Governance® session.
Silver
Everything in our Bronze Package, PLUS:
- Two tailored Diamond Masterclasses - to support improvement in areas that governors were least con dent in.
- An additional debrief following the Masterclasses.
Gold
Everything in our Bronze and Silver Packages, PLUS:
- The addition of a Governance ‘Challenge and Support’ workshop to further improve governance and how it works with senior leaders.
- Coaching and mentoring to support implementation.
How will I benefit?
Through the use of discussion, challenge and skilled expert questioning, participants learn more about how to govern the school, and how they can improve their practice; leading to better outcomes for pupils.
Including:
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Increased long-term impact; with governors clear on how to govern, and where they can add value.
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Instant improvement planning.
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Improves governor skills, knowledge and confidence.
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Improves team working and accountability.
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Immediate and long-term impact!
Would you like more information on our Award-winning Shaping Governance® Toolkit? Contact us and we will be more than happy to tell you more!