WelcomeThis course provides a brief introduction to the field of teamworking. You can also access the other courses in this collection: An introduction to leadership for governors and Inclusive education: knowing what we mean.Teamwork plays an important and essential role in developing andsustaining a successful governing body. This course provides an opportunity foryou to reflect on your own team working experiences, to explore examples ofteam working in schools and to reflect on the importance of teamworking andleadership in building successful teams. Throughout you explore the relevanceof teamworking to your governor experience and its function within your owngoverning body.ThisBadged Open Course is part of a collection of training resources for schoolgovernors in Wales. The collection was developed by The Open University inWales with an aim to develop a range of additional skills and reflections thatmay assist you in your role as a governor.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- section11. Governing bodies and ‘team working’
- 1. Governing bodies and ‘team working’
- 1.1 Working in a team as a governor
- 1.2 Team roles
- section22. A ‘partnership with parents and carers’?
- 2. A ‘partnership with parents and carers’?
- 2.1 Thinking about ‘working in partnership’
- 2.2 Why work together?
- 2.2.1 Parents and carers are educators
- 2.2.2 Parents and carers give ‘background’ support to practitioners
- 2.2.3 Parents and carers working alongside practitioners
- section33. Different perspectives
- 3. Different perspectives
- 3.1 Recognising parents and carers as individuals
- 3.2 Understanding why some parents and carers decide not to be ‘partners’
- 3.3 Working with ‘challenging’ parents and carers
- 3.4 Acknowledging family structures
- section44 Teamwork and leadership
- 4 Teamwork and leadership
- 4.1 The importance of leadership
- 4.2 The importance of teams
- 4.3 Values and beliefs in the context of teamwork
- 4.4 Putting this into practice
- section55. Compulsory badge quiz
- 5. Compulsory badge quiz
- section66. Conclusion
- 6. Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements
