Governance for MAT executive leaders: working with your trust board - Summer 2024

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Training & development

17/06/2024

16:00-17:30

Zoom

Event date

17/06/2024

Time

16:00-17:30

Location

Zoom

The 17 June session will be postponed to a new date. Further information will be published on this page in due course.

This new session, designed specifically for multi academy trusts, provides the opportunity for new and experienced MAT CEOs, COOs and other executive leaders to build further understanding of how to work effectively with their trustees.

At a glance

This 90-minute online session will cover:

Understanding what constitutes strong trust governance
Acknowledging the power of good governance
Recognising current challenges and opportunities for MAT governance
Building and maintaining a successful relationship with your board and chair
Working together to develop the strategy
Getting delegation right – avoiding overlaps and gaps
Efficient and effective reporting for you and your board
Making the most of meetings

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Who is this suitable for?

New and experienced MAT CEOs and COOs
Other MAT executive leaders

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What are the benefits?

This session will equip you to play your part in governance well, focusing on your role and key areas of the relationship between the board and senior executive leaders. Covering current themes, common challenges and realistic expectations, it explores how the executive team can contribute to and benefit from good governance practice.

It will help you to make the most of the support and challenge available to achieve effective governance, strong outcomes for pupils, a sustainable organisation and a healthy culture.

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How will you learn?

For the convenience of busy executive leaders, this 90-minute standalone session focuses on the essentials and is delivered online at the end of the school day
It will be facilitated by a quality-assured NGA consultant with relevant governance expertise of senior leadership within MATs and in MAT governance
The session will be interactive with a mixture of participant activities and facilitator-led explanation and discussion
It will be supported with session materials including a resource toolkit to help with next steps
The session will also identify opportunities for further professional development through other NGA training and services, including the Leading Governance programme of development workshops for MAT trustees.