What is education? Guest lecture 4

We had another lecture with Steve Gullick where we had a recap of some the things we had discussed in the previous lecture and discussed some other points about govenors. He spoke to us more about the role of goveners and how their responsibilities are different from the head teachers. The goveners deal with long term issues while the head teacher is responsible for the day to day running of the school. He also told us that schools all need a govener in charge of special educational needs in the school who will work with the school senco. Steve also spoke about the staff dispinary commitee which all schools have. It usually consisits of three members who will give four possible verdicts when discipling staff:

1. No charge
2. 1st written warning
3. Last written warning
4. Dismissal

We also discussed the issue concerning training for govenors. It is not compulsory and we discussed our views on this, Steve expressed that it should be compulsory.
I enjoyed having recap lecture as it made me understand more about govenors and we had good discussion and feedback during this lecture on our own views.