FARNBOROUGH COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY. Governors Skills Audit

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1 FARNBOROUGH COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Governors Skills Audit Governors continue to be faced with new challenges as the College develops its role under the Learning and Skills Council. It is important for the Governing Body to be more than ready to anticipate and to meet those challenges. It is against this background that a skills audit of the Governing Body as a whole and an assessment of training and development requirements are being carried out once again. The form is in two parts:- 1) Current skills (professional expertise and interest) 2) Training needs analysis Please can you fill in both parts of this form and send it back to the Clerk Name Date Page 1

2 1. RELEVANT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WHICH INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS BRING TO THE GOVERNING BODY Evidence of the skills and experience which governors bring to the Governing Body from their other roles in life is required for 3 purposes 1. Succession planning for the Governing Body 2. Planning training and development for governors, taken with section 2 of this form 3. Information for the Learning and Skills Council and Inspections Therefore please can you complete the following table to record both your Professional Expertise and General Interest. Skills Area Equal Opportunities Finance / Audit Legal Property/Estates Personnel/HR Marketing Governance / Trusteeship Education Management Large Organisation Management Information and Communications Technology Local Authorities Public Sector Organisations Local voluntary organisations Local businesses Teaching Quality Systems Risk Management / Health and Safety Student Matters Widening Participation LSC Other Business expertise (plse state what ) Specialist knowledge of an area of the curriculum taught at the College (please state what below): Any other not sufficiently covered above (please state what below): Professional General Interest expertise and skill High Moderate High Moderate Page 2

3 2. TRAINING NEEDS ANALYSIS FOR GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS We are currently considering developing a training programme as we have a number of new governors and a number of vacancies to recruit to. A checklist of areas for which members may feel they require more training is assembled here with reference to good practice generally and good practice at the College. Please tick the box for areas where you feel you would benefit from training. Note that some of the items are more important than others. It is not mandatory for governors to be experts on all the items listed, and some governors will be more familiar with some areas than others. However the more you know the more you can effectively contribute to the governance of the College. THE CODE OF CONDUCT THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK Corporations and their powers Learning and Skills Act, national and local LSCs Charitable status Tax status GOVERNANCE Instrument and Articles Accountability Standing orders Respective roles of members and the executive, the chair and the principal Role of members in the college s educational character, mission and strategy Categories of membership at the College, and the discretion available to the college to determine composition of membership Search and recruitment of governors Nolan and probity Legal liability CONDUCT OF BUSINESS Procedures Chair and the vice chairs Role of individual members Conduct of meetings papers / motions / voting / withdrawal / confidentiality Committees Page 3

4 THE CLERK Role and responsibilities Review of performance Appointment Independence STUDENTS Student charter FCOT's student profile Students with learning difficulties and disabilities Students union Student member of the Governing Body Students Forum Student discipline QUALITY AND STANDARDS Role of the Governing Body Role of the Quality and Standards Committee Role of the Academic Board Changing curriculum Characteristics of effective teaching and learning Assessing achievements / attainments Targets for education and training, for FCOT within the national context College strategies to improve retention and achievement Inspection regimes STAFFING Governing Body as an employer Recruitment, selection and appointment Terms and conditions of employment Staff development and appraisal Industrial relations Conduct, discipline and dismissal Grievance Staff Forum Senior postholders Role of the Special Committee Role of the Remuneration Committee FINANCES AND ESTATES Role of the Governing Body and the role of the Finance and General Purposes committee in monitoring the financial position of the college. Financial Memorandum LSC funding Other sources of funding / potential income opportunities Page 4

5 Good and bad practice in financial management Range and purpose of financial documents presented to governors Income and expenditure of the College recurrent funding / capital funding / fee income / remission / Contracts / expenditure Accommodation strategy Accommodation maintenance and investment Accommodation planned maintenance plan Space utilisation AUDIT AND ASSURANCE Audit Code of Practice Role, membership and terms of reference of the Audit Committee Appointment of internal and external auditors Governors responsibilities for systems of control, risk management and contingency planning Audit Committee s responsibilities in investigating fraud and irregularities Audit reports purpose and content HEALTH AND SAFETY Members legal obligations EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Members legal and ethical obligations, in particular the Race Relations Act, and the Special Needs and Disability Act, Employment Bill. ANY OTHER PLEASE LIST Signed: Name: Date: Page 5