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All senior managers who have not already attended the IOSH Safety for Senior Executive’s training to attend the one day Safety for Executives and Directors course. This training to be extended to those Heads of Service who have not previously attended the IOSH Safety for Senior Executives or the one day corporate/ASC management principles course that is delivered in-house by the Health and Safety Team.

This course should enable executives to review policy and strategies and, where necessary, introduce changes to enhance the safety culture within their organisation.

We will reference the government's Green Paper on developing a whole school approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing (MHEW) in schools and the newly produced 'Supporting children and young people in their mental health', distributed to all schools/colleges in April/May 2018.

This course is for you if you can perform calculations in Excel using formulas and simple functions and now want to use some of Excel’s more advanced calculation features.

Induction is essential for all new governors and for longer term governors wishing to refresh, to help understand their roles and responsibilities.

We will reference the government's Green Paper on developing a whole school approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing (MHEW) in schools and the newly produced 'Supporting children and young people in their mental health', distributed to all schools/colleges in April/May 2018.

East Sussex Children’s Service and the East Sussex Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) has set an expectation that the named safeguarding link governors attend, prior to or shortly after appointment, in-depth face to face training delivered by the East Sussex Governor and Clerking Services.

This session will provide new safeguarding link governors the knowledge to work effectively with the school’s designated safeguarding lead (DSL) and ensure the governing body's responsibilities are being met.

 **Governors should have attended an Introduction to Schools Finance prior to attending this course** 

The aim of this course is to build governors understanding of schools finance and to enable them to make a valuable contribution to the Finance/Resources Committee and Whole Governing Board.

This course aims to support Governors of East Sussex maintained primary schools in their knowledge and understanding of school data using the
Governor Data Pack (Primary). Governors should know how well pupils are achieving, and how their school is performing overall.

Effective communication techniques are vital for anyone who needs to manage or influence other people to achieve desired results. During this course the participant will gain a greater understanding of communication, message management and will also learn how to enhance their natural communication skills.

In order to aid your learning, please complete the pre-course work and ensure you bring it with you on the day of the training session.

As a new governor, you might be wondering how to start getting involved with the work of your governing board.

Induction is essential for all new governors to help understand their roles and responsibilities and effective boards should encourage everyone involved in governance, especially those new to the role, to make the most of the resources, guidance and training available to develop their knowledge and skills. Good induction can provide strategies and the basic knowledge to enable new governors to take an active role and make a
positive difference right from the start.

In a world where the education system and the expectation on governance is changing, existing governors wishing to update their governance may also find attendance beneficial.