The role of the board chair is a key leadership position in the school. The role is one of enablement to the board and the executive, coordination of the board and its decision-making, direction of the board and school, and communication as a channel between the board, principal and school community.
This course will help board chairs in this important task.
Course structure
The course is designed to be completed as a module that is part of the suite of governance training courses. However, boards can access individual topic modules as needed.
These short courses can be undertaken by individual board members, or be completed as a board together. The modules are kept short so boards can fit the training into their busy board calendars.
The training builds on the materials covered in the Board Induction Course, and this is a useful pre-requisite to the governance modules.
Outcomes
As a result of participating in this course, participants will understand:
- The scope of WHS responsibilities
- How to demonstrate the board’s duty of care
- What is included in a WHS management system
- How a board gives oversight to the system
- The nature of WHS risk management
- What ‘reasonably practical’ means and how to make decisions about safety
- Considerations for student safety
- Psychosocial hazards and how they are managed
- WHS incident management including workers compensation responsibilities.
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