Blogmas 2022 Day 6 : Myth Busting

Welcome to day 6 of Blogmas 2022 in collaboration with Governors’ Virtual Office (GVO)! Find out how to get involved with our Blogmas Bingo giveaway here and don’t forget to download your Blogmas Bingo card! (Use this to mark your response or simply send in a list of answers, for example: Day 1: name ofContinueContinue reading “Blogmas 2022 Day 6 : Myth Busting”

Blogmas 2022 Day 5 : Noticing the Noticeboard – Effective Communication in GVO

Welcome to day 5 of Blogmas 2022 in collaboration with Governors’ Virtual Office (GVO)! Find out how to get involved with our Blogmas Bingo giveaway here and don’t forget to download your Blogmas Bingo card! (Use this to mark your response or simply send in a list of answers, for example: Day 1: name ofContinueContinue reading “Blogmas 2022 Day 5 : Noticing the Noticeboard – Effective Communication in GVO”

Blogmas 2022 Day 4 : Head, Chair and Clerk – Effective Working Relationships

Welcome to day 4 of Blogmas 2022 in collaboration with Governors’ Virtual Office (GVO)! Find out how to get involved with our Blogmas Bingo giveaway here and don’t forget to download your Blogmas Bingo card! (Use this to mark your response or simply send in a list of answers, for example: Day 1: name ofContinueContinue reading “Blogmas 2022 Day 4 : Head, Chair and Clerk – Effective Working Relationships”

Blogmas 2022 Day 3 : Sharing is Caring!

Welcome to day 3 of Blogmas 2022 in collaboration with Governors’ Virtual Office (GVO)! Find out how to get involved with our Blogmas Bingo giveaway here and don’t forget to download your Blogmas Bingo card! (Use this to mark your response or simply send in a list of answers, for example: Day 1: name ofContinueContinue reading “Blogmas 2022 Day 3 : Sharing is Caring!”

Blogmas 2022 Day 2 : Clerking with Confidence – Hints & Tips

Welcome to day 2 of Blogmas 2022 in collaboration with Governors’ Virtual Office (GVO)! Find out how to get involved with our Blogmas Bingo giveaway here and don’t forget to download your Blogmas Bingo card! (Use this to mark your response or simply send in a list of answers, for example: Day 1: name ofContinueContinue reading “Blogmas 2022 Day 2 : Clerking with Confidence – Hints & Tips”

Blogmas 2022 Day 1 : Welcome to Blogmas Bingo!

Welcome to Blogmas 2022! Over the next couple of weeks Pro Clerking, in collaboration with Governors’ Virtual Office (GVO), will be publishing a new blog post every day for the next 12 working days up until the end of term (16th December 2022)! PLUS this year we are giving you the opportunity to be enteredContinueContinue reading “Blogmas 2022 Day 1 : Welcome to Blogmas Bingo!”

Blogmas Day 18: Merry Christmas from Pro Clerking and GVO + Exclusive Discount Code

Welcome to day 18 of Blogmas! Today is the last day of this year’s Blogmas series – I hope you’ve found the posts helpful and, as always, we always welcome comments or feedback!    To end this year’s series, I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year for 2022 from Pro Clerking and GVO.  As a Christmas gift here’s an exclusive discountContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 18: Merry Christmas from Pro Clerking and GVO + Exclusive Discount Code”

Blogmas Day 17: Blogmas 2021 Overview

Welcome to day 17 of Blogmas! Only a couple of days of this year’s Blogmas series to go now so I thought we’d start to wrap things up with an overview of all the posts we’ve covered:  Wednesday 1st December Day 1: Welcome and What to Expect  Thursday 2nd December Day 2: The Head, Chair and Clerk Working Relationship  Friday 3rd December Day 3: Minute Typing BuzzContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 17: Blogmas 2021 Overview”

Blogmas Day 16: Paper Free Governance

Welcome to day 16 of Blogmas! In today’s post we’ll be looking at the benefits of and some of the ways in which you could consider taking governance in your setting either partly or fully paper-free.  As we all know, the elephant in the room (ahem Covid), has stepped up our use of technology for everything from online meetings to cloud-based filing and even virtual Ofsted visits!  Chances are you’re already using some kind of online platform to share information and connect withContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 16: Paper Free Governance”

Blogmas Day 15: New Year’s Resolutions for Clerks (Part 2)

Welcome to day 15 of Blogmas! Today we’ll continue looking at the 5 steps of The Goal Getter {mini} Academy (GGmA) in preparation for the New Year.  In day 14’s blogmas post we covered steps 1-3 – finding your purpose, setting your goals and gaining confidence – check out the full post here.  Today we’ll continue with steps 4 and 5. Step 4:   Taking action You’ve thought aboutContinueContinue reading “Blogmas Day 15: New Year’s Resolutions for Clerks (Part 2)”