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| Description | The work of the Co-ordinating Committee (and later the Executive Committee) broadly covered strategic planning of all the GTCE's functions. As it's role changed the committee became more aligned to regular planning, monitoring and reviewing of the Council's vision and achievements. Each meeting tended to have an agenda, decision tracking paper, minutes, and numerous papers covering the strategy and high level management of the organisation. A monthly monitoring report covering communications, Key Performance Indicators, policies, cash flow and registration of teachers was also created.
The following subjects were discussed by the committee at the majority of meetings. Where items were only discussed for a specific period, or from a certain date, this has been noted:
Corporate and financial planning covering research, regulation, registration, professional networks, communications and organisational effectiveness - including budget forecasts, budget reviews and annual reviews
Development of the annual corporate plan of the GTCE - for review by the main Council
Performance monitoring and financial scrutiny
Equality and diversity - meeting of 16th June 2010 discusses the Maurice Smith Review in relation to racism in schools
Communications strategy including market research of the teaching profession on teachers' perceptions of the Council
Reviews of strategies including registration, communications, regulation, casework
Review and rewriting of the GTCE's Code of Conduct and Practice (from 2008 until 2010) including a reference to gender identity in the Code (18th August 2010)
Responses to Government White Papers including on the work of health professionals (20th March 2007); 'Your child, your schools, your future: building a twenty first century schools system' (16th June 2009)
Internal audit (from 2009)
Increases in casework (May 2010)
Risk management (from 2009)
Until the role of the Committee changed in 2006/2007 the Committee also reviewed budgets for case hearings (held as part of the GTCE's regulatory work) and monitored case work.
Between 2006 and 2007 the GTCE completed a far-reaching review of its governance and structure. The Co-ordinating Committee (and then from July 2007 the Executive Committee) were central to this review. There are many papers relating to the resultant four-year corporate plan 'Teaching in 2012' being the GTCE's vision for the profession and the GTCE in 2012.
At this point the Committee also started receiving reports from other committees and these reports were submitted at each meeting for information.
In 2008 the GTCE were awarded a contract for the Teacher Learning Academy to help develop continued professional development for teachers. The papers include reports on the development and work of the Academy, and a review of it's future after the GTCE's closure.
In June 2010 the abolition of the GTCE was announced by Secretary of State Michael Gove. From this point on the work of the Committee shifted to consider the work that needed to be completed before the closure. Papers include:
Review of initial responses to the announcement from organisations, individuals and in the media
Notes of meetings with the Teacher Development Agency for Schools which took on some of the roles of the GTCE (and other abolished bodies) as a newly formed Teaching Agency from April 2012
Lessons learned from the closure of Becta
Report on the work of the GTCE casework from 2001-2011 analysing professional incompetence and misconduct, with papers discussing what would happen to this function once the GTCE was disbanded
Notes of (and about) the Joint Transition Board of the GTCE and Department for Education about the transition of roles to the Teaching Agency
Papers on (including monitoring of) the Value the Functions programme on establishing a legacy for the GTCE - including the creation of the archive
Closure report on the four-year corporate plan 'Teaching in 2012'
Role of the College of Teachers
Workforce Development updates
Report on post-abolition in relation to each of the GTCE's functions |
| AdminHistory | The originally established in 2005, the remit of the Co-ordinating Committee was to advise Council, Committees and the Chief Executive on strategy, and to assist co-ordination across all Committees. It's role on strategy was to encompass:
- "Horizon scanning" and new thinking
- Steering key corporate priorities for the medium term and forthcoming planning period with "panoramic" overview across committees
- Considering high level priorities to inform decisions taken by Council
- Identifying key outcome objectives within these priority areas
- Considering high level resource implications of these priorities
The Committee's role was mainly during the initial brainstorming to inform the Research and Planning Committee's role of recommending to Council on the Corporate Plan, the budget strategy and the registration fee. It also advised the on strategic priorities at the beginning of the planning cycle which informed all Committees' thinking. It comprised a maximum of 10 Members including the Chair and Vice-Chair of Council, Committee Chairs of the 4 Committees (with Vice-Chairs permitted to substitute in the absence of the Chair), four members elected by Council; two teacher and two lay Members.
In Novemner 2006 the role of the committee was changed to include reponsibility for the development of the Corporate Plan and to make recommendations to Council. Two further Council members were also added to the membership. The committee now worked on a cylical basis from June-March firstly considering the work of the previous year, then drafting and finalising the new corporate plan by January. At the end of the financial year, in March, they completed a strategic review of the previous year's work.
In July 2007, after a far-reaching review of the GTCE's governance and structure, the Co-ordinating Committee was replaced by an Executive Committe. The first meeting of this new committee was held in October 2007. The Executive Committee held a key strategic role in respect of the governance of the GTCE, which included providing cross-organisational coherence and co-ordination at strategic governance level, and monitoring at governance level the achievement of key objectives.
It reported, and was accountable, to the Council. The Research and Policy Committee, Registration and Regulation Committee and the Finance and General Purposes Committee reported to the Executive Committee (as well as the Council).
In June 2010 it was announced by the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, that the GTCE was to be abolished. After then the work of the Committee focused on the transition to closure. The last meeting was held 29 March 2012. |