%0 Journal Article
%T The use of technology to enable school governors to participate remotely in meetings: A solution to skilled governor shortages in schools?
%A Anthea Rose
%A Tom Dobson
%J Management in Education
%@ 1741-9883
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0892020619840075
%X Governor recruitment in England is increasingly difficult, with schools in remote locations struggling to recruit skilled governors. Set against a global context of e-governing, this article evaluates Lloyds Banking Group¡¯s (LBG) potential solution ¨C volunteer LBG employees who attend governing board meetings remotely. Interview data collected from five governors and key school stakeholders is analysed using Young¡¯s (2017) categorization of governor knowledge as ¡®managerial¡¯, ¡®educational¡¯ and ¡®lay¡¯. Schools value governors¡¯ managerial knowledge more than the governors do, and this is owing to the difficulties governors face in acquiring both ¡®educational¡¯ and ¡®lay¡¯ knowledge ¨C a problem exacerbated by technology and outdated practices. This article recommends ways in which remote attendance of governor meetings could be improved in order to provide a more effective solution to skilled governor recruitment shortages
%K e-governing
%K governor recruitment
%K school governance
%K skilled governors
%K virtual meetings
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0892020619840075