Hi I am thinking of volunteering to act as a Parent Governor at Ds's school. I have been reading through some older threads about this to find out what is involved and what peoples experience of doing this has been.
As a result of this I have been thinking about what I would be able to add to the school as well as what I would get out of it.
I am a qualified accountant and have worked in a large firm of accountants for 12 years. I then worked in a small Nursery school (family business) for two years before having DS1 and 2. I am now working part time as a freelance accountant specialising in the preparation of business plans and I think I have skills which would be useful although I know I will have a lot to learn about how schools are run.
I would be interested to hear from anyone who has experience of being a school governor as to whether you think I could be useful or whether my predominatedly commercial experience would be of little use.
Thanks