ABSTRACT
Jane Dobson was a new governor. She had been elected by the parents at the school where her two children were pupils and was looking forward to her first meeting with mixed feelings. She felt very responsible as a representative of the parents and hoped that she would be able to contribute to the work of the governing body. The chair of the governors, John Robinson, had telephoned to welcome her as soon as he heard of her election and told her that Mary Jamieson, another parent governor, would be acting as her mentor for her first few weeks as a governor. Mary would tell her about the work of the governors and would answer any questions she might have. He also described the committee structure and suggested that she might like to go to any of the committee meetings which interested her so that she would be in a position to decide which ones she would like to join. Most governors were members of two committees and much of the work of the governors was done in committee.
