Annual Assembly of Standards Committees

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Annual Assembly of Standards Committees
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Train the trainer

• Group Captain Phil Rodgers MBE FRAeS RAF (Retd)
• Independent Chair, Lincolnshire County Council
  standards
• Committee
• Paul Turnbull, training consultant (chair)

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Introduction

• Embedding high standards of ethics among members
• Induction of new members after elections
• Training members to interact with the public
• Getting the message across to towns and parishes
• Questions

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Embedding high standards of ethics among members

• Engage leadership
• Define roles and responsibilities
• Work with officers
• Establish working groups
• Raise committee profile
• Build trust and confidence
• Participate in member training

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Induction of new members after elections (first
phase)

• Code of Conduct
• General obligations
• Confidentiality
• Disreputable behaviour
• Personal and prejudicial interests
• Gifts and hospitality
• The Code Uncovered

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Induction of new members after elections (second
phase)

• History and development of standards in public
  life
• Roles and responsibilities of
• Standards for England
• Adjudication Panel for England
• Standards committee
• Monitoring officer

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Induction of new members after elections (second
phase)

• Danger areas
• Confidential information
• Disrespect
• Bullying
• Complaints procedure
• Consolidation workshop

Assessment made clear
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Training members to interact with the public

• Monthly newspapers
• Webcasts
• Public events
• Area forum
• Surgeries
• Annual Meeting with public question time

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Welton news
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Welton-by-Lincoln parish council office
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Getting the message across to town and parish
councils

• Scope of the problem
• Lincolnshire County Council
• Seven district councils
• Some 2,000 councillors overall
• 350 town and parish councils

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Getting the message across to town and parish
councils

• Specialist newspapers
• Officer participation
• Upper-tier member participation
• Training event participation
• Training material dissemination

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Hints and tips to help your training sessions fly
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Three core areas

• Design
• Delivery
• Evaluation

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Design

• Core objective
• Key messages
• Content
• Structure
• Learning styles
• Training methods and mediums

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Learning styles

• Activists, reflectors, theorists and pragmatists
• Visual, auditory and kinaesthetic
• What delivery methods and mediums could you use
  to reach your whole audience?

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Delivery

• Verbal
• Vocal
• Non-verbal
• Handling tricky participants
• What type of tricky participant behaviour might
  you encounter?

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Evaluation

• Level 1 reaction
• Level 2 learning
• Level 3 behaviour
• Level 4 ROI

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Train the trainer

• Group Captain Phil Rodgers MBE FRAeS RAF (Retd)
• Independent Chair, Lincolnshire County Council
  standards
• Committee
• Paul Turnbull, training consultant (chair)

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Annual Assembly of Standards Committees