The Constitution, Membership and Terms of Reference of the
Board of the West Midlands Centre for Excellence in Teacher
Training (WMCETT)
Constitution and Membership
The Director of WMCETT
Fergus McKay
Three College Principals
Vacancy
Martin Penny
Neil Bromley (Chair)
Three representatives from the Work Based
Learning sector
Jo Mortimer
Sally Lucas
Jill Gibson
Two representatives from the Adult and Community Vacancy
sector
Loraine Hayley
Two representatives from the Essential Skills Area
Geoff Bateson
Vacancy
A representative from the regional Learning and
Skills Council
Michele Dunn
A representative from higher education
Chris Robertson
Project Manager
Susan Martin (Secretary)
The Chair of the Quality Committee
David Lamburn
A representative from NIACE
Anne O’Grady
The terms of reference for the WMCETT Board are:
1. To function as the ultimate decision making body of WMCETT and to
exercise final authority over all CETT matters.
2. To receive, consider, approve and oversee Business Plans for the
development of the CETT.
3. To have responsibility for approving projects, agreeing appropriate
milestones, performance indicators and targets.
4. To monitor progress towards agreed targets through receiving regular
reports on the CETT’s activities.
5. To advise and support WMCETT in tendering for additional funding.
6. To consider requests for membership of WMCETT from new prospective
partners.
7. To consider any matters referred to it by the Quality Committee.
8. To advise and support the Director on all aspects of the operation,
procedures and the activities of WMCETT.
The Board will meet on at least two occasions a year.
It will have a membership as set out in the constitution and may co-opt additional
members as it sees fit.
Each representative member of the Board will have one vote except that the
Chair will have a second casting vote.
Resolutions at a meeting of the Board shall be carried by a majority of the
members present and entitled to vote.