Schools Secretary Ed Balls has signalled a "root and branch review" of school governing bodies.
The news follows the NASUWT's criticisms that many governing bodies were "not fit for purpose" and placed too much responsibility on "well-meaning volunteers."
Delegates at the union's spring conference in Birmingham said that governors were increasingly overwhelmed with information and frequently rubber-stamped head teachers' plans without understanding their true significance.
General Secretary of the NASUWT Chris Keates said that: "An essential public service in which there is massive investment of public money should not be in the hands of untrained volunteers, however well-meaning."
The union wants the Department for Children, Schools and Families to look at alternative models of governance, such as those used in the health service.
The news follows the NASUWT's criticisms that many governing bodies were "not fit for purpose" and placed too much responsibility on "well-meaning volunteers."
Delegates at the union's spring conference in Birmingham said that governors were increasingly overwhelmed with information and frequently rubber-stamped head teachers' plans without understanding their true significance.
General Secretary of the NASUWT Chris Keates said that: "An essential public service in which there is massive investment of public money should not be in the hands of untrained volunteers, however well-meaning."
The union wants the Department for Children, Schools and Families to look at alternative models of governance, such as those used in the health service.