Teaching

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Teaching Learning Responsibilities Update
School Effectiveness Service Promoting
Achievement in Schools

• Area Head teachers meetings
• Summer term 2005

Area Head teacher Meetings October 2005
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Background to introduction of TLRs

• Rewards Incentives Group made recommendations,
  agreed by all except NUT and NAHT.
• STRB published recommendations 22 Feb
• Agreed by Secretary of State
• Regulations published, national guidance
  published by RIG and its partners.
• Statutory requirement to implement TLRs

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Teaching Learning Responsibility Payments

• To replace MAs from 1 Jan 2006
• Focus of TLRs is to be on additional significant
  responsibilities for teaching learning
• Staffing structure reviews must be approved by
  GBs by 31st December 2005 and implemented by no
  later than 31st December 2008
• An opportunity to make sense of responsibilities
  accountability, with teaching and learning at
  the heart of teachers work.

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Transition from MAs to TLRs

• Transition guidance in schools
• Ednet source of up-to-date information, documents
  and links
• 4 head briefings (75 of HTs)
• Individual/group support for head teachers
• Briefing for SCOs
• Key LEA officers briefed - further advice and
  guidance

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Transition from MAs to TLRs

• LEA facilitated meetings with Union secretaries
  for head teacher to consult
• Guidance and information to Chairs of Governing
  Bodies
• Monitoring proforma for Chairs to complete
• LEA monitoring, ensuring schools are fulfilling
  their statutory responsibilities
• LEA monitoring to include impact assessment of
  the changes
• Centrally employed teachers

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Timescale

• Reviewed staffing structure to be published as
  annex to pay policy by 31 December 2005,
  following period of consultation with staff and
  professional associations.
• 3 year transition period for implementation of
  structure begins 1 January 2006, ends 31 December
  2008.
• Clock starts ticking for safeguarding 1January
  2006

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Key considerations

• Whole staffing structure review new posts e.g.
  Excellent Teacher, HLTAs, etc
• Genuine transparent consultation
• Preparation of key documents for consultation
  job descriptions, cost implications
• Implementation plan
• A minimum of four weeks consultation
• Paper trail for transparency

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Key considerations

• Safeguarding of individuals
• Annual salary statements
• Governing body/sub committee meetings timing
  and frequency
• Decision making rests with the GB they need to
  record reasons for their decisions
• Final approval must be by the full governing body
  before 31 December 2005

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Consequences for not meeting the 31st December
2005 deadline

• Very important to meet the deadlines
• Difficulties as a result of the impact of other
  changes to the pay system
• Delay for teachers on management allowances
  safeguarding is aligned to the transition period
  1st Jan, they will be disadvantaged in that
  they will not have the same timescales as other
  colleagues to make informed choices about their
  position

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Consequences for not meeting the 31st December
2005 deadline

• Schools which need to fill vacancies will not
  have their revised structure or introduced TLR
  payments and will not be able to offer management
  allowances to cease 31.12.05
• Could place the school in difficulties with the
  recognised unions
• Staff morale, motivation and relationships

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Support for head teachers

• LEA key officers
• Union secretaries
• Surgeries with Union secretaries
• Pyramid meetings
• RIG helpline
• Self evaluation toolkit
• Ednet up to date materials, advice and
  information