Background My personal management philosophy Challenge you by sharing with you some of my observations and also some contradictions that I have witnessed within our education system Briefly look at the morass that is Human Resources management and suggest a framework which allows you to understand it and to focus on what is relevant to your school and your role as a manager Share with you what the National Agreement has provided in England Wales Way forward – strategic review of workforce Introduction

Workforce Management Caretakers Health & Safety Management Side Maternity Leave Supervisory Assistants Industrial Relations Substitute Cover Cleaners Job descriptions Contracts of Employment CASS Tribunals Catering Staff NITC Harassment Job Share Staff Development & Performance Review Teachers Trade Unions CPD Grievance RTU Union Reps Exceptional Closures Absence Variation of Contracts Baker days JWP Teachers Salaries & Conditions of Service Return to Work in time Return to Work Interviews Welfare Exceptional Closures

Workforce Management Employment & Deployment Staff Complement - Teachers Support Funding 75%-90 of budget Contract Management - Appointments Redundancy Permanent Temporary Re employment of retired teachers Career breaks Variation of contacts Job share Specialists Substitute teachers Negotiating Machinery Employing Authorities – Management Side Trade Unions – Staff Side Terms and Conditions of Service Parity Jordonstown Agreement 1265 hours Carren Reports Teacher Supply Staff Development Summer School CASS Performance Review PRSD Unsatisfactory Performance Sabbatical Fellow Ships Research Award bearing courses Twilight Weekend Extra Payment Industrial Relations Union Representative Welfare Grievance Harassment Maternity Absence Return to work Stress Health & Safety Principal/BOG/Employers Employing Authorities/Unions Employers/Trade Unions/Schools Principal/SMT

England & Wales Jan 2003 – Raising Standards and Teaching Workload A National Agreement Key Elements of the Agreement Social Partnership involving Trade Unions & Employers Partnership Approach rather than confrontation/challenge Abolition of routine requirement to undertake basic administration tasks Introduction of dedicated planning, preparation and assessment time Introduction of dedicated headship time Introduction of leadership and management time Importance of striking reasonable work/life balance

Aims Create a culture that values the workforce Raising standards Improve provision for learners Provide career progression and opportunity for all staff Process Review and Remodelling of workforce Focussing on purpose of school Identification of priorities What special emphasis or circumstances prevail Parity of esteem for all staff Re allocation of administrative roles and provision of time for teachers to plan, prepare and assess

Northern Ireland – The Way Forward Strategic Review V Innovative Practice Key Themes Flexibility Resource Neutral Collaboration Accountable Autonomy Work/Life Balance Reform

Negotiating Machinery CPD – Portfolio entitlement/ requirement Performance Review & Staff Development Sabbaticals Twilight/Weekend Research/Fellowships Award bearing courses CPD Co-ordinator/Cluster Unsatisfactory performance Bohar/ Summer School/Exceptional closure Payment for CPD Fewer Employers / Trade Unions Parity / Local bargaining Partnership / Confrontation Lead Negotiators Teacher Supply Teacher Contracts School Year Pensions & Hand charging Staffing down PPA Teaching Principals Pathways into Profession Work life balance Transfer/Sector Redundancy Professional Development Key Areas for Reform

Industrial Relations Industrial Relations Climate Partnership Selection & training of union representative PQH Industrial Relations Module Welfare Conflict resolution procedures Management of absence Key Stressors

Employment & Deployment Key Tasks Key Personnel Teaching /Support Budget Staff Complement Management Structures School Mission/Development Plan Standards Human Resources Ethos School in Community Employment Long/Short term Fixed term Part time Specialists

Deployment PPA Variation of Contract Job Share Career break Fellowships Temporary release