Governors’ Responsibilities: Teachers’ Pay Pete Gaskin Julie Chow 1 14 October 2013

Aims  Understand the national changes and how they apply to your school  Prepare your school to implement the new appraisal and pay policies  Understand what action is needed by governors 2

Agenda  Recent changes to pay and conditions  Managing performance  Making pay decisions  Help and support  Actions for governing bodies  Questions and Answers 3

School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document 2013  1% pay award  No advanced skills /excellent teacher range or standards  New ‘leading practitioner’ range  Fixed term TLR3  Relaxed guidance on recruitment and retention incentives or benefits 4

Performance and Appraisal  Same process for annual review on for existing teachers  Different process thereafter…  No automatic pay progression  Pay progression linked to performance: Appraisal outcomes Assessment against the standards Can withhold progression outside of formal capability proceedings 5

Pay Structures and Decisions  Minimum and maximum ranges  No pay protection for new appointments  Freedom around upper pay range progression  Pay recommendation following appraisal 6

Help and Support  Circulars and s  Website updated regularly  Model policies  Template letters and forms  Training  School visits  Contact the team 7

Actions for Governing Bodies  Determine areas of discretion  Consult locally  Adopt policies  Decide roles and responsibilities: Pay Committee terms of reference Who are the appraisers? Who will moderate? Who will sign off decisions? 8

Head Teacher Appraisal and Pay  Appoint appraisers Skills, experience and understanding  External adviser  What do you want to achieve?  How many objectives?  SMART 9

Decision making process set objectives moderation review moderation recommend moderation decide confirm in writing appeal 10

More Actions for Governing Bodies  Fast track adoption of policies  Facilitate training for appraisers  Monitor implementation of the policies  Budget for pay decisions from 2014  Manage appeals 11

Questions?  Worries?  Questions?  Clarifications?  Examples? 12