WORKLOAD THAT WORKS WORKLOAD THAT WORKS FOR WHOM

WORKLOAD THAT WORKS

WORKLOAD THAT WORKS FOR WHOM? • Teachers • Children • Senior Leaders

THE WORKLOAD CHALLENGE • 2014 & 2016 Workload Challenge surveys • March 2016 Working party reports published

THE WORKLOAD CHALLENGE • Marking • Planning • Data Management

MARKING – WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? • Written marking – is it always necessary? What is the opportunity cost? • Who are you marking for? • What do you do with the information? • Shift from marking to feedback

MARKING ALTERNATIVES • Replacing written marking with • Live marking inc. verbal feedback • 1: 1 conferencing • Self and peer assessment • Whole class feedback

MARKING RESEARCH PROJECT • Research Project Dec 2016 – July 2017 • 5 primary schools in Southwark • Entry and exit teacher questionnaires • Entry and exit Maths and Writing assessment

PLANNING: RE-INVENTING THE WHEEL? • Planning in teams • Weekly planning & evaluation meetings • One day PPA for all teachers • Quality schemes of work • Re-use old planning

PLANNING BEYOND MATHS AND ENGLISH

PLANNING: IMPACT Key Stage 2 Expected Standard + Key Stage 2 Greater Depth 120 100 74 80 98 83 88 85 88 95 93 95 95 78 81 80 90 66 70 56 60 50 60 42 44 40 30 40 35 34 40 27 20 15 20 20 39 10 0 0 Reading Writing 2016 Maths 2017 2018 Combined

DATA • 3 data drops per year. Data gathered is used to report to parents, to inform planning and to plan interventions and additional support. • Comparative Judgement in Writing

WORKLOAD: TIME SINKS • Displays • Meetings

WORKLOAD: FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS It is extremely clear, although perhaps not universally realised, that the school has made a significant effort over the past couple of years to reduce workload and allow teachers to focus more on the day-to-day planning, teaching and assessment cycle. There are too many examples to list them all here, but the marking policy is an obvious one, as is the introduction of MNP. My workload has been consistent in the time I have worked here. I like to be busy and taking on lots of new and interesting tasks. Generally speaking, I feel like everything we do is for the chn. Sometimes if feels as though we do things for doing things sake, but I feel that is changing for the better and happening less and less It is manageable. The minimal marking policy has made a really positive difference. Currently it is still a lot, but in the past it has been very overwhelming which has been detrimental to my wellbeing

WORKLOAD Is what you are doing having a positive impact on children? If not, don’t do it!