NUT Campaign on Workload & Performance Management

organisation, negotiation, action…nationally organised, locally

determined

NUT Campaign on Workload & Performance Management

organisation, negotiation, action…nationally organised, locally

determined

Teacher WorkloadTeacher Workload

Reps were asked to identify the main issues raised with them

Workload 74% Pupil Behaviour 47% Pay & pensions 41% Health & Safety 32%

Reps were asked to identify the main issues raised with them

Workload 74% Pupil Behaviour 47% Pay & pensions 41% Health & Safety 32%

Teacher Union responsesTeacher Union responsesEarly 2002

Joint Conference motions on workloadJoint action and guidelines

Late 2002NASUWT/ATL/SHA/NAHT/PATSocial Partnership leading to January 2003 Remodelling Agreement /“Workload Agreement” & withdrawal of action guidelinesNUTRefusal to accept “strings” – exclusion from talksReinforcement of “beating back bureaucracy” guidelines

Early 2002Joint Conference motions on workloadJoint action and guidelines

Late 2002NASUWT/ATL/SHA/NAHT/PATSocial Partnership leading to January 2003 Remodelling Agreement /“Workload Agreement” & withdrawal of action guidelinesNUTRefusal to accept “strings” – exclusion from talksReinforcement of “beating back bureaucracy” guidelines

“The Workload Agreement” – a price too high

“The Workload Agreement” – a price too high

Obliging unions to “promote and promulgate outcomes of “ social partnership”

Compromising ability to campaign on other issues

Undermining teacher professionalism Undermining teachers’ posts/job

descriptions Fake workload reduction measures

Obliging unions to “promote and promulgate outcomes of “ social partnership”

Compromising ability to campaign on other issues

Undermining teacher professionalism Undermining teachers’ posts/job

descriptions Fake workload reduction measures

Not only too high a price – not worth having!

Not only too high a price – not worth having!

Office of Manpower Economics Report into 2006 workload “no statistically significant reduction in

teachers’ working time” Time spent teaching reduced by 18

minutes a week for some, increased for most

Office of Manpower Economics Report into 2006 workload “no statistically significant reduction in

teachers’ working time” Time spent teaching reduced by 18

minutes a week for some, increased for most

“Social Partnership”“Social Partnership”A top down approach to teacher trade unionism identity of interest between Government, employers

and workers’ organisations seeks “partnership agreements” through negotitaion

(excluding non-partners) imposes duty to “promote and promulgate” the

results Born out of a decline in union activism, reflected in

“European Union Social Model” Examples – workload agreement, RIG, Performance

Management regulations, “teachers’ duties”

A top down approach to teacher trade unionism identity of interest between Government, employers

and workers’ organisations seeks “partnership agreements” through negotitaion

(excluding non-partners) imposes duty to “promote and promulgate” the

results Born out of a decline in union activism, reflected in

“European Union Social Model” Examples – workload agreement, RIG, Performance

Management regulations, “teachers’ duties”

The Organising CultureThe Organising CultureA membership led approach to teacher trade unionism

Members’ priorities determine union positions, policy and action

Leadership is accountable to members not vice-versa

Negotiations reflect members priorities Negotiations backed by active campaigning Organisation and activity by members in schools and

LA services are our source of strength Examples – pensions, defence of QTS, MAs to TLRs,

workload, SATs

A membership led approach to teacher trade unionism

Members’ priorities determine union positions, policy and action

Leadership is accountable to members not vice-versa

Negotiations reflect members priorities Negotiations backed by active campaigning Organisation and activity by members in schools and

LA services are our source of strength Examples – pensions, defence of QTS, MAs to TLRs,

workload, SATs

Blair’s “Public Service Reform”

Blair’s “Public Service Reform”Taken directly from the PM’s No 10 strategy unit, July 2006

Top down performance management (pressure from government)

The introduction of greater competition and contestability in the provision of public services

The introduction of greater pressure from citizens including through choice and voice

Measures to strengthen the capability and capacity of civil and public servants and of central and local government to deliver improved public services

Taken directly from the PM’s No 10 strategy unit, July 2006 Top down performance management (pressure

from government) The introduction of greater competition and

contestability in the provision of public services The introduction of greater pressure from citizens

including through choice and voice Measures to strengthen the capability and capacity

of civil and public servants and of central and local government to deliver improved public services

What’s it mean for our campaign?What’s it mean for our campaign? The organising culture approach

requires and informed, organised, active membership The Social Partnership approach

requires a loyal, acquiescent membership The Government strategy

is to fragment education, divide school from school - and to increasingly give more power to governing bodies

Where we are well organised and active, we will win. Where we are not, we have a real problem…

It’s not a fair world, and the meek do not inherit it…

The organising culture approachrequires and informed, organised, active membership

The Social Partnership approachrequires a loyal, acquiescent membership

The Government strategyis to fragment education, divide school from school - and to increasingly give more power to governing bodies

Where we are well organised and active, we will win. Where we are not, we have a real problem…

It’s not a fair world, and the meek do not inherit it…

The big picture contextThe big picture context The Education Act as one of Blair’s pieces of “legacy

legislation” The end of the systematic delivery of state education The establishment of autonomous educational

establishments – schools & colleges The developing ownership and/or control of these by the

private and voluntary sectors Preparation for full-blown GATS style privatisation The testing of unions’…

abilities to resist nationally – and locallyopenness to “corporatism” & “Social

Partnership”

The Education Act as one of Blair’s pieces of “legacy legislation”

The end of the systematic delivery of state education The establishment of autonomous educational

establishments – schools & colleges The developing ownership and/or control of these by the

private and voluntary sectors Preparation for full-blown GATS style privatisation The testing of unions’…

abilities to resist nationally – and locallyopenness to “corporatism” & “Social

Partnership”

The Workload campaign is the immediate test!

The Workload campaign is the immediate test!

We need… The NUT, organised, active, determined A challenge to the other teacher unions The support of non-teacher unions, parents, governors,

Local Authorities The isolation of those governing bodies and Local

Authorities that stand against us Resolute, nationally organised, locally determined action New levels of support and strategy to build strong school

groups

We need… The NUT, organised, active, determined A challenge to the other teacher unions The support of non-teacher unions, parents, governors,

Local Authorities The isolation of those governing bodies and Local

Authorities that stand against us Resolute, nationally organised, locally determined action New levels of support and strategy to build strong school

groups

“A good local school for every child”?

“A good local school for every child”?

Publicly funded, state, comprehensive education No fragmentation, marketisation, privatisation Properly qualified staff – teaching and non-teaching Proper remuneration in terms of nationally agreed pay &

pensions, with no ‘payment by results’ The provision of high quality CPD for all staff No excessive workloads – proper time to do

our jobs for the children in our schools and services

Educationally acceptable class sizes

Publicly funded, state, comprehensive education No fragmentation, marketisation, privatisation Properly qualified staff – teaching and non-teaching Proper remuneration in terms of nationally agreed pay &

pensions, with no ‘payment by results’ The provision of high quality CPD for all staff No excessive workloads – proper time to do

our jobs for the children in our schools and services

Educationally acceptable class sizes

Performance ManagementPerformance Management

Schools will have to consult staff & Unions in the New Year and during the Summer Term on a procedure for Performance Management.

NUT groups will be able to use the Union guidelines in this consultation.

Schools will have to consult staff & Unions in the New Year and during the Summer Term on a procedure for Performance Management.

NUT groups will be able to use the Union guidelines in this consultation.

NUT successes so farNUT successes so far

Implementation delayed to September 2007

No link with pay on main pay scale: current arrangements still apply.

Implementation delayed to September 2007

No link with pay on main pay scale: current arrangements still apply.

Performance ManagementPerformance Management

NUT guidelines cover Who does the observations Number of reviewees per reviewer Number of observations Number of targets/objectives Nature of targets Automatic pay progression on main scale Maintaining “substantial & sustained” rule on

UPS

NUT guidelines cover Who does the observations Number of reviewees per reviewer Number of observations Number of targets/objectives Nature of targets Automatic pay progression on main scale Maintaining “substantial & sustained” rule on

UPS

WorkloadWorkload The guidelines identify a range of issues

School groups need to identify the key issues for them

School groups are able to use the guidelines to demand and negotiate improvements

The guidelines identify a range of issues

School groups need to identify the key issues for them

School groups are able to use the guidelines to demand and negotiate improvements

WorkloadWorkload

Areas covered include: PPA time Meetings Planning Class size Assessment

Areas covered include: PPA time Meetings Planning Class size Assessment

Supporting school groupsSupporting school groups

Where school groups are unsuccessful in getting NUT policy implemented they will be supported by the Union

The Union will ballot members for strike action where heads & governors will not implement our guidelines.

Where school groups are unsuccessful in getting NUT policy implemented they will be supported by the Union

The Union will ballot members for strike action where heads & governors will not implement our guidelines.

OpportunitiesOpportunities

This ballot gives us the opportunity to build the NUT at school level – the basis of an organising culture

Members will be able to exercise their collective voice – an injury to one is an injury to all

This ballot gives us the opportunity to build the NUT at school level – the basis of an organising culture

Members will be able to exercise their collective voice – an injury to one is an injury to all

The NUTThe NUT

The NUT is the only Union taking these steps to reduce workload

The NUT is the largest teaching union in Europe.

The NUT is the only Union taking these steps to reduce workload

The NUT is the largest teaching union in Europe.

VOTE YES!VOTE YES! Assert your collective voice If you’re not a member, demand

your union joins the campaign If they won’t, join the NUT Use the campaign to win workload

reduction AND make the union strong in every school and workplace

Assert your collective voice If you’re not a member, demand

your union joins the campaign If they won’t, join the NUT Use the campaign to win workload

reduction AND make the union strong in every school and workplace