Follow-Up. Performance management

Performance management

Workload has grabbed the headlines. It will raise standards. But as with other professions, increased spending on pay must secure the most effective contribution from each teacher, and be capable of recognising and celebrating excellence.

As a step towards this, the performance management system was introduced in September 2000. The majority of schools now have systems in place. This is a big step forward. But in only one school in six is performance management really driving school improvement.

Performance management should enable a sustained, professional dialogue about how to help every pupil learn, and every teacher improve. It helps to create clear connections between pupil progress and teachers' objectives. And it enables a wider professional dialogue about what is expected, and what support can be expected in return. It is the third pillar of teacher professionalism.

In Bournemouth in January the next steps forward have been set out:

· Annual appraisal for teachers needs to reflect the priorities of overall school improvement plans. This is a vital task for middle management

· Annual appraisal for heads should use the expertise of experienced serving heads.

Capabilities procedures need to be straightforward and clear. We need simplified arrangements for the threshold - linking it seamlessly to the performance management process.

Performance related pay must establish an appropriate balance between rewards for competence and rewards for excellence.

Performance management is about culture not just structure. Done right, it is a right. Done wrong, it is a drain. I see Performance management as something for teachers, and by teachers, recognising excellence, promoting achievement.

While a few inspirational people are born teachers, for the majority it needs to be taught - and the teaching needs to go on throughout a teacher's life. That is why performance management is critically linked to professional development.

I. Find the English equivalents of the following Russian words and phrases: средства обучения, разряд (для оплаты), заменять отсутствующих коллег, воспитательная сфера деятельности, управление качеством преподавания, педагогический совет/ совещание коллектива при руководителе, повышение квалификации.

II. Make up a summary of the text presenting the main ideas of the plan.

III. Discuss with your partner which ideas seem applicable in Russia.

15. Penal Discussion.

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