💡🧵 Workflow vs Workload: an idea for planning the school* calendar.
1. RAG-rate weeks across next year by teacher** workload. Some measure of work on top of ‘normal teaching.’
*This could also be usefully done by HoDs
**Ideally differently for HODs/Pastoral lead/teachers
1. RAG-rate weeks across next year by teacher** workload. Some measure of work on top of ‘normal teaching.’
*This could also be usefully done by HoDs
**Ideally differently for HODs/Pastoral lead/teachers
1a: Things that get factored in include anything that adds workload: parents evenings, data entires, mock exams, options events etc etc
2. Essential to factor in that week + work being done that week to prepare for upcoming weeks.
3. You could ask experienced HoDs/teachers to spot crunch points (‘red weeks’) and less pressured time (‘green weeks’)
3. You could ask experienced HoDs/teachers to spot crunch points (‘red weeks’) and less pressured time (‘green weeks’)
4. Then, look at how red weeks could become amber weeks, even if green weeks then become amber weeks. (Remember to update the code as you move things around.)
5. There may be weeks where red has to stay red- mocks etc - if that’s the case, lock out those weeks to any additions.
5. There may be weeks where red has to stay red- mocks etc - if that’s the case, lock out those weeks to any additions.
5a. Members of SLT, HoDs, pastoral leaders or those with whole-school roles (literacy, careers) should be prevented from adding to red week workload, or doing anything that turns an amber week into a red week for a group within the school (middle leaders, teachers.)
6. Make this public, part of the conversation in the school- so everyone is mindful of red weeks on the horizon and can manage their own workflow (and that of those they lead) better.
Obviously this might already happen and I know my school puts a lot of thought into this.
That said, I still often see lots of tweets about ridiculous crunch weeks.
That said, I still often see lots of tweets about ridiculous crunch weeks.
Calendars and timetables. These are some of the biggest levers on day-to-day wellbeing.
Might lob a #stoptalkingaboutwellbeing on this @SaysMiss
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