Performance Management

Performance management is the process for assessing the overall performance of a teacher or head teacher, in the context of the individual's job description and the provisions of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document, and making plans for the individual's future development in the context of the school's improvement plan.

Professional standards provide the backdrop to discussions about performance and future development. The standards define the professional attributes, knowledge, understanding and skills for teachers at each career stage.
(p3)
"Performance management is the process for assessing the overall performance of a teacher or head teacher, in the context of the individual's job description and the provisions of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document, and making plans for the individual's future development in the context of the school's improvement plan.

Professional standards provide the backdrop to discussions about performance and future development. The standards define the professional attributes, knowledge, understanding and skills for teachers at each career stage."
(p3)

Performance Management for support staff has lagged behind, but the position is being redressed. In 2007 the Minister of State for Schools invited representatives of support staff unions and employers, including the Foundation and Aided Schools' National Association (FASNA), to establish a Support Staff Working Group. Following this The Children's Plan Building Brighter Futures reaffirmed ministerial commitment to establishing a new Negotiating Body for support staff.

In September 2008, DCSF announced a package of reforms to strengthen standards in schools and help the school workforce to carry out their duties more effectively, including the formal inception of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB). The following extract from the Children's Plan – Building Brighter Futures, DCSF 2007, demonstrates the movement DCSF have made away...