From the Principal
From the Principal
Bonjour à tous, and Wanju
I hope everyone had the opportunity to escape across the long week end; physically or at least mentally. I got to do both but the bit I enjoyed the most was sitting on my balcony playing backgammon. The long weekend just gone comes a great time of the term right at week 5. As a teacher you must remember that you are never more than 5 weeks away from last holidays or your next ones. A break is certainly a good panacea for our stressful job.
Making a change to your daily life can also be beneficial, here are a couple of changes that I heard on the radio the other day
- Compliment someone at least once a day
- Turn off your Social Media and reconnect with people
- Learning something new
- Forgive yourself
I forgot to mention last week that I attended the ECU graduation ceremony as a guest of ECU. I would like to publically congratulate Lindsay Rae who crossed the stage and received his academic certificate. On recognising staff, last week, Tina Nottle was recognised by the Department of Education with a Making a Difference award. Please join with me in congratulating these people when you see them.
One week into the WA Omicron wave case numbers are climbing and we should expect that here too. The leadership team have been busy ensure we have enough contingencies for all the possible eventualities. Though we have no crystal ball fortune favours the prepared. Our biggest concern at the moment is staffing if the wave hits quickly – a little like Transperth at the moment. A draft staffing contingency is described below.
En Avant
Staffing Contingency
There are many variables that effect COVID workforce planning, however the guiding factors will be student attendance and staff absence.
With most gridlines having 40 – 45 classes, predicting area of need is impossible.
Priority will be ensuring teachers are in front of classes with qualified and specialist teachers where possible.
STUDENT ATTENDANCE LAST WEEK
If absences climb, collapsing classes may become an option, (which would free up staff for relief if needed). We should prioritize our ATAR curriculum continuity by putting the best person in front of an ATAR class.
|
Year Level |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
|
7 |
41 |
31 |
27 |
22 |
35 |
|
8 |
42 |
39 |
28 |
27 |
30 |
|
9 |
40 |
33 |
34 |
31 |
30 |
|
10 |
47 |
45 |
46 |
37 |
43 |
|
11 |
49 |
44 |
47 |
32 |
36 |
|
12 |
23 |
26 |
28 |
26 |
26 |
|
TOTAL |
242 |
218 |
210 |
175 |
200 |
STAFF ABSENCE
Currently, 2FTE of TR is built into the staffing of the school. All staff could be called upon to do relief. Executive staff, PCs, teaching staff with non-contact roles, etc.
LEARNING AREAS
PC's have developed a workforce contingency plan for their LA with a best fit model for ATAR/specialist classes. This includes a 2IC should the PC be absent.
STUDENT SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATION
In a high case load environment and smaller student numbers we will manage operations with a smaller team of staff.
SUPPORT STAFF
Assess on an as needs basis. Assess the priority (in a high case load environment) and replace where needed most and where possible. Again there is likely to be no like for like replacement.
I hope that this gives you an idea of our plans, at this point.
Nuts and Bolts
COVID BOOSTERS
A reminder that all staff need to check the COVID calculator for when their booster is due. Staff need to get their booster within a month of their due date and upload their proof of vaccination to HRMIS.
To avoid a stop of pay, you must upload your booster proof of vaccination to HRMIS as soon as you have had your booster.
REMOTE LEARNING PLAN
(The date on the document is wrong but all the data is correct)