SIMS Personnel -Staff Performance andPay

Dave Cattlin

School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions 2013

03 September 20133rd September 2013

Main Changes

Teachers Main Scale• The main and upper pay scales replaced by two pay ranges with maximum and

minimum pay points

Leading Practitioner• Removal of Advanced Skills Teacher and Excellent Teacher for School Workforce

2014

Performance related pay for teachers Removal of annual progression Pay progression from September 2014 determined by performance appraisal

03 September 2013

Teachers Main Scales

• Will not appear in SIMS until the Spring 2014 release

• No longer possible to produce and share definition files

Not a small matter….

SIMS Personnel Service TermContracts area of the staff recordPersonnel reports.net dictionaryBulk Update screen / replacement for incrementsService Term Export / ImportCommand Pulsar to FMS

FMSSalary Projections & reportsIndividual PaymentsBlock PaymentsSalary Calculator & ReportsImport Payroll FileCommitments through FMSBudget Planning - Salary PlanBudget Planning - Reports

Other areas: School workforce census B2B Personnel Third parties

SIMS Spring 2014 Release

More information will be shared as soon as available

If you do already record pay information in SIMS there are options to record these arrangements in advance of the Spring release of SIMS

• If you are affected, please log a call to discuss further

Performance Related Pay

Performance Related Pay

Decisions about teachers’ pay progression will be linked to performance, with the first of these awards to be made in September 2014

Performance Related Pay

Performance Related Pay

Assessment of performance may be based on evidence from a range of sources, for example, self-assessment, peer review, tracking pupil progress, lesson observations, the views of pupils and parents

Schools must have an appraisal policy for teachers

SIMS solution

An extra cost area within SIMS Personnel

Already installed to your system and activated by license

The SIMS Solution

Enhancements to Personnel

Professional Details tab Was only for formal off site training but can now:• Record any ad hoc and self directed CPD• Store evidence attached to the DMS• Be accessed by the staff member to maintain own CPD records

Staff can maintain their own records of

CPD

Enhancements to Personnel

New Appraisals tab• Manages collaboration on the whole appraisal process• Elements available to appraiser and appraise as appropriate• Management of Lesson Observation records

• OFSTED grading adopted but can be changed• Can add evidence to DMS

• Typed• Scanned• Image and Video

• Record progression outcomes

The system can manage the whole

staff appraisal process

System Configuration

System Configuration

PermissionsAppraisal Periods Whole School ObjectivesProfessional StandardsLine Management StructureLookups

Permissions (System Manager)

• SP Manager• SP Line Manager• SP Appraiser• SP Staff

In addition to these new permission groups, the Personnel Officer, School Administrator and System Manager can configure the setups, the line management structure and define lookups.

Permissions  SP

Manager

SP Line

Manager

SP Apprai

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SP Staff

System

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Personne

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School

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Professional Details View View View View x x xCPD Edit Edit Edit Edit x x xObjectives Edit Edit Edit View x x xObjectives Evidence Edit Edit Edit Edit x x x

Observations Edit Edit Edit View x x x

Reviews Edit Edit Edit View x x x

Line Management Details View View View View x x x

Staff Performance Setup Edit x x x Edit Edit Edit

Line Management Structure Edit x x x Edit Edit Edit

Lookups Edit x x x Edit Edit Edit

Leavers Records View x x x x x x

Reports (Design) Run Run Run x x x x

Staff Observations Report Run Run Run x x x x

Line Management Report Run x x x Run Run Run

Appraisal Periods

Appraisal periods are the timeframe for when appraisal related activities take place during the academic year

Whole School Objectives

Whole school objectives (usually taken from the school development plan) can be added, allowing individual staff objectives to be linked with the school objectives. This allows reporting on the progress of the school against these objectives.

Professional Standards

Professional standards are the criteria against which various groups of staff can be assessed

Multiple sets of standards can be created and associated with members of staff• Teacher Standards (already present)• NQT standards• support staff standards • school defined generic competencies

Line Management Structure

Lookups

Configuration of components to match the school’s appraisal policy• Standard Type

• Teachers or Support Staff• CPD Activity Type

• Inset, Mentoring, Off Site Training• CPD Result

• Usefulness or Appropriateness of the CPD

Lookups

Configuration of components to match the school’s appraisal policy• Ability Group

• A description of the group being taught during lesson observation• Observation Type

• Observation, work analysis, discussion

Lookups

Configuration of components to match the school’s appraisal policy• Achievement Status

• Was the Appraised Objective Achieved?• Performance Grade

• Appraisal Outcome Grade• Review Type

• Periodicity of Review

Option for all staff to access the system - CPD

SIMS can be used by all staff to record and report on all forms of CPD, helping to ensure that all CPD is captured• both formal and informal CPD, which can be linked as evidence towards an

objective

Option for all staff to access the system - Appraisal

SIMS can be used by all staff to record comments on appraisal processes encouraging engagement and a consistent approach

Let’s take a look

Reporting

A suite of reports provided to support management and monitoring functions

All fields available within the reporting dictionary

Core benefits

• Increases efficiency by automating the administration of performance management• Offers a range of flexible tools that can be utilised by all schools• Drives staff development across the school• Motivates staff through their active involvement in their own personal development • Evidence based decisions during appraisals

Staff Performance licence price

One off charge of: