Staff Wellbeing Charter
Support for Teachers:
- Consistent start and end time to day (expectation for all teaching staff is 8.30-3.20, 8:20 on Wednesdays due to whole staff briefing)
- Preparing resources – full time reprographics role in place, printing facilities across the academy.
- Centralised resourcing for lessons
- Classroom support duties – support for classroom teachers
- Team of cover supervisors, to keep ‘rarely cover’ situations to a minimum
- Centralised detentions – all detentions supervised by middle or senior leaders
- Reports – no individualised written reports; centrally generated data reports
- Parent/Carer conduct - support staff with abusive or vexatious parents/carers
- Careers team – support with wider student development
Supporting teachers’ personal needs:
- Vice Principal (CWN) available for support/well-being check in
- HR support on site
- Senior Mental Health Lead on site
- Wellbeing guidance/advice posters in staffroom
- Confidential Wellbeing drop-in sessions
Communication and CPD
- Staff Briefing – A consistent message for all; all teaching and support staff expected to attend; regular updates for SEND and vulnerable students,
- CPD time scheduled as 1hr slots, on ‘Training Mondays’
- Leadership development at all levels – Structure of Leadership team, Clarity of roles and responsibilities, Department structure; Training schedule – weekly training for senior leaders, weekly training for HoFs
- Developmental support for T&L - a dedicated hour each week for instructional coaching/Faculty development
Wellbeing
- Golden Ticket – allows all staff half a day paid leave
- Friday Fitness – 7:15-7:45 weekly HIT session open to all staff
- Sports Centre on site – facilities available to all staff (Before and after school day)
- Team building initiatives eg staff to staff praise 'Wednesday Well wishes', student to staff praise 'Teacher Shout outs'
Acknowledgements:
- ‘Shout outs’ and ‘Thank yous’ to staff - shared weekly in staff briefing