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Web sites:
National Remodelling Team (NRT) Web site
WAMG (Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group) Web site
Cover
PPA in Practice
The Implementation Review Unit
School Workforce Remodelling (TeacherNet)
Higher Level Teaching Assistants Web site (TDA)
Teaching assistants Web site (TeacherNet)
Support staff Web site (TeacherNet)
HLTA.org.uk
Latest news:
Latest WAMG documents (incl meeting notes)
Voice raises concerns over TAs and cover (June 2008)
WAMG Note 20 (April 2008) (pdfs):
WAMG note 20 Effective operation of local social partnerships English Welsh
2008 guidance on effective working for local social partnerships English Welsh
Model protocol for local social partnerships English Welsh
Issue resolution process: National Agreement implementation and Performance Management English Welsh
Questionnaire on workforce remodelling (April 2008)
WAMG Note 19: Updating local social partnerships on the programme and priorities (February 2008)
WAMG Note 18: Supporting Local Social Partnership and sustainable reform (October 2007) (pdf)
Time for Standards: Guidance accompanying the Section 133 Regulations issued under the Education Act 2002 (August 2007) (pdf)
Education Secretary confirms plans to investigate pay and conditions framework for support staff (2007)
Professional Standards for Higher Level Teaching Assistants (2007)
Documents and Resources archive:
Office of Manpower Economics: School Teachers Workload Survey 2006 (published October 2006) (pdf)
www.dfes.gov.uk/14-19
Joint Guidance Note 16 from WAMG: Sustainability of National Agreement Implementation (June 2006) (pdf)
Joint Guidance Note 15 (amended) from WAMG: Further Improving Outcomes, Further Improving Working Lives: School Workforce Social Partnership Priorities for 2006-2008 (April 2006) (pdf)
Headteachers and the National Agreement – a summary (WAMG headship pack, December 2005) (pdf)
Remodelling the school workforce: a report from Ofsted (December 2005)
Letter on PPA time in Independent (Education), 8 September 2005
PPA will benefit pupils and staff (PAT & DfES press releases, 31 August 2005) (pdf)
Joint Guidance Note 14 from WAMG (Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group): PPA time (August 2005) (pdf)
Joint Guidance Note 13 from WAMG: Implementation of Contractual Change and Progress of Remodelling (June/July 2005) (pdf)
Joint Guidance Note 12 from WAMG: Effective Deployment of Higher Level Teaching Assistants (June 2005) (pdf)
Review of the School Staffing Structure: Guidance for Schools in England
Joint Guidance Note 11 from WAMG (Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group) (March 2005) (pdf)
WAMG Invigilation Resource Pack (February 2005): letter (pdf)
WAMG Invigilation Resource Pack (February 2005): Strategy Overview and Good Practice Guidance (pdf)
WAMG Invigilation Resource Pack (February 2005): School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document – Section 4 (pdf)
Every Child Matters/The Children Act 2004: implementation information (including WAMG advice from December 2004)
Joint WAMG Statement on Class Sizes (14/10/04) (pdf)
DfES Consultation on Best Value Code of Practice (13/10/04)
Joint Guidance Note 10 from WAMG (October 2004) (pdf)
Guidance for Schools on Higher Level Teaching Assistant Roles for School Support Staff (23/07/04) (pdf)
New arrangements for registering on HLTA programme (01/07/04)
Article on the Agreement and nursery nurses (May 2004) (pdf)
Article on cover (May 2004) (pdf)
Remodelling Cover - a resource pack
Joint Guidance Note 9 from WAMG: An update on the Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) Programme (April 2004) (pdf)
Joint Guidance Note 8 from WAMG (March 2004) (pdf)
Joint Guidance Note 7 from WAMG (March 2004) (pdf)
WAMG Joint Statement (WAMG One Year On) January 2004 (pdf)
Guidance for Schools on Cover Supervision (December 2003) (Word)
Joint Guidance Note 6 from WAMG (December 2003) (Word)
Joint Guidance Note 5 from WAMG (October/November 2003 (pdf)
Professional Standards for Higher Level Teaching Assistants (TTA, 2003)
New arrangements for the employment of School Support Staff (NJC) (24/10/03) (pdf)
National Agreement resources
The "non-teaching tasks"
WAMG publications, including:
Cutting Burdens Toolkit
What the Agreement means for you
Good practice in cutting bureaucracy
School Staffing (England) Regulations 2003 No.1963 (GovernorNet)
Joint Guidance Note 4 from WAMG (July 2003) (pdf)
Joint Guidance Note 3 from WAMG (17 June 2003) (pdf)
Joint Guidance Note 2 from WAMG (6 June 2003) (pdf)
Joint Guidance Note 1 from WAMG (Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group) (7 April 2003) (pdf)
Presentation on the Workforce Agreement (by then PAT General Secretary Jean Gemmell, as presented in May 2003) (pdf)
Consultation on Implementing the National Agreement (2003):
PAT’s response (July 2003) (Word)
Developing the Role of School Support Staff: What the National Agreement means for you (pdf)
A summary of the outcomes of ‘Developing the role of schools support staff (Time for Standards) consultation.
Statement on the National Agreement Raising Standards and Tackling Workload (2003) (pdf)
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