ELRC 202324 Annual Report

EDUCATION LABOUR RELATIONS COUNCIL | 2023/24 ANNUAL REPORT

Collective Bargaining Services: National

Deviation from planned target to Actual Achievement for 2023/2024

Programme Performance Indicator

Planned Target 2023/2024

Actual Achievement 2023/2024

Comment on deviations

Actual Achievement 2022/2023

Status

Achieved Matter of

Facilitate meetings on discussions for the universalisation and institutionalisation of Grade R practitioners.

n/a

Matter on the universalisation and institutionalisation of Grade R practitioners tabled at Bargaining for discussion

None

universalisation and institutionalisation of Grade R practitioners was tabled at the following Bargaining meetings for discussion: • 14 June 2023 • 25 July 2023 • 31 August 2023 • 16 November 2023 • 6 March 2024

Overview of Performance of Collective Bargaining Services (National) for the 2023/24 Financial Year Council convened a QMS Colloquium on 24 and 25 October 2023 on a hybrid platform. The purpose of the Colloquium was to provide a platform for meaningful engagements on the performance management of school-based educators in basic education and to assess the critical resources required to ensure the effectiveness of QMS at all levels within the sector. The participants at the Colloquium were split into three Commissions that were tasked with coming up with recommendations on the following topics:

• Commission 1: Envisaged value of Educator Appraisals • Commission 2: Supervisors (SMTs & CMs) as the driving force for QMS implementation • Commission 3: Supporting schools for successful implementation of QMS

The Commissions reported back to the Colloquium with their recommendations, and the Colloquium paved the way forward. The key recommendations that came out of the Colloquium were as follows: 1) Training/Capacity building 2) Monitoring and support of QMS implementation (integrated monitoring and support should be informed by the outcomes of the appraisal process) 3) Strengthen accountability for performance management of school-based educators 4) Strengthen communication at all levels within the sector 5) Integrated planning 6) Progressive professional development

These recommendations and action plan were adopted at the Bargaining meeting held on 16 November 2023.

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