| 1. About |
1.1 About this Manual |
Welcome... |
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Purpose |
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Objectives |
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Who the manual is for |
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How to use this manual |
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Methodology |
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Best Practice |
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Download the HR Manual (PDF version) |
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1.2 About Human Resource Management |
About Human Resource Management |
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1.3 The Teaching Service in Sierra Leone |
Facts and figures on schools, teachers and pupils in Sierra Leone |
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Policies and Regulations |
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Key Organisations |
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1.4 Background Information |
Acknowledgements |
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Foreword |
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Acronyms |
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References |
| 2. Teacher Human Resource Management |
2.1 Teacher Workforce Planning |
Rules: Teacher Workforce Planning |
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Process: How to forecast and report the demand for teachers at school level |
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Further reading: What is teacher workforce planning and why is it important? |
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Best Practice: General criteria for forecasting teacher workforce |
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Best Practice: How to attract and retain teachers |
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2.2 Teacher and School Leader: The Jobs |
A Career in the Teaching Service |
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Rules: Teacher & School leader jobs |
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Positions, Salary Grades and Experience |
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Teacher Job Description |
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School Leader Job Description |
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Further Reading: The jobs of teacher and school leader |
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Further Reading: Job Description |
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Further reading: Job Enrichment |
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Best Practice: Contents of a Job Description |
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Best Practice: How to use a Job Description |
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Best Practice: How school leaders may enrich a teacher's job |
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2.3 Recruitment |
Rules: Recruitment |
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My New |
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Process: How to become a School Leader |
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Process: Teacher Recruitment |
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Best Practice: How to use the Recruitment SCORE CHART |
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Best Practice: How to conduct a successful job (or promotion) interview |
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Further Reading: About Recruitment |
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Further Reading: Who is responsible for recruitment |
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2.4 Probation and New in the Job |
Rules: Probation |
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Further Reading: What is probation and why is it used? |
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Best Practice: How to welcome a new teacher into school |
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Best Practice: How to evaluate a new teacher on probation |
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2.5 Promotion & Career |
Rules: Promotion |
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Process: Criteria for promotion of a teacher |
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Process: Criteria for promotion to a school leader position |
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Process: How to apply for promotion |
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Process: Salary grades and requirements for teacher & school leader positions |
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Best Practice: How to use a Promotion Score Chart |
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Further reading: Promotion and career path |
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2.6 Leave |
Leave Rules |
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2.7 Transfer |
Rules: Transfer |
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Process: How to apply for a transfer |
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Further reading: Why teachers are transferred |
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2.8 Separation from the teaching service |
Rules: Leaving the teaching service |
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2.9 Retirement |
Rules & processes: Retirement |
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Further reading: Retiring from the teaching service |
| 3. Registration & Licensing |
3.1 Registration |
Rules: Registration |
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Process: Teacher Database and Register |
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Process: How to register as a teacher |
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Further Reading: The purpose of registration |
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3.2 Licensing |
Rules: Licensing |
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Process: How to become a licensed teacher |
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Further reading: What is licensing and what are the benefits |
| 4. Payroll and benefits |
4.1 Pay and Benefits |
Salary Rules and Processes |
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Benefits & Allowances |
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Pension |
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Further reading: Salary, an introduction |
| 5. Learning and Development |
5.1 Teacher Professional Development |
Further reading: What is teacher professional development |
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5.2 Teacher Education |
Rules: Teacher Education |
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Process: How to enrol at a teacher training college |
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Process: How to enrol in a part-time distance teacher education course |
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Best Practice: How to arrange and supervise student practice |
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Further Reading: Introduction to teacher education |
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5.3 Induction Programme |
Rules: Induction |
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Process: How to deliver an induction training programme in a school |
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Further reading: Induction introduction |
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Best Practice: How to mentor a new teacher in his or her job |
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5.4 Continuous Professional Development |
Rules: Continuous Professional Development |
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Process: How to enrol for CPD training |
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Process: How to register participation in a CPD training course |
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Further reading: Introduction to Continuous Professional development |
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Best Practice: The CPD Cycle |
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Best Practice: How to assess the learning needs of teachers |
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Best Practice: Identification of training and non-training solutions |
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Best Practice: Strategies for addressing learning needs |
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Best Practice: How to analyse the cost-effectiveness of alternative strategies |
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Best Practice: How to plan a learning event |
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Best Practice: How to design an effective CPD training course |
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Best Practice: How to manage and administer a learning event |
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Best Practice: How to deliver an effective CPD training course |
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Best Practice: How to assess effectiveness of a learning event |
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Best Practice: How to evaluate the results of a learning event |
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Best Practice: Follow up of a training course |
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Best Practice: Out of the classroom, on-the-job or spare-time learning |
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Best Practice: How to initiate self-directed learning |
| 6. Teacher Performance |
6.1 Teacher Performance |
Further reading: Introduction to Performance Management |
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6.2 Performance Appraisal |
Further reading: Introduction to Performance Appraisal |
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Rules: Performance Appraisal |
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Process: The Personal Development Plan and Performance Appraisal |
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Best Practice: How to set criteria for performance |
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6.3 Motivation |
Introduction to Motivation |
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Best Practice: How to motivate teachers for high performance |
| 7. Teacher – Employer Relations & Teacher Welfare |
7.1 Teacher - Employer Relations |
Rules: Teacher-Employer relations - link |
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Process: How to join the Sierra Leone Teachers’ Union |
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Process: The procedure for grievance and appeal |
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Further reading: Introduction to teacher - employer relations |
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7.2 Equal Opportunities |
The Importance of Equal Opportunities |
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Rules: Equal Opportunities |
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Best Practice: How to uphold Equal Opportunities in schools |
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Best Practice: How to deal with discrimination |
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7.3 Occupational Health & Safety |
Information on acts, rules and regulations on Health and Safety |
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Further Reading: The Importance of Occupational Health and Safety |
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Best Practice: How to secure health and safety in schools |
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Best Practice: How to prepare in case of an accident in school |
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Best Practice: How to manage stress |
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Best Practice: How to report poor OHS |
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7.4 Work Environment |
Further Reading: The Importance of a Good Work Environment |
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Work Environment Rules |
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Best Practice: How to promote a good physical work environment |
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Best Practice: How to promote a good psychological work climate |
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Best Practice: How to protect the natural environment in schools |
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7.5 Code of Conduct and Ethics |
Code of Conduct and Ethics |
| 8. Forms & Sample Letters |
Forms and Letters |
Forms and Letters |
