Human Resources

BUSINESS REPORT

The College has significant business operations. This section of the report provides an overview of Human Resources, Admissions, Finance and the UWCSEA Foundation for the 2018/2019 school year.

HUMAN RESOURCES

UWCSEA’s ambition is to be a leader in international education, with a worldwide reputation for providing a challenging, holistic, values-based education. The recruitment and retention of excellent teachers and administrators who support the mission of the College remains central to this vision.

STAFFING

Administrative and Support staff at the College 511

Educational support staff 26.2% Admin/support staff 17.6% Boarding support 1.8% Foundation 0.9% Management 0.7%

1,083 UWCSEA staff

Teaching staff at the College 572

45.3% full-time teachers 7.5% part-time teachers

Student teacher ratio across College

STAFF RECRUITMENT

10.34 students 1 teacher

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT: PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT In support of the UWCSEA Strategy, the College launched a new approach to Professional Learning and Development in July 2018, with implementation rolling out in eight core areas across the 2018/2019 school year. The activity was led by the Professional Learning and Development team.

Initiative Action

Introduce comprehensive inductions Introduced in November 2018, 130 staff were welcomed through a new comprehensive induction programme which is run every month. In February 2019 the programme was extended to include relief teachers.

Develop, document and launch new philosophy, policy and guidelines

Engage staff to identify Learning and Development needs

Commence week-long holiday break ‘training festivals’ for staff

Create a centralised Professional Learning Hub for all staff

Formalise learning access for middle leaders

Introduce culture of appraisal, review and development A new policy and guidelines were introduced in the last quarter of 2018.

The College surveyed all support staff in September 2018 to identify learning needs, and one-to-one meetings were subsequently held with department heads to coordinate priorities for the year.

Work continued across the year to support emerging needs.

Three ‘Professional Development Fests’ in the October, December and April breaks saw 813 registrations for courses across both campuses.

The Professional Learning Hub was launched in January 2019, centralising the location for all learning and professional development resources for staff.

The College researched and developed detailed competency descriptors on leading and managing skills, informing work on new ‘leading and managing’ learning pathways, which will be launched next school year.

In January 2019, the performance management system was formally launched to include an appraisal system, following refinements informed by a trial in the previous year.

All support managers received 1.5 days of learning on developing staff and coaching conversations. A self-access module in the College Information Management System was also created to support goal-setting and review conversation for staff and line managers

Offer and promote regular opportunities for learning The College has introduced a range of ways to engage in learning, including: • Monthly High Ts (launched In January 2019), on topics requested by the community, led by community experts • Book Clubs based on themes raised in survey feedback • Centralised registration for external courses, conferences and workshops • Organisation of events and workshops with external experts on campus • Onsite courses contextualised to UWCSEA needs e.g. First Aid certification • Online self-access learning modules e.g. performance management • ‘At your desk’ resources made available through a ‘Learn Now’ feature on the Professional Learning Hub