Staffing Needs Analysis

©Dean Ashton

The Minimum Staffing Need

The total number of taught periods P for a given subject is the sum of taught periods for each year group.

P = Cp₇ + Cp₈ + Cp₉ + Cp₁₀ + Cp₁₁

where C is the number of classes in the year group taking the subject and p is the number of periods per timetable cycle that each class studies the subject for.

If t_s is the number of contact lessons taught by the average classroom teacher with no additional responsibilities, then from t_s and P we can estimate a Minimum Staffing Need figure T_min

T_min~P / t_s

T_min can be calculated more accurately by including the value of management time f the number of extra non-contact periods awarded to teachers with responsibility.

T_min = (P + f) / t_s

Staffing Needs - Tutoring

In many schools there is a time-tabled tutor period that nearly all staff teach. Any such commitment will add to the teaching load of a faculty and therefore its teaching needs.

If the number of compulsory tutor periods is designated as q then we can calculate the Tutoring Factor as q / t_s

As a result of the tutoring factor the Minimum Staffing Need will be increased to give a Maximum Staffing Need of:

T_{max =} T_min x (1 + q / t_s)

Operational Staffing Need

If n_t teachers in a faculty do not contribute to the compulsory tutor period then the staffing need will be reduced by: n_t x q / t_s to give an Operational Staffing Need (T) of:

T = T_max - (n_t . q / t_s)

or

T = (1/t_s )(P + f)(1 + q / t_s) - (n_t . q / t_s)