Local Schools Local Decisions: What actions do you need to take?

Staffing

The Local Schools, Local Decisions (LSLD) education reform agenda commenced in 2012 to give NSW
public schools more authority to make local decisions to best meet the needs of their students. The main
areas covered in LSLD is Staffing, Resources, Reducing Red Tape, Working Locally and Making Decisions.
These reforms will enable local decision making across a range of other key reforms currently underway.
Teacher

Executive

Principal

All staff complete a Performance

Development Plan

Work with staff to develop/ assess

staff Professional Development
Plans.

Ensure performance management is

linked to the school plan(PDF)

Teachers employed by schools to fill

temporary roles within the school.

Work in consultation with the

school principal to deal with
underperformance

Use new streamlined processes to

deal with underperformance.

Incentives available to attract

teachers to rural/ remote schools
with specific educational needs.

Work in collaboration with the

Principal on a staffing model that
suits the needs of the school.

Choose how to fill every second

vacancy within your school.

Have an awareness of new

streamlined processes in place to
deal with underperformance.

Utilise incentive transfer to ensure

quality teachers in rural and remote
schools.

Resources

Offer local incentives within their

budget to attract quality teachers
and leaders.

Every Aboriginal student within

your class is funded through the
school budget. As a teacher you
should be aware of how this
funding is utilised for your students.

Use knowledge of staff PDPs to

decide consultation strategies most
needed within the school context.

Manage annual maintenance to fit

educational needs.
Every school with Aboriginal
students will receive funding.

Working
Locally

Reducing
Red tape

Making
Decisions

Utilise a staffing model that best

supports the needs of your
individual school.
Removal of restrictions on some tied
grants.

Use knowledge of staff PDPs to

decide consultation strategies most
needed within the school context.

Low socio-economic students will

receive funding based on FOEI
family occupation and education
index. Communicate budget to the
community.
Understanding of fewer and simpler
policies for work around schools.
Free to make decisions on purchases
up to $5000.

Schools use opportunities to use

local contractors
Schools choose from a menu for
consultation strategies to suit their
context.
Schools supported by realigned
regions.
Smaller state office develops
policies/guidelines for schools.