Network Access - who gets what?

[boomam]

Check your contract and see who is responsible for managing the network. If it is you, then you could allow him the access he wants AFTER you have fully trained him. You wouldn't allow a new tech full access to your network without training to ensure they didn't break it. Same rules apply(even taking out that contractually the teacher cant do these tasks- unless of course he is also employed as a part time techie) start by training him with the basics, and increase this as his competency groes.

Unfortuntaelly, he's been givin the job title, as well as Head of ICT, of NM. Even though i do everything that a NM should do!

 

Is any county support available to you? If so, could you not point out that they are the backup in case anything happens to you?

Yes, but its not onsite asap with our LEA. Its usually within 24-48 hours depending on the problem.

 

Incedently, are you due to go through JE anytime soon? I'm just thinking that if this teacher gets the admin rights he wants, you will loose the sole responsibility of managing the network. If there are 2 of you doing the work it could be argued that the teacher is the NM and you are the techie implementing the things he wants done. I may be a little cynical here, but is something to watch out for.

JE?

The head is aparentely promoting me to NM in the next financial year. Aparentely.

 

 

Ive begun taking notes down off this thread, gonna redo a doc i made a while ago for this purpose, for worst case scenario for me.

Anyone interested in me posting it up?

[ahuxham]

Just allow him power user access which should allow him access to the things he wants.

I would also have a quiet word with the headteacher and emphasise the fact that the head of ICT if given domain admin rights would be able to look at everything, including any secure documentation that the Headteacher or anyone else for that matter keeps on the servers.

 

Security is a must and you have to stress this to your Headteacher as he/she is legally responsible for the schools data.

 

Head of ICT, who is more senior than NM and IT techs, has access to all this, and you alert the head about this, and she realises that the default £14k a year IT tech can read EVERYTHING.... How is she going to feel about none SMT members having such access.

[pallen]

JE - Job Evaluation. Basically assess what task you do and what responsibilities you have and that you should be on the correct scale for your job (regardless of title)

 

Support from the LEA - that is what the schools pay for. If the service level agreement is for 24-48 response time, then maybe that contract should be looked at, not giving more people network access. If you are not using the LEA support what is the point of paying for it?

 

Sorry to say this, but if the IT Teacher is the NM then it is him who should be doing the tasks you carry out. If he wants full network access he should have it as the NM. Realistically it is you who does these tasks. If you do them all now, you should have a contract which states what you do, not wait until the next financial year.

 

I would request a copy of both your contracts so you can identify where your roles seperate and who is responsible what. It sounds, just like many schools, that they want you to do all the work, but not give you the pay. I would request that you get things in writing from the head about who should be doing what, otherwise it could get very messy.

 

Of course if the teacher is doing the tasks that you do, you could request that you should be paid the same for doing the same job:p