SDM01 Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Hi Quick Poll: I'm Network Manager for a secondary school. approx 1050 students, 460 ish PC's running Server 2003 (in a VMWare ESX enviroment) and Windows XP (Mix of thin client / VM and thick clients). Staffing is an issue at the moment with us, or lack of it Would be interested in knowing what the staffing is like in other secondary schools of the same sort of size (Network Manager, Technicians etc....) Cheers!
EduTech Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 (edited) At our School we have around 1,100 Students around 100-150 Staff - around 650 Desktops and around 70 Laptops 1x NM 1x Assis NM 2x Techs there really is on three of us.. i cant really say too much.. someone is very slack put it that way lol We cope very well though, considering we have just built the network from scratch, and are having to also fully develop a Learning Platform. James. Edited September 8, 2009 by EduTech
round2it Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 just 2 of us here its hard work. 550 kids ish
DrPerceptron Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 I guess a solid number estimation of approaching 2000 users managed by 3 techs and 1 NM wouldn't be too far gone here. Plenty of devices to help those users learn too..
azrael78 Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 1,400-ish students, 150-200 staff. 1x IT Manager 2x Snr IT Techs 2x Jnr IT Techs There is no 'NM' - not really, the duties of an NM are split between the 2 senior techs. Running Server 2003 R2, 2008, Hyper-V. Windows XP SP3. 700 PCs tops - around 60 of those are laptops and 20 netbooks. Az
Soulfish Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 About 1050 students, 80-100 staff. Around 450ish desktops and laptops. Just moved to a brand new fully virtualised (on Citrix XenServer) Windows Server 2008 R2 domain with XP clients. It's just me (the Network Manager) and my assistant. He only moved from being part time to full time at the start of July as well!
Diello Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 1200 students - 500 workstations, 200 student laptops - a heck of a lot of other IT kit, very IT-centric school. 1 IT Manager, 1 Senior Tech, 1 Tech.
grumpy_git Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Secondary school w/1200 students Approx 120 staff (teaching and support) 550ish machines 6 servers RM CC3 Responsibility for all AV equipment, telephones, CCTV etc. 1x NM 1x Technician 1x Assistant Technician 1x very part time Technician (me!)
maniac Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 Secondary school with about 410 students, and around 80 staff. We have around 550 machines - yes that's more machines than we have students. We have an extremely large quantity of laptops - about 2/3 of our machines are laptops, only around 130 desktop PCs. There's 3 of us - myself as Network Manager and 2 very good techs. Very hard work at the moment, as we've just rebuilt the domain and moved away from RMCC3 as well as setting up our new Business and enterprise area at the same time. We are now at the troubleshooting stage where the kids have come back and nothing's working quite the way it was planned to, although so far no major problems which is good Mike.
mossj Posted September 8, 2009 Posted September 8, 2009 (edited) This thread is a repitition of about 5 others i've seen. Becta recommends I beleive around... 1:150 for a badly run school 1:300 for the best run school By best and worst I mean tools used to support the job. Like remote support, imaging, knowledge bases etc etc.... If you want to see roughly how 'well' your team is doing can I suggest you go on the becta sight and download the FITS assessment spreadsheet. edit: a quick forum search reveals this.. http://www.edugeek.net/forums/school-ict-policies/4000-computer-tech-ratio.html http://www.edugeek.net/forums/blue-skies/24579-sensible-level-technical-support.html http://www.edugeek.net/forums/general-chat/34401-how-many-ict-technicians-your-school.html http://www.edugeek.net/forums/general-chat/5700-ratio-techs-equipment.html http://www.edugeek.net/forums/how-do-you-do/5000-how-many-technical-staff-do-you-have.html http://www.edugeek.net/forums/general-chat/1477-technicians-per-pc-ratio-gudielines.html http://www.edugeek.net/forums/general-chat/2662-technician-computer-ratio.html Edited September 8, 2009 by mossj
t4ll1f3r Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 Secondary school 1450 pupils 250 staff 590 pcs Inc laptops Just me looking after everything. Inc AV phones digital signage Plus a ropey CC4 install.
ricki Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 HI This is the advice from becta http://www.becta.org.uk/techcomp/docs/how_many_technicians.pdf Richard 1
IanT Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 Secondary school with about 410 students, and around 80 staff. We have around 550 machines - yes that's more machines than we have students. We have an extremely large quantity of laptops - about 2/3 of our machines are laptops, only around 130 desktop PCs. There's 3 of us - myself as Network Manager and 2 very good techs. Very hard work at the moment, as we've just rebuilt the domain and moved away from RMCC3 as well as setting up our new Business and enterprise area at the same time. We are now at the troubleshooting stage where the kids have come back and nothing's working quite the way it was planned to, although so far no major problems which is good Mike. @maniac Wasnt there a job at your school a few months back for a network manager? - if so I take it you got it then?
sparkeh Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 HI This is the advice from becta http://www.becta.org.uk/techcomp/docs/how_many_technicians.pdf Richard Thanks for this, I hadn't seen that. I mean I know that I work in primary but I have three schools with about 300 machines, 1400 users (plus all the other IT kit) to look after on my own. My boss (Head of IT) and I have been trying to get me an assistant, at least this is some backup
somabc Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 Hi Quick Poll: I'm Network Manager for a secondary school. approx 1050 students, 460 ish PC's running Server 2003 (in a VMWare ESX enviroment) and Windows XP (Mix of thin client / VM and thick clients). Staffing is an issue at the moment with us, or lack of it Would be interested in knowing what the staffing is like in other secondary schools of the same sort of size (Network Manager, Technicians etc....) Cheers! Well I worked in a school that size and it was just me
glennda Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 Here there is two of us, 1400 kids 200 staff, just under 500 computers plus all the other bits and bobs, and it gets a little bit hectic sometimes!!
witch Posted September 9, 2009 Posted September 9, 2009 450 children. 80 desktops 60 laptops. Whiteboards,etc Just me - 15 hours per week do have a look around edugeek though - there are several threads about this topic
mrbios Posted September 10, 2009 Posted September 10, 2009 About 1100 students around 150 staff around 700 PCs around 150 laptops 1xNM 1xSenior tech 1xJunior tech we occasionally have a 6th former helping us and we certainly notice when we do (worked with us for well over a year now, has his own PC in the office and is more than trustworthy enough to allow administrator access, he's practically a second junior tech) We do need an official 4th man really, we cope but it's stressful, the NM does the ordering and liasing with suppliers, manages budget etc Senior tech does the server maintainence and management, software installs, does assistant NM work like liasing with suppliers, acts as 2IC when NM isn't here, also maintains the website. Junior tech does some web work, and the day to day running about replacing ink cartridges, fixing broken PCs amoung other things. 6th former does the same as the junior tech but can also help in a few of the senior techs tasks (for learning purposes mainly)
Pole Posted September 10, 2009 Posted September 10, 2009 (edited) Hi, 999 Students, 100 Staff 870 PCs - mainly laptops, 60 Macs, 8 Win2003 servers, 1 Xserve 1 NM 1 Tech Edited September 10, 2009 by Pole
siuko Posted September 10, 2009 Posted September 10, 2009 1100 Students 130 Staff 350 Computers / Laptops 1 System Manager 1 Network Administrator 1 IT Technician
Sylv3r Posted September 12, 2009 Posted September 12, 2009 1450 students 150 staff 940 workstations 120ish laptops. 1 x NM (me) 1 x Technician 1 x 2 day per week apprentice from college starting soon.
paulshi Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 upwards of 650 PCs 100 Laptops 5 Servers 100 Network Printers A/V equipment 70 projectors and smartboards Extensive range of Network software including autocad/inventor 100-150 staff 1100 pupils Staff: 1 x ICT Tech (me)
Gavinc Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 upwards of 650 PCs 100 Laptops 5 Servers 100 Network Printers A/V equipment 70 projectors and smartboards Extensive range of Network software including autocad/inventor 100-150 staff 1100 pupils Staff: 1 x ICT Tech (me) Here Here Paul, Same position as yourself somabc who posted on page one worked here before me ... the difference is laptop's ... i have 180 LOL
Dom_ Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 Around 800 kids, 600 PCs + Laptops 1x ict manager + me (tech)
bandgeekmafia78 Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 Around 1000 kids 600 workstations 1 laptop per staff member 1x NM (me) 1x Part-time technician. Its an absolute joke.
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