AIBU to ask for a TLR ? (Teachers only please)

[MrsPandigital]

Hi everyone. Just looking for some advice really.

I have worked as a teacher at a secondary school for 4.5 years now. I am on M4 payscale wise. I teach y7 up to y13, including AS / A level maths and Core Maths.

I lead the Core Maths course within my department, sorting the SoW, assessments, planning lessons, organising the 4 members of staff that teach this qualification.

However, I have no extra pay for this responsibility. Have I got grounds to ask for a TLR or moving up the payscale?

Any of your own stories would be amazing and help me out.

To me, the TLR would could with a level of accountability over grades that you haven’t listed in your roles.

I do the same as you, lead on Core Maths, SOW, assessments, leading meetings with staff etc. I have been teaching for 10 years (A level all this time, core maths last 3 years). No TLR. We recently re-structured and went from three TLRs in maths down to two. The chances of me getting a TLR are pretty much non existent in my current school. My plan is to look for a KS5 lead role or second in department role at a different school at some point in a couple of years (logistics with childcare keep me where I am at the min, but will change over the next couple of years) and use this experience for that. You can ask, but in my experience schools are less willing to hand out TLRs as they may have been in the past.

Think a better bet might be to use this as evidence in your threshold application. You don’t have to wait til you’re at the top of the M scale. (That said, I don’t work in an academy so check your own pay policy to see how this works)

I am second in department (range of subjects) and head of my subject and that is basically my tlr role. Your school is taking the piss not paying you tlr tbh.

To me, the TLR would could with a level of accountability over grades that you haven’t listed in your roles.
That would be my instinct too.
Lots of people in many departments write schemes of learning and advise colleagues on area they are strong in, but that's not a TLR.
My understanding is that the 'responsibility' element of TLR is key. Doing lots of things doesn't make someone accountable for an area.

There's no harm in asking OP, but it wouldn't be granted in most schools I've worked in. If anything, you'd have a better case if you suggested there was a need for a KS5 coordinator.