Designing ESA
The ESA Implementation Team has sought to actively engage a wide range of stakeholders both in managing the change to ESA and in designing the services of the new organisation.
ESA Structures
ESA Organisational Structures
In May 2007 ESAIT issued a discussion document setting out a possible 2nd tier structure for ESA.
Draft 2nd Tier Structures paper, May 2007
Director Level Structure
ESA Director Structure Final – May 09DOC 136kb
Consultation on Proposals for ESA Director Level Structure.DOC 384kb
ESA Director Structure – summary of responsesPDF 52kb
Education Quality and Children's Services Working Groups
Working Groups in both of these areas have now been set up to assist in shaping and structuring these services under ESA. The membership of both groups includes a cross section of current providers of education services and current practitioners.
Education Quality
Children's Services
Workshops and feedback
November/December 2008 Series:
All of the presentations used at the November/December series of Service Delivery Workshops can be viewed or downloaded via the links below.
All of the presentations below include the “Purpose of Workshops: Wider Process” slides used by Gavin Boyd and Mark Browne to set the context for the service specific workshops.
To view and listen to this introductory presentation please:
- Click on the link below to go NEELBTV home page
- Click on ‘view television programmes’
- Click on the ‘ESA’ button
View and listen to the introductory presentation
Education Estates - Friday 28 November
Children’s Services - Monday 1 December Includes: AEN, Early Years and Youth Service
Finance/ICT - Friday 5 December
Business Change - Wednesday 10 December Includes: Communications & Marketing; Internal Audit; and Corporate Development
Curriculum/Assessment/Professional Development - Friday 12 December Includes: Curriculum; Examinations and Assessment; and Professional Development of Teachers
Operational Services - Monday 15 December Includes: Awards, Grants and Benefits; Catering; Cleaning; Transport; Transfer and Open Enrolment
Education Quality - Tuesday 16 December Includes: School Improvement
HR - Thursday 18 December Includes: HR; and Industrial Relations and Negotiating Machinery
Invitation Letter to Service Delivery Workshop (30/10/08)
Grouped Services for Workshops(30/10/08)
May/June 2008 Series:
The PA Consulting report on May/June workshops(10/11/08)
Key themes emerging from workshops(02/07/08)
Summary of Principals’ focus groups June 2008
Focus Groups with Primary and Post-primary Principals March 2007
School Governor feedback21 May and 15 April 08
Preparing Together for ESA launch event
On 4th April 2008 a launch was held entitled ‘Preparing Together for the Education and Skills Authority’. This was attended by approximately 200 senior managers and heads of service delivery from across the education service.
Below are the presentations delivered at the event as well as a summary of the main points raised at the two discussion group sessions.
John McGrath (Deputy Secretary, DE)
Gavin Boyd (Chief Executive (Designate), ESA)
Mark Browne (Programme Director, ESAIT)
Discussion Group 1 – Challenges in establishing ESA – Staff Feedback
Discussion Group 2 – Opportunities arising from ESA – Staff Feedback
You can also access a summary of the evaluation comments received from the attendees and view the photo gallery.
Location Strategy
Bain report on the location of public sector jobs
Message from Permanent Secretary(30/09/08)
News release – Bain publishes independent report(30/09/08)
Independent Review of Policy on Location of Public Sector Jobs – full report(30/09/08)
Question and Answers(30/09/08)
Other...
Gavin Boyd letter to Chief Executives (24/01/08)
The Change Management Process
Engaging on change - next steps
Letter to Chief Executives - Next Steps in taking forward the Change Management Strategy (01/02/08)
Presentation to Chairpersons – Taking forward the change management strategy for ESA(01/02/08)
Managing the Change together
During November and December 2007 a series of meetings took place with Chairpersons, Chief Executives, and senior management in the education sector organisations, as well as with trade union representatives, to present the change management strategy that will guide the transition to ESA. The presentation was made available to education organisations in December 2007 to enable them to brief their staff.
Establishing the ESA: A strategy for taking forward the change (21/12/07)
Transition Board
Transition Board Minutes
May Minutes (15/05/09)
April Minutes (20/04/09)
March Minutes (09/03/09)
January Minutes (29/01/09)
December Minutes (08/12/08)
November Minutes (10/11/08)
October Minutes (13/10/08)
June Minutes (09/06/08)
May Minutes (19/05/08)
April Minutes (14/04/08)