It’s back to school time here in New York and the chaos of the new school year has hit. New teachers, different schedules, last minute school supply additions, drama about friends that didn’t make it into the same class – you name it and it’s going on right now. Things should settle out within a few weeks as the chaos settles into routine.
As a parent, outside of making sure that my child’s needs at home are taken care of, the most important thing is making sure that he gets the best education that he can. Education is certainly subjective but things like standardized testing have been put in place in an attempt to make it more objective. While there are no contractual Service Level Agreements (SLAs) in place between parents and schools (at least not public schools), there are several things that come to mind that parents discuss which could be considered as parameters for SLAs. This list includes: the bus arriving on time in the morning and the afternoon, regular testing, minimum sports skills learned in PE, daily homework assignments, adequate lunch and snack time and qualified teachers.
Let’s take a look at the first one – the bus. At face value, this one’s easy, right? You get a letter before the school year starts from the school saying that the morning bus pickup time is 8:10 and the afternoon drop off is 3:15. They ask that you have your child ready five minutes ahead of that time in the morning and that you’re home by 3:10 in the afternoon in case the bus is a few minutes early. As a result, most parents block out 10-15 minutes in the morning and afternoon for when the bus will show up. And most of the time, it does.
What happens when it doesn’t? What’s your recourse? Usually a missed time window is due to a mechanical breakdown, the weather or an issue with the bus driver. If it’s a persistent issue, you bring it up with the transportation department (escalate) or beyond if it isn’t resolved. But what about other bus-related issues? If the only bus SLA is that it arrives in a 15 minute window in the morning and afternoon, how do you address issues like a rude bus driver or getting a noisy bus fixed or replaced?
In this example, a set of bus-related SLAs might be:
More isn’t necessarily better when it comes to SLAs. The key to good SLAs is knowing what’s important to measure, being able to measure what you need to, setting realistic expectations around the measurements and having clear definitions around what will happen if the SLAs are not met. I need to run now – the bus is here (on time!).
It’s back to school time here in New York and the chaos of the new school year has hit. New teachers, different schedules, last minute...
It’s back to school time here in New York and the chaos of the new school year has hit. New teachers, different schedules, last minute...
It’s back to school time here in New York and the chaos of the new school year has hit. New teachers, different schedules, last minute...
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