NTLSN · for Heads of School

School Health & Alignment Audit

Make the invisible work visible. Prove your readiness. Keep your best people.

The problem

A small school runs on social capital, not administration. The service-load that holds a teaching culture together, the peer reviews, the moderation, the mentoring, the committee work, is mostly invisible, unrewarded, and carried by your most generous staff. After a restructure, that is exactly where morale and good people start to go.

A three-phase health check, run with your team, not to it

Phase 1

Relational map

A brief, voluntary, anonymous staff pulse shows, in aggregate, where support actually flows, so you can back your hidden mentors before they tire.

Phase 2

Calibration sprint

One 15-minute cross-marking session produces a Grade Alignment Report, ready to table at Faculty Board as evidence toward HESF external referencing.

Phase 3

Service-load ledger

A fair, transparent view of who carries what, to rebalance load and give every academic a portable record for promotion and Advance HE Fellowship.

Why it works for you

Audit-ready evidenceExportable reports you keep for your next quality review.
Retention, not adminIt surfaces invisible work and values it. It does not add to the workload.
Low-techA short setup inside the Microsoft 365 you already run. No new system to procure.
The offer. A founding-cohort pilot for 2026 and 2027, designed for small schools (under about 30 staff), where a personalised, high-touch model lands hardest. Built by and for academic developers. Scope and investment discussed together.

Let's start with a 20-minute conversation, or a coffee. → ntlsn.com

A University of Southern Queensland academic-development initiative. The relational map is voluntary, aggregate and consent-based (supportive, not surveillance), and is run with HR and ethics approval. "Evidence toward HESF external referencing" supports your own quality processes; it is not a guarantee of regulatory compliance. NTLSN issues records of demonstrated work; your institution awards any credit.