 |
| Photo by ADESH SRIVASTAVA on Unsplash |
The four day working week has been the subject of an experiment in the UK with 73 companies and the results are looking promising. You can read the article here but I want to concentrate on how it might be applied to my workplace.
OneSchool Global is ideally positioned to use a four day week.
Currently we allow Year 11 to 13 students to have a day of 'Enrichment' - meaning they work from home for a set day each week (the day is up to them and they have to qualify for this privilege by meeting certain criteria - the old Ts and Cs idea). In practice all of the Year 11 to 13 students at my campus have been approved for Enrichment.
So, effectively, they already do a four day week at school and then a day off site doing study.
Their self-directedness has improved as a result of this, and, as that UK study indicates - 'One big finding was that people who work fewer hours in the week tend to get more sleep, which almost everyone in the scientific community agrees is key to productivity'.
A further bold OSG step would be to shorten the week for all students and staff. Say on a Wednesday.
Could happen. Self-directness could increase, and a mid week sleep catch up could help us all.
No comments:
Post a Comment