Duty of care for students

Alcohol on School Premises

The availability and consumption of alcohol on school sites must be carefully managed. Schools have a duty to ensure children are supervised suitably and that the school’s reputation is not damaged by improper behaviour at social occasions.

Effective: 1 October 2004
Document type: Policy
Application: Mandatory

Child Protection

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This policy assists staff to respond appropriately where there is a concern for a child’s wellbeing or a disclosure of abuse.

Effective: 25 July 2017
Document type: Policy
Application: Mandatory

Duty of Care VET for School Students Attending TAFEWA Colleges

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TAFEWA colleges and schools owe a duty of care to school-based students participating in VSS programs. This policy addresses how schools, teaching staff and TAFEWA colleges and staff discharge their duty of care to students.

Effective: 18 January 2007
Document type: Policy
Application: Mandatory

Duty of Care for Students

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This policy explains what ‘duty of care’ means, how teaching staff may discharge their duty of care to students, and circumstances in which non-teaching staff, external providers and volunteers may owe students a duty of care.

Effective: 26 June 2007
Document type: Policy
Application: Mandatory

Excursions Policy and Procedures

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School excursions are undertaken to further students’ learning and social skills development outside their normal school environment. Activities conducted outside the relatively protective environment of the school site involve greater risk....

Effective: 4 February 2014
Document type: Policy
Application: Mandatory

Outdoor Education and Recreation Activities

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The policy contains procedural information and guidelines for a broad range of land based and aquatic activities undertaken on or off school sites to assist teachers in meeting their duty of care responsibilities to students.

Effective: 10 March 2008
Document type: Policy
Application: Mandatory

Student Drivers in Agricultural Education Policy and Procedures

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Some secondary students in agricultural education programs drive vehicles and machinery on school property. This policy provides procedures for the management and supervision of student drivers.

Effective: 5 May 2015
Document type: Policy
Application: Mandatory

Students Online Policy

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This policy assists teachers with protecting and informing students and parents in their use of online services.

Effective: 28 October 2014
Document type: Policy
Application: Mandatory

Working with Children Checks

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This policy ensures that employees are aware of their obligations under the Working With Children Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 (the Act) and ensures that the Department maintains compliance with the Act.

Effective: 25 August 2009
Document type: Policy
Application: Mandatory

Workplace Learning

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Procedures and Guidelines describe a process for the school principal to ensure all aspects of the duty of care owed to students learning in the workplace are performed appropriately, ie. site is safe; students match the workplace, are monitored...

Effective: 22 November 2010
Document type: Policy
Application: Mandatory

Protocols for Parent Advocates CEO Instruction

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The Instruction relates to protocols that must be observed by principals and district directors when a parent advocate is called upon to support a parent or carer in relation to school issues.

Effective: 1 October 2005
Document type: CEO instruction
Application: Mandatory