Principals from 50 schools across Victoria are set to begin a review of the performance of state schools from this month under a State Government plan to raise the accountability of schools, according to The Age. Under the process, state schools under review will select two principals from across the state and an accredited reviewer […]
Read More...The South Australian Government will require new teachers from 2020 to have a Master degree and have studied for at least five years, according to the Advertiser. The move, which has the support of the Australian Education Union, will make SA the first state to require Master level qualifications. “Outside of parent support, the most effective way to […]
Read More...South Australian schools are being asked to consider opening their grounds and buildings for more out-of-hours community activities. A forum hosted by the SA Department for Premier and Cabinet on December 2 will discuss how schools can make their sporting, recreational and learning spaces accessible to their local communities. “Realising the full potential of our schools […]
Read More...A school’s duty of care to its students requires that it exercise “reasonable care” to protect students from risks of harm that are “reasonably foreseeable”. Given the recent media coverage of the long-term effects of concussion, there would be little doubt that the “reasonable school” should be ensuring that students who suffer such injuries be […]
Read More...One of Australia’s top indigenous schools wrongly claimed nearly $9 million in enrolment funding from the Queensland and Federal governments, a court has heard. According The Australian, Djarragun College in far north Queensland claimed funding for hundreds of students who had left the school. The school’s former principal Jean Illingworth has been charged with two counts of […]
Read More...Parents have claimed students are becoming sick at one of New Zealand’s most environmentally-friendly schools due to a ban on soap and hand towels that has been in place for three years. The NZ Herald has reported that parents have complained to the board of Stonefields School in East Auckland about their children’s repeated gastro-intenstinal illnesses […]
Read More...We mentioned in our Top Risks for 2014 article last week that bullying amongst staff made a surprise appearance at No.4 in an impromptu risk survey, with 38% of respondents identifying workplace bullying to be a key risk within their schools. So it is worth noting that from January 1 2014, new laws will allow […]
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In the second article of a four-part series exploring the issues relating to policy management within schools we look at some of the most common policy management blunders. While the benefits of effective policy management are clear (refer to Part One of this series), this article illustrates that the path to effective policy management may be a […]
Read More...Around 40% of children who get concussed on the sports field are not receiving the correct treatment, according to new research. A study of 90 of an estimated 300 children who had admitted to Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital’s emergency department for sports-related head injuries over six months found 27% had not been immediately assessed by qualified […]
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In the third article in a four part series exploring the issues relating to policy management within schools we explore the concept of policy management maturity and provide you with an online tool that will provide you with a notional policy maturity risk self-assessment. James Field, Managing Director, CompliSpace The first step in developing a […]
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