The Department of Education and Training has developed Schools Plus – Resourcing Informed Practice following recommendations of from Pathways to the Future: A Report of the Review of Educational Services for Students with Disabilities in Government Schools 2004. The Schools Plus process underpins the Department of Education and Training’s commitment to supporting students with disabilities on the basis of educational need. Schools Plus is a model of informed practice to match educational need to supplementary resourcing to schools. It makes practical links between teaching and learning adjustments, services and support, professional learning and supplementary resourcing. Supplementary resources are allocated in the form of additional teacher time and education assistant time to schools with eligible students. Resources are based on the degree and type of teaching and learning adjustments documented by schools in their learning programs. More information can be found at http://det.wa.edu.au/schoolsplus/detcms/portal/.

DATE: 14-Aug-09

This Agreement relates to the conditions and entitlements of education assistants; including Education Assistants, Education Assistants [Special Needs], Aboriginal and Islander Education Officers, Ethnic Assistants and Home Economics Assistants.

DATE: 29-May-08 Non-Mandatory | Summary | Download

9 September 2008 – This policy is under review. Copyright information for schools and TAFEWA colleges can be obtained from the Smartcopying website at http://www.smartcopying.edu.au. For information relating to other aspects of the policy please contact the Principal Consultant, Intellectual Property and Copyright on (08) 9229 5255.

DATE: 09-Sep-08 Mandatory | Summary | Download |

The Emergency and Critical Incident Management Plan is provided to support school planning. It is based on consideration of the management of foreseeable risk, and the Comprehensive/All Hazards Approach to Emergency Management. Minor modifications have been made to this template in response to feedback. The affected page is the telephone contact tree on page 22, which is now editable. Section 8 should be printed in its current form, without alteration. Please direct all enquiries about the template to Alison Walker on 9264 4062 or alison.walker@det.wa.edu.au.

DATE: 22-Jun-09 Non-Mandatory | Summary | Download

The policy directs school, district and central planning and actions for the prevention of, preparedness for, response to and recovery from emergencies and critical incidents. As a result of these management processes the safety and health and wellbeing of students, staff, visitors and the broader school community is prioritised and preserved/restored. Further, disruption to student learning and school operations is minimised.

DATE: 30-Apr-09 Mandatory | Summary | Download |

The policy outlines the processes where an employee may have their complaints against another employee addressed when they are unable or unwilling to resolve their concerns at an informal level. Particular reference is made to formal grievance/dispute resolution mechanisms contained within Agreements/Awards as the primary mechanism of employee complaint resolution.

DATE: 13-Apr-06 Mandatory | Summary | Download |

The Department values diversity in its working environment and is committed to management practices that are free from bias and discrimination. A person with a disability includes people with physical or intellectual disabilities, a person who has had a disability or is assumed to have a disability.

DATE: 13-Apr-06 Mandatory | Summary | Download |

Enrolment policy - under the School Education Act 1999 children are entitled to be enrolled at a public school provided they meet general residential qualifications. Three objectives apply in determining eligibility for a particular school: maximising local access, offering a choice of schools, and ensuring an appropriate educational program. An underlying principle of the policy is that students cannot be enrolled in more than one school. To cater for students attending programs outside of the enrolling school, procedures have been developed for alternative attendance arrangements. A table has been included to assist principals’ awareness of the conditions applying to enrolment of visa holders. 23.04.09 - Version 1.1 published which contains amended forms in appendices F1 and G.

DATE: 21-Sep-09 Mandatory | Summary | Download |

This policy makes provision for full and part time students at TAFEWA colleges to enrol directly at the same college in a full time qualification within their learning pathway. Students may do this provided the qualification they wish to enrol in requires entrance requirements only to be addressed.

DATE: 30-May-07 Mandatory | Summary | Download |

The Department is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) and diversity in its schools and workplaces where rights of individuals are upheld and everyone is treated with respect, fairness, equality and dignity. Discrimination and harassment in the Department’s structure, culture, curriculum and working and learning environments will be eliminated.

DATE: 13-Apr-06 Mandatory | Summary | Download |