The Accountable and Ethical Decision Making Training Program has been designed to help Departmental employees find answers to accountability questions that may arise in their daily work and explain the standards of behaviour expected of them. It has been designed to offer support and guidance to employees in situations where choosing the most appropriate course of action may not necessarily be obvious or clear. This document provides an introduction to the Training Program.

DATE: 14-Aug-09 Non-Mandatory | Summary | Download

The Director General and the Corporate Executive are responsible for passing on the sympathy/condolences of the Department of Education and Training. These guidelines detail the process for the preparation of condolence letters.

DATE: 03-Jun-09 Non-Mandatory | Summary | Download |

The Culture Strong, Career Proud: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy 2008-2010 and the Action Plan 2008 establishes strategies aimed at recruitment and retention, a supportive work environment and career pathways.

DATE: 17-Jul-09 Non-Mandatory | Summary | Download |

The Culture Strong, Career Proud: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy 2008-2010 and the Action Plan 2008 establishes strategies aimed at recruitment and retention, a supportive work environment and career pathways.

DATE: 10-Aug-09 Non-Mandatory | Summary | Download |

RiskCover is the Managed Fund created to finance the self-insurance arrangements of Western Australian Government Public Authorities (agencies) and to promote risk management throughout Government. This document contains a summary of the classes of cover provided to the Department of Education and Training as a participating member of the RiskCover Fund. It also contains individual Certificates of Currency, which can be reproduced to assist schools in demonstrating their compliance with third party insurance requirements.

DATE: 11-Aug-09 Non-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 guidelines apply to requests for legal advice, rather than to instructions to State Solicitor’s Office to act on the Department’s behalf in litigation or to prepare agreements and other commercial documents. The guidelines explain how to request advice, how it will be provided and how it can be used.

DATE: 18-Sep-08 Non-Mandatory | Summary | Download

This aim of this document is to introduce a set of guidelines for good practice concerning community participation in Department decision making. These guidelines are particularly relevant to central office initiatives, but will prove useful for staff at all levels who may be considering community participation activities.

DATE: 14-Feb-08 Non-Mandatory | Summary | Download |

Valedictory letters recognise employees’ contribution to the Department during their career. These guidelines assist line-managers prepare personalized and individualised valedictory letters for employees who have retired or resigned that embody the Department’s official acknowledgement of employees who have given extensive service.

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

The document comprises implementation guidelines addressing the Agreement and Award as well as explanatory notes for each clause of the Agreement and Award. The new Agreement and Award are to be read together.

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