Pillar One: School Information

"It's all about how we keep this organisation running smoothly"

This pillar contains the following topics / subtopics

1. School purpose, culture and administration
   1. Our 'culture'
   2. Supportive school environment
   3. School ethics / code
   4. Professional behaviour with your peers
   5. Staff notices
2. Compliance with rules and regulations
   1. Leaving school grounds during school hours
   2. Smoking
   3. Email
   4. Applications for leave
   5. Hours of duty
   6. Pay notices
   7. Work concerns
   8. Accidents involving staff
   9. Accessing the school outside of routine work hours
   10. School visitors
   11. Your work area
   12. Wearing of hats
   13. End of school day
3. School uniforms
   1. Students
   2. Staff
4. Student activities
   1. Activity days
   2. Incidental student visits to school
   3. Collection of funds
   4. School assemblies
   5. Mini-school
5. Our support staff
   1. Roles of support staff
   2. Business services manager
6. Marking of student work.
7. Communication with student and tutor
   1. Communication
   2. Letters and notes
   3. Positive considerations
   4. Negative considerations
   5. Inward mailing
   6. Outward mailing
   7. Issue of learning materials
   8. Student contact with email
   9. Email network
   10. Newsletter - 'D.I.R.T.'
8. Medical records
9. Outreach
   1. Who goes?
   2. Why have it?
   3. Where is it conducted?
   4. When is it?
   5. How do we get there?
   6. Organisation.
   7. Incidental hints.
10. Staff entitlements
11. Telephone
    1. Levels of use
    2. Telephone courtesy
    3. Tips on telephone technique
    4. Use of teleconferencing facilities.
12. Levels of student contact
13. Meetings
    1. Purpose of meetings
    2. General format of a meeting
    3. Meetings to be organised
    4. Set meeting times
14. Professional networks
    1. AADES
    2. TEIA