Policy and Support documents

Contents 1 Departmental Documents 2 Policies and Support material in Curriculum 3 Commonwealth Policies and Reports 4 Important NSW Legislation 5 Useful Web Resources 6 Reports and Reviews

Departmental Documents

Most current policy documents can be found on the NSW Department of Education and Training website. These documents are those you will be required to know, and may be asked to implement, when working in government or non-government schools in NSW.

Policies and Support material in Curriculum

Listed below are the Curriculum Collection call numbers for some of the policy and departmental documents which are mandatory for teachers working within the NSW education system, public, private or systemic. Many of these are under review and may therefore not offer electronic access.

• Aboriginal Education Policy (1996)

~FHCU 371.979915 81

~FHCU 371.979915 81 (support documents from 1982 Aboriginal Education Policy)

• Animals in Schools (2000)

~FHCU and RL 370.19342 89

• Anti-bullying Programs

• Anti-Racism Policy Statement

• Policies for Child Protection

• Classroom Strategies for Equal Opportunity

~FHCU 370.19345 89

• Code of Conduct

• Guidelines for the Safe Conduct of Sport and Physical Activity in Schools

• Community Language Allowance Scheme (2001)

~FHCUP 418.0209944 4

• Disability Action plan

• Intervention Support Programme for Young students with Disabilities

• Drug Education in NSW Primary Schools

~FHCUP 346.944015 8 A

~Guidelines for Managing Drug Related Incidents in Schools

• Excursion policy and guidelines

• Enrolment of students in government schools

~FHCU 371.219944 2

• Environmental Education

~333.72071 3

• EEO Management Plan, 2002 - 2004

• Family Law and the School

~FHCU 346.944015 8

• Girls and Boys at School - Gender Equity Strategy 1996-2001

~ 370.19345 102

• Homework Policy

• Principles for a Culturally Diverse Society

• Integration

• State Literacy Plan

• Multicultural Education

• Parents Guide to Schools

• Gifted and Talented Students

• Procedures for the Suspension and Expulsion of School Students

~FHCU 371.5430994 2

• Procedures for managing teachers who are experiencing difficulties with their teaching performance

~FHCUR 371.1440994 8

• Research Guidelines: Guidelines for Approving Applications from External Agencies to Conduct Research in NSW Government Schools

~FHRL 371.0072 4

• Special Education

• Sport and Physical Activity: Guidelines for the Safe Conduct of Sport and Physical Activity in Schools

• Student Welfare, Good Discipline and Effective Learning

• Teacher Preparation for Student Management: Responses and Directions

• Values in NSW Public Schools

• Who's Going to Teach My Child? A Guide for Parents of Children with Special Needs

~ FHCU 371.909944 25

Remember NSWDET website has recent policy documents.

Check out the Public reviews and inquiries which should be read in the context of the school environment, such as professional practice and child protection.

Knowledge and implementation of mandated policy documents is required of all teachers in the NSW Department of School Education.

Commonwealth Policies and Reports

Commonwealth policy documents should be examined, especially in relation to issues such as the education of girls and Aboriginal education.

The Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has links to initiatives in the following areas:

• Indigenous Education
• Literacy and Numeracy
• Boys: getting it right!
• Education of Gifted Children
• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy
• National Framework for Values Education in Australian Schools

Important NSW Legislation

• Education Act (1990) Formerly known as the Education Reform Act 1990

Useful Web Resources

• ACER: Australian Council for Education Research
• Environments for Learning
• Learning and Teaching (DET)
• Students with Learning Difficulties
• Information and Communication Technologies Strategic Plan 2001 - 2004
• School Sport Unit
• Links to Learning Community Grants Program

Reports and Reviews

Many of these reports are now aged, but form the basis for recent developments in our schools and TAFEs:

Report of the Committee of Review of NSW Schools (also known as the Carrick Report) ~ FHCU 379.944 20 Schools Renewal (1989) (also known as the Scott Report) ~ FHCU 371.009944 7 Shaping Their Future; Recommendations for Reform of the Higher School Certificate (also known as "the McGaw Report" ~ FHCU 371.2620994 18 Securing their future:the NSW Government's reforms for the Higher School Certificate ~ FHCU 371.2620994 23

Young people's participation in post-compulsory education and training ( also known as the Finn Report) ~ FHCU 370.1130994 19 A Putting General Education to Work (Mayer Report) ~ FHCU 374.0130994 53 The Review of the National Policy for the Education of Girls in Australian Schools ~ FHCU 370.19345 28