OAKEY STATE HIGH SCHOOL
Junior Secondary Student Work Policy
RATIONALE
This policy informs Years 7, 8 and 9 students, parents and staff of the school’s expectations with
regard to:
o course requirements including assessment
o attendance and participation in programs of learning.
GOALS
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To increase the percentage of students who are meeting requirements with regard to:
o course requirements
o assessment
o attendance
To ensure that students and parents understand the standards with regard to:
o participation in courses of study
o assessment
o attendance
To advertise the school’s accountability for reporting student learning outcomes to students and
parents.
To make certain that suitable processes are in place to:
o ensure reviewing and communication of student achievement.
o establish the consequences for not meeting school expectations.
DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL STATEMENT
In order for a student to receive credit for a course of work, the requirements of that course of work
must have been completed. For this condition to be satisfied a student must have:
o completed the course of work to an acceptable standard,
o completed all assessment.
o achieved a satisfactory record of attendance.
Definitions
course of work
acceptable standard
satisfactory record of attendance
most of the classwork, homework, fieldwork and practical
work as well as assessment monitoring, e.g. drafting.
a genuine effort in line with the set criteria.
Attendance for at least 85% of the time
NOTE: Students who require provision of a different year-level curriculum, or a highly
individualised curriculum, will have an Individual Learning Plan. This plan reflects
the necessary adjustments and expected achievement standards.
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Students
 Attend at least 85% of the time.
 Do all work.
 Catch up on incomplete work.
Parents/Guardians
 Support and encourage their child to complete course work and assessment.
 Support school staff to assist their child.
Teachers
 Collect data and observations of student work.
 Provide encouragement and support for the student to complete their work.
 Follow up in all cases of a student not meeting school expectations e.g. phone parents.
 Implement the school’s Assessment Policy.
Heads of Year
 Ensure that this policy is clearly explained to parents and students.
 Notify student and parent/s when a problem arises.
 Put in place appropriate procedures.
 Involve Administration where appropriate.
PROCEDURES
Attendance
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Student attendance will be reviewed as one method of checking for the completion of work.
When students are absent for any reason (including illness, excursions etc.), the work
missed must be completed.
Teachers are to mark a class roll each lesson.
Roll Class Teachers will be supplied weekly with current attendance information for each
student in their class. Teachers are to discuss with a student if their attendance percentage
is below, or threatening to go below, 85%.
Students are encouraged to monitor their own attendance in consultation with their Roll
Class Teachers.
Completion of Work (i.e. classwork, homework and assessment monitoring, e.g. drafting)
Teachers will review student work systematically. This will be supported by Subject HODs
and Heads of Year.
When work is not completed, the teacher will take steps to have the work completed by the
student. The teacher will:
o give the student a reasonable time. In general, this may be up to 2-3 days. This may
involve multiple steps and may include out of class support sessions given by the
teacher.
o take reasonable steps to have set work completed, including contact with the
parents or guardians.
o liaise with the Subject HOD (if the work is not completed within set times) who will
provide support for the teacher including scheduling lunch time detentions for the
student until assessment is completed.
o notify Administration, Subject HOD and the Head of Year through an incident report
in OneSchool.
o assist with a review of the student’s work, if the required task is still not completed
after appropriate multiple steps have been taken. The review will be carried out by
the Subject HOD, the Head of Year and, where appropriate, the Administration.
Parents will be notified.
Completion of Assessment
(Teachers need to refer to the school’s Assessment Policy regarding assessment procedures.)
For students who have not completed assessment by the due date, teachers will:
o complete a form letter for students and organise for it to be sent home. Teachers will
consider contacting the student’s parents by telephone.
o file a OneSchool Incident Report stating that the nominated student has not
completed assessment by the due date. The incident report should be referred to
the Subject HOD and Head of Year.
o notify the Head of Year who will place the student on detention until the assessment
is completed.
o assist with a review of the student’s work, if the assessment is still not completed
after appropriate multiple steps have been taken. The review will be carried out by
the Subject HOD, the Head of Year and, where appropriate, the Administration.
Parents will be notified.
Consequences
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Credit
Students must complete all required assessment to be able to be rated for a subject for that
semester.
1. An assessment item that is handed in late without an extension of time will be
assessed and commented on so as to provide help and guidance to the student.
However, credit will not be given towards a level of achievement.
2. Work completed by the student before the due date (i.e. assessment monitoring
submitted to the teacher or work seen by the teacher during class time) will be
assessed and credited towards a level of achievement.
3. Any subject where a student does not complete all assessment will have “Not rated”
for achievement on the school report. Students will be given the option of
completing the work over the vacation period and if the assessment is completed
then this situation will be treated as assessment that is late without an extension of
time (See point 1 above).
4. The Special Provisions Policy outlines the process for any student who needs to make
a variation from the normal expectations. Discretion for individual cases rests with
the Principal.
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Progression
o Students in Years 7, 8 and 9 may not be given permission to proceed with elective
courses for the following year if there is previous non-completed work.
o Progression will be at the discretion of the Principal and Deputy Principals.
 Extra-curricular activities
Students who do not complete assessment to a satisfactory standard will not be able to
participate in extracurricular activities such as School Socials, sporting trials, Rewards Trips
and Rewards Days.