SCHOOL PROCEDURES, RULES & REGULATIONS
The following list contains items that should be covered with teachers during the
induction stages - Pre-commencement and Laying Foundations.
Any relevant documentation should be provided.
 Yard duty responsibilities
POLICIES
 Library borrowing and return
 Student Welfare policy and procedures
procedures
 Student code of conduct
 School bus arrangements and
 Discipline and classroom management
dismissal procedures
policies and procedures, including
 Collection, recording and lodging of
detention procedures
student monies
 Smoking and alcohol policy
 Student excursion procedures and
 OHS Policy
requirements
 Sexual Harassment Policy
 Rollmarking and attendance including
 Individual School Drug Education
late passes etc
Policy
 Guidelines for teachers leaving and
 Assessment and Reporting policy and
returning to school during normal duty
procedures
hours
 Homework policy and procedures
 Emergencies, Displan, fire drill
 Technology policy relating to Internet
 First aid rooms, sick bays, facilities
usage by staff and students, e-mail
and procedures, school nurse
protocols
 Reporting hazards and accidents
 School uniform policy
Lockers
 Authentication policies
 Student access to classrooms
 Late work policy/ Flexible Work
 Students with medical conditions
Options policy
requiring special notice/management
 Program for Students with Disabilities
 Phone system
- policies and procedures
 Awards to recognise student and staff
COMMUNICATION
achievement
 Newsletters
 Security – lock–up times/keys/alarms
 Daily bulletins and announcements
 Exiting students from class procedures
 Meetings schedules (briefings, staff,
 Staffroom duty rosters &
departments, KLA areas, committees
arrangements
etc.)
 Parent-Teacher meetings
 Assemblies
 Sports
GENERAL GUIDELINES &
 Students on individual learning plans
PROCEDURES
 Instrumental Music
 Wet day timetable and procedures
 Working with Integration
 Canteen procedures
Aides/teacher assistants
Supporting Documents – Induction in Effective Schools
DE&T
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OFFICE PROCEDURES
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Photocopying
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
Word processing and computer
interviews, booking cars, buses and
applications
other school facilities

Room bookings for meetings &

Requisitioning supplies and equipment
Telephones, including making and

Borrowing equipment from school -
receiving personal calls. (Provide
guidelines for borrowing
relevant telephone directories eg

Filing systems
school, Region, DE&T central)

Mail (sending and receiving)

Fax machine usage
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Petty Cash

Student records

Tea money

Staff personal records
EQUIPMENT
Teachers should be given, if necessary, a demonstration of specific equipment to be used,
and an explanation of where and how to obtain equipment, maintenance and repairs.
 Facsimile(s)
 Video recorders, overhead projectors,

Photocopiers
slide projectors, datashow projectors,

Computers, including CD-ROMs
cameras

Printers

Scanners

Using SOFWeb, Edumail
MOVING AROUND

Motor vehicles

Car/Bus keys

Use of public transport

Accidents

Insurance and travel claim entitlement

Petrol purchases

Private mileage claims

Car Maintenance

Logbook/sheets if applicable

Rail travel
SCHOOL OPERATIONS AND DAILY ORGANISATION

Starting and finishing times

Recess and lunch breaks (students eating areas)

Bell times

Yard duty arrangements & supervision (wet day timetable)

Vacation arrangements

Who to call when sick

Procedures for leaving work for students if away from school
Supporting Documents – Induction in Effective Schools
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DE&T
Supporting Documents – Induction in Effective Schools
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DE&T