Explain How School Policies And Procedures May Be Developed And Communicated

There are five stages to help implement a school-wide change. The first is “becoming informed” and this is the stage that centers on research and information gathering. The goal of the principal is to educate him/herself as much as possible so that he/she can better understand the benefits, concerns, and effectiveness of trying a new program in the building. This is also when any testing or screening would need to happen so that the principal can get a clearer picture of the needs within the school based on the current student population. The second stage is “building support” which is just as the name suggests. The goal of the administrator is to build support for the new changes and to have faculty buy-in so that teachers and staff members are motivated to make the change. Furthermore, this is a key time for the administrator to act as a leader and model so that he/she may inspire others to act and make positive choices in regards to the program. The next phase is “creating an action plan” which is usually with a small group of people hand selected by the administration. This group figures out the nuts and bolts of bringing the change into the school by looking at the schools readiness for such a program, funding, and gaining commitment from the staff. Also during this time, the administrator is setting goals, problem-solving, and finding ways to delegate and support those working on the plan. The fourth phase is “implementing the plan” and may seem like a time

A guideline to all staff on how pupil’s behaviour should be managed. It is important that this policy is constantly being applied to ensure full safety of the pupils; this is why all staff must be familiar with this policy.

Children Act 2006 – Is an Act that defines the new duties imposed on the Local Authorities in respect to improving the Every Child Matters outcomes for pre-school children. The Act also defines new rules in relation to childcare for working parents as well as parental information services. It is aimed at improving the well-being of young children. It emphasises the importance of safeguarding children and young people within an educational setting. If a child discloses neglect or abuse; an establishment should have instructions to help the child. This could be referral to an outside organisation or internally.

Our policy has high expectations for both staff and pupils, I have highlighted the expectations in my policy attached, see DKB 1 and DKB 2.

Obtain a copy of the mission statement or other statement reflecting the core beliefs and purpose of a school with which they are familiar and answer the following questions:

All schools must have policies that are designed to reflect the rights and responsibilities of those within the school. These policies should provide guidance to staff and visitors who attend the school on ways to ensure inclusive practise is used.

Is a guideline to all staff on how pupils behaviour should be managed. It is important that this policy is constantly being applied to ensure full safety of the pupils, this is why all staff MUST be familiar with this policy.

Describe why schools have policies and procedures and Identify the policies and procedures schools may have relating to:

There are several key pieces of legislation that impact on how schools manage the health and safety of both their employees, and others who come into contact with the school e.g pupils, support workers and parents. These pieces of legislation are:

As a school we are required to have policies and procedures for all the staff/adults and

All policies are important as they provide boundaries which to work by ensuring a teacher’s job is not put at risk and a child is not declined of their rights. The Grievance policy gives staff the freedom to make complaints following correct procedure and always be heard which is very important as it also gives staff the security of knowing they can approach their superiors if need be without

The first action-plan process we must monitor is the formation of the committee that will develop the action-plan. The principal will make certain all of the members of the committee have a strong desire to be on the committee because their interest in being an integral part of school improvement is imperative. The group development will be monitored through conversations with the committee members throughout the action-plan development and implementation. The principal will also provide a survey administered to the committee to gauge their perceived effectiveness while also maintaining an open door policy with all committee members so they may voice concerns to the principal

The pre-school’s organizational structure should be rearranged to fit the new functions in it. The pre-school would conduct a performance review for every staff and identify if the staff would be eligible for a promotion, a salary rise, a new Job description, or even to check if any training is required. People resisting change will be identified and

Strategy: Being that we are implementing a new school policy and there is already a start of the semester meeting for all the advisors of student organization groups, we think creating a powerpoint presentation explaining the new policy will be effective. The powerpoint will include as follows:

Policies at the school were identified as an area which needed improved by the students.