Student Code of Conduct

Cypress Avenue
Lower Templestowe 3107. Victoria.
Tel. (03) 9850 6333
Fax (03) 9852 0728

Principal:
Mr. David Tyson

Overseas Student Provider Code: 00861K

A Victorian State Secondary College.

The College wishes to promote a productive and harmonious learning environment. The student code of conduct seeks to establish the College’s guiding principles and practices for the management of student discipline and welfare whilst encouraging tolerance and respect for culture, gender, religion, race and disability.

PRINCIPLES
Our College is committed to providing for all students and staff a safe, caring and positive working environment in which discipline and welfare are seen as interrelated and reflect society’s norms. We recognise that students will develop best under conditions where they feel accepted and respected, and experience a sense of personal worth. The code of conduct is based on the following principles:

• Students have the right to be safe, to be treated with respect, to work and play without interference and to be treated fairly and consistently
• Students have the responsibility to follow the Student Code of Conduct
• Teachers have the right to teach in an environment of order, co-operation and mutual respect
• The Principal and staff have the responsibility to ensure a safe and fair environment conducive to a positive learning outcomes
• Parents or guardians have the right to expect that their children will be educated in a secure environment
• Parents or guardians have the responsibility to support the College in its efforts to administer the Student Code of Conduct
• Students, staff, parents and guardians have a mutual responsibility to adhere to the principles and practices of the Student Code of Conduct.

COLLEGE RULES
To ensure an optimum learning environment for students both within the precincts of the College and the wider community students are expected to:

• Behave in a courteous and co-operative manner
• Respect the physical and emotional well-being of all members of the College community
• Show respect for their own property, the property of others and that of the College
• Behave responsibly when in public to promote and enhance their image and that of the College
• Adhere to the College rules as set out in the Student Planner

APPROACH TO DISCIPLINE
The College considers it important to adopt a positive approach to the management of student behaviour, which encourages mutual respect and courtesy, and develops and acknowledges personal responsibility and self-discipline.

The College is committed to the following strategies:
• Recognise individual differences
• Resolve discipline matters at the College level
• Acknowledge and reinforce exemplary behaviour
• Enable students to develop their talents, interests and ambitions
• Promote a positive College spirit
• Discharge its responsibility to students fairly
• Foster a positive and responsible approach to learning

SANCTIONS
Where the Student Code of Behaviour has been breached, and depending on the severity of that breach, one or more of the following consequences will be applied:

• Counselling and/or caution
• Referral to Year Level Co-ordinator or Chaplain
• Referral to Assistant Principal/Principal as appropriate
• Parental contact
• Completion of set tasks to reinforce discipline requirements
• Referral to DE&T approved agencies
• Loss of privileges
• Repair or replacement for damage to College and individual property
• Discipline meetings
• Suspension procedures
• Expulsion in accordance with DE&T guidelines

In dealing with misconduct, the College will use a range of strategies appropriate and commensurate with the nature of the misconduct. Where a student’s behaviour is sufficiently serious to warrant suspension or expulsion, the College will adopt the procedures detailed in the DE&T policy document currently applicable.