Rights and Responsibilities

All members of our college community have rights and responsibilities

We all have the right to:

• Be treated with respect

• Be accepted as individuals

• Feel safe everywhere at school and when representing the college in other locations

• Be listened to and have our opinions respected

• Have our property respected

We all have the responsibility to:

• Respect, care for others and to treat others the way they would like to be treated

• Listen to others and respect their opinions

• Try to repair the harm or make things right when things go wrong

• Take care of personal and college property

Parents' rights and responsibilities:

• Parents have the right to expect that their children will be educated in a secure environment in which care, courtesy and respect for the rights of others are encouraged

• Parents have an obligation to support the college in its efforts to maintain a positive teaching and learning environment

• Parents have a right to be respected and treated as the major influence in a child’s development

• Parents have a right to have access to staff at a mutually arranged time

• Parents have a responsibility to encourage good behaviour habits in their children and to encourage their children to accept college rules and to support the college in putting the Code of Conduct into practice

• Parents have a responsibility to keep sick children at home and to report this to the college by a phone call and note. Students should also get a good sleep at night

• Parents have a responsibility to keep the college informed of their current phone number, address and an emergency contact person

• Parents have a responsibility to collect their child from the college when contacted to do so

Teachers' rights and responsibilities:

• Teachers have the right to expect that they will be able to teach in an orderly and cooperative environment

• Teachers have a right to expect strong support from the college community (Principal, staff, school council and parents) in following the Code of Conduct

• Teachers have the responsibility to accept college rules and to encourage all others to accept college rules

• Teachers have a responsibility to see that all aspects of the Code of Conduct are consistently implemented

• Principals and staff have an obligation to fairly, reasonably and consistently implement student behaviour management guidelines

Students' rights and responsibilities:

• Students have a responsibility to allow other students to learn

• Students have a right not to have others interfere with their work or activities

• Students have a responsibility to follow college rules

• Students have a responsibility to strive for their best in everything they do

• Students have a responsibility to come to school and to be on time unless they are sick or have a special reason

• Students have a responsibility to wear the complete College uniform correctly whilst at school, on college business, or travelling to and from school