Part Two: Good practice
These Guidelines provide good practice advice for principals and boards of trustees for managing behaviour that may or may not lead to stand-downs, suspensions, exclusions and expulsions.
In this section
- Preface
- The purpose of this document is to assist current practice in relation to serious behavioural incidents at your school, including serious misconduct and/or violent behaviour that may or may not result in stand-downs and suspensions
- Foreword
- Staying at school will help ensure that New Zealand children are equipped with the skills and qualifications they need to succeed and make valuable contributions to their communities, the economy and society
- Section 1: Contingency planning
- Information your school can use to be prepared, understand the situation, communicate with your local community and act quickly to manage incidents relating to student behaviour
- Section 2: Creating procedures and processes
- Information about procedures and processes that your school can use when investigating and interviewing students, managing student behaviour, considering affects on others and taking into account students who have special education needs
- Section 3: Actions of last resort
- Information to support your school with managing and documenting suspensions, exclusions and complaints
- Appendix: Model letters
- Model letters for use by principals and boards of trustees