Personnel and Employment

 This policy documents how the Greenmeadows Board of Trustees will ensure that it meets its obligations under National Administration Goal 3 to: 

i. develop and implement personnel and industrial policies, with policy and procedural frameworks set by the Government from time to time, which promote high levels of staff performance, use educational resources effectively and recognise the needs of students. 

ii. be a good employer as defined in the State Sector Act 1988 and comply with the conditions contained in employment contracts applying to teaching and non-teaching staff. 

The Board of Trustees will meet these obligations through the development and implementation of the following:  

Staff Appointment and Induction Procedures to ensure appointment processes are fair, confidential and comply with the relevant employment agreements and legislative requirements.  

Staff Employment Procedures to ensure the Board of Trustees meets its obligations as a good employer, promoting the highest standards of teaching and learning through quality employment practises.  These procedures will include information relating to:

• Teacher Registration and Practising Certificates

• Classroom Release Time

• Performance Management

• Professional Development

• Attestation

• Allocation of Management units

• Beginning Teacher Induction Programmes

• Equal Employment Opportunities

Staff Leave Procedures to ensure that staff leave is managed in accordance with Employment Agreements, that discretionary leave is granted in a consistent way and that disruption to children’s teaching and learning is kept to a minimum. 

Protected Disclosures Procedures to provide information to employees who wish to report serious wrongdoing within the school, in compliance with the Protected Disclosures Act 2000.

Procedures to Promote and Protect Individual Privacy to ensure compliance with the principles contained in the Privacy Act 1993.

Procedures for Complaint to provide the school’s community with procedures to follow if they have a concern or complaint and to ensure the school responds in a fair and consistent manner.

Sexual Harassment Procedures to ensure that no form of sexual harassment occurs within the school or during any school related activity.  The procedures also outline the process to be followed should a complaint occur.