POLICY DOCUMENTS OF
THE NSW DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND COMMONWEALTH
GOVERNMENT
[NSW
DET Policy list]
[DEST
Policies]
Knowledge and implementation of mandated policy
documents is required of all teachers in the NSW Department of School
Education. Commonwealth policy documents should be examined in
relation to issues such as the education of girls and Aboriginal
education. Examples of important Commonwealth reports follow the DET
list.
NSW DET website
The Website for the NSW Deaprtment of Education
and Training is: http://www.det.nsw.gov.au
Recent policy documents should be available on
this site.
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Curriculum Library List of Policy
documents
The Curriculum Library in Fisher has collected
the latest versions of important policy documents. The on-line list
is at:
http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/curriculum/policy.html
The following documents are now available also
via electronic reserve (use the Library
Search function to search "Electronic
Resources"):
- Anti-racism policy statement / NSW
Department of School Education. New South Wales. Dept. of School
Education. Electronic item -- --
- Child protection : procedures to be
followed in response to allegations of improper conduct of a sex,
New South Wales. Dept. of School Education. Electronic item
-- --
- Girls and boys at school : gender equity
strategy, 1996-2001 / Specific Focus Programs Directorate. (no
author). Electronic item -- --
- Multicultural education plan 1993-1997 /
Department of School Education. New South Wales. Dept. of School
Education. Electronic item -- --
- Multicultural education policy statement
1983 / N.S.W. Department of Education. New South Wales. Dept. of
Education. Electronic item -- --
- Responding to suggestions, complaints and
allegations : effective 23 April 2001 / New South Wales Dept. New
South Wales. Dept. of Education and Training. Electronic item --
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A list of
Important DET Policies
- Aboriginal Education Policy (1996) (plus
support documents from 1982 Aboriginal Education
Policy).
- AIDS Policy
- Animals in Schools (2000)
- Anti-Racism Policy Statement
- Anti-Racism Grievance
Procedures
- Child Protection: Procedures for
Recognising and Notifying Child Abuse and Neglect (update
2001)
- Child Protection: Procedures to be followed
in Response to Allegations of Improper Conduct of a Sexual Nature
by a Staff Member Against a Student (updated procedures in
2001)
- Classroom Strategies for Equal
Opportunity
- Codes of Behaviour for School Sport
(revised 1989)
- Community Language Allowance Scheme
(2001)
- Computers and Technology in Schools
(1995)
- Educational Excursions, Sport and Other
Visits
- Enrolment of students in government schools
(1997)
- Environmental Education (2001)
- Family Law Policy
- Girls and Boys at School &emdash; Gender
Equity Strategy 1996-2001
- Implementation of the NSW Charter of
Principles for a Culturally Diverse Society
- Integration Teacher Policy and Guidelines -
1991
- Multicultural Education Policy (plus
support documents)
- Policy for the Education of Gifted and
Talented Students
- Implementation Strategies for the Education
of Gifted and Talented Students
- Procedures for Suspension and Expulsion of
School Students (1999)
- Special Education Policy
- Student Welfare, Good Discipline and
Effective Learning (1996)
- Good Discipline and Effective
Learning
- The School Discipline Policy
- Implementing the Student Welfare
Policy
- Who’s Going to Teach My Child? A Guide
for Parents of Children with Special Needs
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Important NSW Legislation
and Reports
Education Reform Act (1989)
Report of the Committee of Review of NSW
Schools (Carrick Report)
Schools Renewal (1989) (Scott
Report)
Shaping Their Future (Recommendations for
Reform of the Higher School Certificate) (White Paper - May
1997).
COMMONWEALTH
GOVERNMENT REPORTS AND POLICIES
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Education Policy: Joint Policy Statement
National Goals for Australian
Schools
National Profiles
Post-Compulsory Education and Training (Finn
Report)
Putting General Education to Work (Mayer
Report)
The Review of the National Policy for the
Education of Girls in Australian Schools
The School Education section of the
Commonwealth Deaprtment of Education, Science and Training (DEST)
contains many fo these reports and policies including ones
on:
- Boys' Education
- School Drug Education
- Guidelines for Schools
Programmes
- Literacy and Numeracy
- National Education Framework for
Schools
- National Goals for Schooling in the
Twenty-first Century
- National Institute for Quality Teaching and
School Leadership
http://www.dest.gov.au/edu/school_index.htm
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Last updated: 18 May
2004