Code of Conduct
Please see our Code of Conduct below. Our Code of Conduct also encompasses the following policies:
Code of Behaviour
Positive Communications
Anti-Bullying
Dignity in the Workplace
Complaints Procedure
Code of Professional Conduct
The Citywest ETNS Code of Conduct is the set of policies, practices and procedures that together form our schools’ plan for helping students to behave well and to learn well.
The Code of Conduct helps the school community to promote the school ethos, relationships, policies, procedures and practices that encourage acceptable behaviour and reduce unacceptable behaviour.
The Code of Conduct helps teachers, other members of staff, students and parents to work together for a happy, effective and safe school environment.
Our Code of Conduct expresses the vision, mission and values of Citywest ETNS and its Patron.
It renders the expectations of staff, parents and students into practical arrangements that will ensure continuity of instruction to all students. It helps to foster an orderly, harmonious and positive environment where high standards of behaviour are expected and supported.
School rules are there to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of all members of the Citywest ETNS community.
This Code of Conduct for Citywest ETNS includes the following policies:
Background
Relationship to characteristic spirit of the school
The aspiration of the school is to ensure that the individuality of each child is respected and that individual differences are celebrated, acknowledging the right of each child to an environment in which they can safely learn and grow. The entire school community has a part to play in contributing to this environment. The strength of this community, together with a high level of co-operation between staff, parents/guardians and children, will ensure a high standard of behaviour.
In Citywest ETNS, we recognise that each member of the school community - staff members, members of the Board of Management, parents, guardians, children and others - have the right to be treated with respect and consideration. Therefore, every effort will be made by all members of staff and Board to adopt a positive approach to the question of behaviour in the school.
The staff will use positive techniques of motivation and encouragement, placing greater emphasis on rewards rather than on sanctions.
Board of Management
The Board of Management is responsible for providing a safe and orderly environment for staff and students to work in.
The Board supports the staff in the application of a fair Code of Conduct and sanctions used.
The Board of Management of Citywest ETNS is responsible for the formation of all policies within the school and any procedures needed to deal with serious breaches of the Code of Conduct.
The Board of Management of Citywest ETNS has an active role in the ongoing review and revision of policies including those within the Code of Conduct.
Aims
The introduction of this Code of Conduct is to:
This Code was ratified by the Board of Management on 19th May 2014 and is due for review in February 2015.
Appendix A - Section 23 Education (Welfare) Act 2000
23.—(1) The board of management of a recognised school shall, after consultation with the principal of, the teachers teaching at, the parents of students registered at, and the educational welfare officer assigned functions in relation to, that school, prepare, in accordance with subsection (2), a code of behaviour in respect of the students registered at the school (hereafter in this section referred to as a ‘‘code of behaviour’’).
(2) A code of behaviour shall specify--
(4) The principal of a recognised school shall, before registering a child as a student at that school in accordance with section 20, provide the parents of such child with a copy of the code of behaviour in respect of the school and may, as a condition of so registering such child, require his or her parents to confirm in writing that the code of behaviour so provided is acceptable to them and that they shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure compliance with such code by the child.
(5) The principal of a recognised school shall, on a request being made by a student registered at the school or a parent of such a student, provide the student or parent, as the case may be, with a copy of the code of behaviour in respect of the school concerned.
Code of Behaviour
Positive Communications
Anti-Bullying
Dignity in the Workplace
Complaints Procedure
Code of Professional Conduct
The Citywest ETNS Code of Conduct is the set of policies, practices and procedures that together form our schools’ plan for helping students to behave well and to learn well.
The Code of Conduct helps the school community to promote the school ethos, relationships, policies, procedures and practices that encourage acceptable behaviour and reduce unacceptable behaviour.
The Code of Conduct helps teachers, other members of staff, students and parents to work together for a happy, effective and safe school environment.
Our Code of Conduct expresses the vision, mission and values of Citywest ETNS and its Patron.
It renders the expectations of staff, parents and students into practical arrangements that will ensure continuity of instruction to all students. It helps to foster an orderly, harmonious and positive environment where high standards of behaviour are expected and supported.
School rules are there to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of all members of the Citywest ETNS community.
This Code of Conduct for Citywest ETNS includes the following policies:
- Code of Behaviour
- Positive Communication
- Anti-Bullying
- Dignity in the Workplace
- Complaints and Grievance Procedure
- Code of Professional Conduct
Background
Relationship to characteristic spirit of the school
The aspiration of the school is to ensure that the individuality of each child is respected and that individual differences are celebrated, acknowledging the right of each child to an environment in which they can safely learn and grow. The entire school community has a part to play in contributing to this environment. The strength of this community, together with a high level of co-operation between staff, parents/guardians and children, will ensure a high standard of behaviour.
In Citywest ETNS, we recognise that each member of the school community - staff members, members of the Board of Management, parents, guardians, children and others - have the right to be treated with respect and consideration. Therefore, every effort will be made by all members of staff and Board to adopt a positive approach to the question of behaviour in the school.
The staff will use positive techniques of motivation and encouragement, placing greater emphasis on rewards rather than on sanctions.
Board of Management
The Board of Management is responsible for providing a safe and orderly environment for staff and students to work in.
The Board supports the staff in the application of a fair Code of Conduct and sanctions used.
The Board of Management of Citywest ETNS is responsible for the formation of all policies within the school and any procedures needed to deal with serious breaches of the Code of Conduct.
The Board of Management of Citywest ETNS has an active role in the ongoing review and revision of policies including those within the Code of Conduct.
Aims
The introduction of this Code of Conduct is to:
- Ensure the safety and well-being of all members of the school community
- Allow the school to function in an orderly way where all children can make progress in all aspects of their development
- Assist staff members, parents, guardians and students in understanding the policies, systems and procedures that form part of the Code of Conduct and to ensure their co-operation in the application of these policies and procedures
- Ensure that the system of rules, rewards and sanctions are implemented in a fair and consistent manner throughout the school.
- Ensure an educational environment that is guided by our Educate Together ethos
- Create an atmosphere of respect, acceptance, open-mindedness and consideration for others
- Promote positive behaviour and self-discipline, recognising the differences between children and the need to accommodate and accept these differences
This Code was ratified by the Board of Management on 19th May 2014 and is due for review in February 2015.
Appendix A - Section 23 Education (Welfare) Act 2000
23.—(1) The board of management of a recognised school shall, after consultation with the principal of, the teachers teaching at, the parents of students registered at, and the educational welfare officer assigned functions in relation to, that school, prepare, in accordance with subsection (2), a code of behaviour in respect of the students registered at the school (hereafter in this section referred to as a ‘‘code of behaviour’’).
(2) A code of behaviour shall specify--
- the standards of behaviour that shall be observed by each student attending the school;
- the measures that may be taken when a student fails or refuses to observe those standards;
- the procedures to be followed before a student may be suspended or expelled from the school concerned;
- the grounds for removing a suspension imposed in relation to a student; and
- the procedures to be followed relating to notification of a child’s absence from school.
(4) The principal of a recognised school shall, before registering a child as a student at that school in accordance with section 20, provide the parents of such child with a copy of the code of behaviour in respect of the school and may, as a condition of so registering such child, require his or her parents to confirm in writing that the code of behaviour so provided is acceptable to them and that they shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure compliance with such code by the child.
(5) The principal of a recognised school shall, on a request being made by a student registered at the school or a parent of such a student, provide the student or parent, as the case may be, with a copy of the code of behaviour in respect of the school concerned.