Education Support: Policies and Procedures in Schools

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Part A
(a)
School policies and procedures come with uncountable benefits to everyone involved
therein. They also act as a guide in development of the rules and regulations that helps in
facilitating behaviors that re acceptable by everyone. It also ensures that the environment created
is acceptable both to the teaching and no-teaching staffs band to all students. For a school to
enhance high quality learning, policies must be set to help in goals development. These policies
also act as a link between the school and the entire world as well as making them socially
responsible since they are goal oriented. Amaroo is a school located in the northern of Canberra
in Australia. It has done a lot in ensuring that students maintain good behavior and this is by
formulating policies and procedures that promotes this. Statistics show that this has been one of
the best performing school in Australia and it is believed that this is because of the school
administration efforts. Here is a number of the policies.
 Policy against bullying in school.
 Policy against sexual mishandling.
 Intermediate caring of the student policy
 Student behavior policy.
 Disorderly eating policy.
 Intruders policy
 Proper and acceptable mobile phone policy.
 Troubled and suffering child policy.

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However, this document was not covering all areas due to some of the lope holes
identified. Exam cheating has been one of the major challenge affecting many school but this
policy had not addressed it either. Corruption too has been rampart in schools eroding integrity.
The policies have not addressed it neither.
(b)
Disruptive behavior Communicative function Support strategies to redirect
behavior or diffuse situation
Bullying of other students
especially them in the lower
grades.
Students practicing this behavior
were suffering from rejection
either from parents or from the
teachers. This was a behavior to
counter their inner feeling by
trying to prove that they were
well able too. All they were
seeking is attention.
Offering counsel was to such
students was the most important
thing. Punishment would not
help since it would make them
even wilder. A way of
appreciating the small
achievements of such students
was to be seeked to ensure they
felt as part of the team
Use of abusive language in class
and the school environments
They were not having an
appropriate way of expressing
themselves. The only way they
had was to use such language.
Create ways where students can
air their grievances. This could
be possible by creating tools
such as suggestion box amongst
others. This would help in
avoiding such problems.

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Failure of completing
assignment in due time.
They were implying that the
work was too much to handle or
that they did not have enough
time to complete these tests.
These could be completed either
by giving the student a good
duration to deliver their
assignments or even reduce the
quantity of work offered at a go.
(c)
I was helping in teaching music at Amaroo during my placement. I understood that culture
influences behavior in a class by the following activities:
a) The students could not have started a term without knowing the whereabouts of their
fellows who had not arrived.
b) They also shared with them that had needs in the class. This promoted a positive behavior
of respect for one another in the classroom. Cases such as bullying were unheard of in
this class.
This had its advantages and disadvantages. It helped in the mitigation of the ills such as
bullying, selfishness and theft in the classroom. The student owned each other in a manner
that could not be explained. However, this had its disadvantages too; the student could go to
the extent of breaking the rules so as to cover their fellow. For example, they would lie as a
cover-up of their friends. This brotherhood could be encouraged by constantly showing them
the importance of unity and oneness in a classroom. The demerits are however to be avoided