Student Safety & Staff Conduct - Managing High-Risk Behaviour – schools law Power Pair of recorded webinars

This Power Pair comprises 2 of our most popular schools law webinars from the past year.

Webinar 1: Identifying and Managing Problematic and Harmful Student Sexual Behaviour

Problematic and harmful peer on peer sexual behaviour is becoming more common within the school environment and can manifest itself in a variety of ways, some of which can be difficult to identify. Recent headlines have shown us that no school is immune. In this session, attendees will gain an understanding of the legal landscape as it relates to problematic or harmful sexual behaviour and will provide best practice guidance on managing these issues within a school setting. It covers:

• What constitutes problematic or harmful sexual behaviour?
• Legal obligations to identify, respond and report problematic or harmful sexual behaviour
• Obligations of staff if they form a suspicion of problematic or harmful sexual behaviour
• What constitutes reasonable steps to protect a student from problematic or harmful sexual behaviour by a peer?
• Requirements for documenting incidents, disclosures and allegations of problematic or harmful sexual behaviour
• Consequences of not reporting problematic or harmful sexual behaviour
• Lessons from recent examples

Webinar 2: Don’t Stand So Close to Me: Teacher Misconduct in The Age of Social Media

Recent news coverage has highlighted that training and compliance will not always be effective in preventing teachers from crossing professional boundaries with students in terms of misconduct. In this session, attendees will explore:

• The role of the teacher: special category of employment and obligations of fidelity, loyalty and trust
• What constitutes misconduct? Sexual misconduct, misuse of social media and inappropriate communications with students
• In what scenarios might misconduct occur?
• Formal reporting or school yard whispers: identifying and investigating misconduct
• Strategies for identifying, investigating and resolving misconduct.
• In what circumstances might misconduct warrant termination of employment?

Special Purchase Offer – The April Advantage

This pair of recorded webinars would usually cost $539, but as part of The April Advantage Offer you can buy the pair for only $330 if you order by 30.4.26.