Guiding Statements
Aims of this Document:
This document is aimed at specifying the basis and timeline of the review of all the documents that guide the school in all its operations.
Focus of the Review:
- The School’s Motto
- The Vision, Mission and Objectives
- Policy Documents
Review
- The School’s Motto, the Vision, Mission and Objectives, and the Policy Documents will be reviewed regularly in consultation with the constituent groups of the school, that is, the Principal, the Senior Management, the Academic Council, the teachers, the support staff and the students
- The school’s Guiding Statements are revisited every year by a team of teachers and students. When a change is recommended there are several meetings involving discussions among all the constituent groups of the school. The change will be incorporated when there is a consensus of all the stake holders. This Review Policy will be revisited every three years.
- If the Guiding Statements are to be modified by the review committee, survey questionnaires will be circulated and the results evaluated to gather the agreement percentage of the stakeholders with regard to the change
- When the change is agreed upon by the Head of School based on the data gathered the change is incorporated in all the school documents which serve as the guide to the school operations
- During a self-study process for the purposes of accreditation, re- accreditation / evaluation, affiliation or re-affiliation, the Guiding Statements may be reviewed and any necessary change incorporated following the same afore-mentioned process (consultative process followed by a survey)
- Academic Honesty Policy – Its rules are subject to review and change every three years
- Admissions Policy – Its rules are subject to review and change every three years
- Assessment Policy – is subject to review and changes every three years
- Child Protection Policy – Its rules are subject to review and change every three years
- Counselling Policy – is subject to review and changes every three years
- IT Policy – is subject to review and change as per the requirement
- Language Policy – Its rules are subject to review and change every three years
- Special Education Needs Policy – is subject to review and change every three years
- Teaching and Learning Policy – is subject to review and change every three years
CONCLUSION
Reading the walls of the period timely renewal and updating of the policies are made mandatory at St. Elizabeth Public School.
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