Management of conduct and performance

This policy was consolidated into the Professional and ethical standards policy under the 2023 Policy and procedure review program on 29/08/2024.

Document history

2024 Aug 29 – Management of conduct and performance policy consolidated with the Professional and ethical standards policy and removed from the policy library. Approved by the Executive Director, Professional and Ethical Standards.

2024 May 21 - updated titles and references in policy document 'Guidelines for the Management of Conduct and Performance'.

2023 Dec 15 - Mandatory vaccination requirements under a direction and determination applying to teaching and school administrative and support staff has been rescinded by the Secretary. In line with this decision the policy statement has been updated accordingly and the Management of Conduct related to Non-Compliance with Covid-19 Vaccination Requirements Guidelines implementation document has been removed.

2023 Sep 29 - updated implementation document, Guidelines for the Management of Conduct and Performance. Updated references and links to to align with the introduction of the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022.

2021 Nov 12 - updated the policy statement to reflect the new requirements for managing misconduct in relation to non-compliance with the department's COVID-19 vaccination requirements, Public Health Orders, industrial determinations and any directions for implementing these.

Added new guidelines, Management of Conduct Related to Non-Compliance with COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements, which apply to permanent employees employed under the Teaching Service Act 1980 and the Education (School Administrative and Support Staff) Act 1987. This reflects the new requirements, from 18 October 2021, the department requires full vaccination against COVID-19 for all staff working on government school sites operating under Level 3 plus settings. The Education Public Health Order, signed by the Minister for Health and Medical Research, also requires any worker (including volunteers) to be fully vaccinated before working on any school site from 8 November 2021.

2021 Feb 10 - Minor update to policy with the addition of the impairment procedures implementation document.

2020 Jun - this is a routine update which includes text revisions, updating contact details, repairing broken links and removal of references to previous legislation to the policy and implementation document.

Superseded documents

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