CODE OF CONDUCT: COLLEGE

Crawford International (July 2021)

CODE OF CONDUCT: COLLEGE

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Contents

The Code of Conduct ...................................................................................................... 4 Applicability ..................................................................................................................... 4 Rationale for the code and its provisions. ........................................................................ 5 General Rules and requirements ..................................................................................... 6 4.1 Reporting ..................................................................................................................... 6 4.2 Legal conduct .............................................................................................................. 6 4.3 Disciplinary action at a previous school........................................................................ 6 4.4 Presence at school ...................................................................................................... 7 4.5 School rights and responsibilities for searches and security camera footage ............... 7 Inclusion, justice, and dignity ........................................................................................... 8 5.1 Anti-stereotype, anti-discrimination, and anti-prejudice ................................................ 8 5.2 Duty of care including the duty not to cause hurt or offence or exclusion or to damage dignity .................................................................................................................................... 8 Academic Conduct .........................................................................................................10 Coherence between at school and away from school conduct........................................11 Coherence between online/digital and in person conduct: Digital Citizenship .................11 Acceptable Use of Information and Communications Technology ..................................12 9.1 Context and general requirements ..............................................................................12 9.2 Security, settings, and downloads ...............................................................................13 9.3 Focus on instructional time and other activities (in physical classes and online) .........14 9.4 Specific provision for conduct in online classes and sessions .....................................14 9.5 Social Media and content............................................................................................15 Drugs, Cigarettes, and other dependence producing substances ...................................16 Weapons and other dangerous items .............................................................................17 Bullying, campaigns of exclusion or marginalisation, belittling, physical, emotional, verbal, or sexual assault or threats of any of these. ..............................................................................17 School dress codes, multiforms, school symbols and associated matters. .....................18 13.1 General.......................................................................................................................18 13.2 Campus Casual "Multiform" ........................................................................................18 13.3 Step-out Multiform.......................................................................................................19 13.4 Hair .............................................................................................................................19 13.5 Piercings and tattoos ..................................................................................................20 13.6 Jewellery.....................................................................................................................20 13.7 Nails and make up ......................................................................................................20 Boarders' codes .............................................................................................................21 14.1 General.......................................................................................................................21 14.2 Access to Boarding Houses and boarder safety..........................................................21 14.3 Conduct in Boarding Houses ......................................................................................22 General principles related to investigation and hearings.................................................22 15.1 Values and Philosophy ...............................................................................................22 15.2 General Principles - responsibility of the School .........................................................23 15.3 Rights of an accused student ......................................................................................23

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Grievances .....................................................................................................................24 Level 1 transgressions: day to day violations of the code or other policy ........................24 Level 2 and 3 transgressions ..........................................................................................25 18.1 Reporting or initiating an investigation.........................................................................25 18.2 Conducting a preliminary investigation........................................................................25 18.3 Decision to proceed with the case against the student ................................................25 18.4 Notice of a hearing......................................................................................................26 18.5 The Committee ...........................................................................................................26 18.6 Hearing process..........................................................................................................27 18.7 Evidence and testimony ..............................................................................................27 18.8 Deliberation and finding ..............................................................................................28 18.9 Sanctions ....................................................................................................................29 Records ..........................................................................................................................30 Appeal Group Disciplinary Appeals Committee) .............................................................30 20.1 General.......................................................................................................................30 20.2 Process of appeal .......................................................................................................31 20.3 Meeting procedure ......................................................................................................32 Sanction and Level and Process Guidelines...................................................................33 21.1 General guidelines ......................................................................................................33 21.2 General sanction guidance .........................................................................................34 21.3 Guidance on demerits .................................................................................................36 Specific Provisions: Search And Seizure ........................................................................37 22.1 Definitions for this section of the policy .......................................................................37 22.2 Prohibition...................................................................................................................37 22.3 Search and Seizure ....................................................................................................38 22.3.1 General provisions ......................................................................................................38 22.3.2 The procedure for conducting a search.......................................................................39 22.3.3 The procedure to be followed in a body search of a student .......................................39 22.3.4 The procedure to be followed in conducting a search of a minor under the age of 12 years ...................................................................................................................................40 22.3.5 Procedure to be followed when a prohibited good is found on a student .....................40 Specific Provisions: Substance Abuse............................................................................40 23.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................40 23.2 Educational interventions on substances ....................................................................41 23.3 Illegal Substances.......................................................................................................41 23.4 Rehabilitation and Counselling....................................................................................41 23.5 The Distribution and Possession of Illegal Substances/Drugs .....................................42 23.6 Testing for Prohibited Substances ..............................................................................42 23.7 Procedure to be followed if an illegal drug or substance is found on a student............43 23.8 Grounds for reasonable suspicion...............................................................................43 23.9 Disciplinary Action.......................................................................................................44

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The Code of Conduct

At Crawford International, we endeavour to promote positive behaviour and interaction amongst all.

The main purpose of this Code of Conduct is to promote positive behaviour through ongoing positive reinforcement by staff. Reward for good behavior is intended to encourage all the creative and talented students to realise their full potential within a healthy, balanced, and safe environment.

The School supports a partnership between students, teachers, and parents/guardians to fulfil the obligation to teach students the role of responsible citizenship in a school community.

The promotion and protection of a safe, disciplined, and inclusive learning environment is necessary for effective teaching and learning in the school.

Value and brand statement

Crawford International offers each student a personalised and mentored learning journey to unlock their full potential. We inspire and support curiosity, inquiry and independent thinking for a connected, global world. Crawford International encourages free-spirited self-expression and choice. Crawford International is committed to academic excellence through:

providing an education that is locally and globally relevant, mastering future-focused skills, developing agency to empower students, and students experiencing a personalised learning journey.

Crawford International mentors students to become the changemakers of tomorrow.

Applicability

(a) The Code of Conduct applies to all students registered at the school, whether they are on the school premises, representing the School or identified as a member of the school community in their personal capacities in person or online including social media.

(b) References to the School include all the School's activities and places of presence ? physically and digitally.

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Rationale for the code and its provisions.

(a) The Code of Conduct (hereafter referred to as "The Codei"), seeks to protect the learning environment and the well-being of those at the school so that positive learning and development can take place. The Code aims to maintain or restore just, inclusive relationships and maintain an engaged, respectful learning environment.

As such, engagements in terms of the Code of Conduct as well as violations of that code draw on the principles of restorative justice. This always means that the process of managing the Code of Conduct is guided by the following:

i.

The processes will be guided by competent and impartial adults who enjoy the trust

of the school community and who are conscious of and responsive to power

imbalances, discrimination, and the developmental needs of young people. It follows

that the amount of authority given to senior children over the conduct of other

children should be very limited. The sanctions that students can impose on other

students will equally be limited and managed very tightly and transparently with a

high level of transparency. This is also true for adult imposed sanctions.

ii.

Wherever possible, the process will be inclusive and collaborative with clear and

ample opportunities provided for those involved to express their opinions.

iii.

Those that have been harmed should not be compelled to participate in processes

they do not wish to participate in and should be protected and supported when they

do, except where a law compels otherwise. Details of the process are confidential

although the sanction may not be if there is a need, determined by the Principal, for

the sanction to be communicated. In such an instance, the communication is limited

to the directly impacted people or those that need to know.

iv.

The process will be respectful.

v.

The Code of Conduct seeks to ensure a healthy teaching and learning environment

characterised by respect, diversity and inclusion, and violations of the code

undermine the rights of others to enjoy such an environment. In considering

sanctions, it is imperative to consider how the dignity, rights, and wellbeing of those

impacted by the violation will be protected or restored.

vi.

The process will give attention to genuine remorse and personal growth and

development.

vii.

The process will make the obligations of the offending student clear to both those

more immediately impacted and the community.

viii.

The process will aim to achieve transformative outcomes that equip students better

for their futures and that serve societal interests best.

ix.

There are some offences where the penalty cannot be reintegration into the school

environment of the student who offended because it does not serve the needs of the

dignity, safety, or emotional wellbeing of others in the school community.

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