Schools and school boarding premises must ensure that child safety and wellbeing is embedded in school or school boarding premises, leadership, governance and culture.
Ministerial Order 1359
Description
These self-paced online learning modules are designed for school governing bodies, including school boards and councils. This professional learning will deepen knowledge and understanding of the governing body’s obligations in relation to the Child Safe Standards so that school policies, procedures and practices are compliant with Ministerial order 1359 and child safety is prioritised across all dimensions of the school culture.
Our online learning modules are specifically designed for members of school governing bodies, including boards and councils. This professional learning will deepen their understanding of their obligations in relation to child safety and compliance with the Child Safe Standards, in school environments. This training supports school governing bodies to meet their annual regulatory requirements and to effectively ensure the safety and wellbeing of children in educational settings. The 12 modules offer self-paced, interactive content, including scenario-based examples and quizzes, to deepen participants' knowledge of creating and maintaining child-safe schools. Each module is crafted to ensure participants can engage at their own pace, with progress saved as they advance, making it convenient to complete in a single session or at different times.
Outcome
By completing these modules, participants will be supported to:
- Explore the specific obligations of and the school governing body, focusing on both individual and collective responsibilities to ensure compliance and active promotion of child safety.
- Enhance understanding of the Child Safe Standards and their critical role in promoting the safety and wellbeing of children, within school environments.
- Learn to effectively identify potential risks to children and implement appropriate safeguards to mitigate these risks, ensuring a secure environment for all students.
- Develop strategies to enhance the participation and empowerment of students within the school, ensuring their voices are heard and factored into school policies and decisions.
- Enhance knowledge to effectively respond to and report allegations of child harm promptly and appropriately, adhering to legal and organisational procedures.
- Understand the essential components of an effective child-safe policy and learn how to develop or refine these policies to align with the Child Safe Standards across the school.
Additional Information
What is included?
The e-learning includes 12 self-paced modules; each module contains videos, interactive information, scenarios and quizzes. Content includes:
- Our Individual Responsibilities
- Responsibilities of the Governing Authority
- Standard 1 – Culturally Safe Environments
- Standard 2 – Leadership Governance and Culture
- Standard 3 – Child and Student Empowerment
- Standard 4 – Family Engagement
- Standard 5 – Diversity and Equity
- Standard 6 – Suitable Staff and Volunteers
- Standard 7 – Complaints Processes
- Standard 8 – Child Safety Knowledge, Skills and Awareness
- Standard 9 – Child Safety in Physical and Online Environments
Standard 10 & 11 – Review and Implementation of Child Safety Practices
Average completion time for the modules is 1 hour. In addition, it is expected that professionals will engage in further reflection and discussion; therefore, the anticipated hours of total professional learning might be 3-4 hours.
Who is this e-learning for?
This e-learning is designed for those working in a governing capacity of a school in Victoria; this would include schools boards and councils. Participants will be provided access to a self-paced e-learn comprising 12 modules.
Participants are provided access to the e-learn for 12 months. On purchasing this professional learning, you will acknowledge that this entitles you to 12-month access, expiring exactly 365 days after purchase.
Pricing
We have one purchase option available at a flat fee of $2000 for school governing bodies of varying sizes:
- Governing Bodies (multiple registrations): $2000
To purchase these modules:
If this is your first time visiting our site, please click ‘sign-in to register’. Enter your information including business information in the ‘my profile’ section. If you have registered before, please click ‘sign-in’ and navigate back to ‘learning and events’. Select your purchase option and then checkout. You can then choose to invoice your organisation or pay by credit card.
If you are purchasing multiple licences, we will contact you and request a spreadsheet of the names and emails of staff who require access.