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100
As the Year 12 Adviser your students give you $50 a year for the six years you helped them giving you a voucher for $300 at Westfield Miranda.
NO. Gifts beyond $50 must be declared to your supervisor.
100
You organise a wine tasting for staff after 3.30 pm in the common room for which you receive a $50 commission. Two English Extension Year 12 students, both of whom are over 18, are in the furthest block from the tasting with their teacher.
NO. Alcohol may not be brought on to the school premises and consumed when students/or children are present. (Also, staff cannot get a commission in their line of work from businesses, companies or other individuals.)
100
You use your access to Sentral to find the phone number of a new staff member that you would like to call for a social ‘adventure’.
NO. You are required to keep all local school information secure and should not use school data for personal reasons.
100
Year 10 are cutting loose at the end of the year so you decide to watch a G rated movie as part of a literacy exercise to regain control of the class. You do not send a note to the parents and no supervisor is aware of your actions.
YES. Any movie above G rating requires parental consent. Movies greater than M15+ and/or R rated cannot be shown with parental consent.
100
A Year 7 student is stranded after school on day 1 of high school after missing their bus. The parent cannot be contacted so you take two Year 12 students in your car with the Y7 student to get him home. You return to school with the two Y12 students. (You were able to contact all parents by phone and all agree to the arrangement.)
YES. Staff should never transport students under any circumstances on their own and always with written parental permission (where possible) Always have a least one other person in the car and preferably a staff member.
200
You use your credit card to purchase a power tool for the school valued at $350. The power tool was in your original budget in minor assets and you have a receipt.
NO. You cannot use your credit card as you may get a benefit in terms of ‘points’ from the purchase. Also all purchases over $100 inc, GST must have an official order form before purchase.
200
You attend a local church social dance and you are aware that a number of students whom you teach at the school will be present at the function.
YES. Teachers may attend social functions in a personal capacity even if students may be present as a result of their connection to the same organisation. A teacher would however need to exercise caution in terms of their behaviour at such a function.
200
You decide to use your desktop class computer to order your groceries online while your class completes a test.
NO. Personal matters should not interfere with your normal supervisory duties as a teacher.
200
You feel so strongly about the imminent slashing of State government funding to state schools you ring radio personality Ray Hadley to vent your fury on the bureaucrats.
NO. You cannot make political comment in the course of your duties or criticise your employer publicly.
200
You are asked by your Principal to supply copies of your Y10 programs to assist a teacher experiencing difficulty at a local school. You refuse because you have spent hours developing these programs and you know the teacher concerned is considered lazy and not deserving.
NO. Resources developed while you are undertaking your duties as a teacher are considered the intellectual property of the DoE.
300
You need cash fast so you accept a position outside of normal school hours as a bouncer. Your Principal is advised of this arrangement as the job is not connected to the school or interferes with your duties.
YES. Teachers must declare any secondary employment to their Principal and should not engage in any secondary employment that compromises the undertaking of their duties (There is a form to fill in for the Principal).
300
You are a PDHPE teacher and decide to use the school’s auditorium (indoor basketball court) on Saturday for your son’s 12th birthday bash. (Hey! Nobody else uses it on a weekend and you pay tax for these facilities!)
NO. To use the school facilities for private functions you must have a hire of facilities agreement with the school.
300
You set up your own Facebook Page for HSC students to communicate with you but specifically for school related purposes.
NO. You should always use approved DoE methods of communication with students eg Portal email, Google classroom.
300
A student is in the library sticking metal keys into a power point. As a member of the SASS you believe you do not have a ‘duty of care’ to students and as such decide not to intervene.
NO. Everyone employed by the DoE has a ‘duty of care’ to students and each other. Non teaching staff however have no supervisory role with students. This is the domain of the teaching staff.
300
The Code of Conduct covers ALL employees and even volunteers. (True or False?)
True
400
You have a number of out of date and surplus school computers that you decide to sell on eBay. You use the funds to buy your hard working Y12 class lunch for your end of course celebration. Your Principal is aware of the arrangement.
NO. School resources that are surplus must be condemned before they can be disposed. Sale is possible but should ordinarily involve a tender process and all funds should be placed into OASIS finance
400
You have just had a very difficult lesson with Year 9 period 6 Friday. You know smoking is banned but you decide to have an e-cigarette in your staffroom as this is not really a tobacco product.
NO. Smoking is not permitted on DoE premises at any time including ‘e cigarettes’. You may smoke off the premises if you wish but it would need to be before/after school or lunch break.
400
You ask the HT Administration not to record official leave against your name for a half day as you have almost exhausted all of your leave entitlement. You have no classes after 11.44 am on this day and so a casual does not need to be engaged.
NO. Teachers are paid on a 7 hour day and must be on duty form the nominated start time until the end of the 7 hour day. Otherwise you must submit an appropriate leave form.
400
The school has a Mufti day so a number of teachers decide to dress ‘unconventionally’ as a humourous way to raise money. The money raised goes to a well known school supported chari
NO. Revealing and provocative attire should not be worn by staff in undertaking their duties.
400
The Code of Conduct covers every situation that a DoE employee will encounter.(True or False?)
False
500
You are a member of the executive and become involved romantically with a married member of the SASS. You talk about it openly with your colleagues who are inquisitive.
YES. The DoE has no jurisdiction on adult relationships within the work place as long as they do not breach other aspects of the Code of Conduct.
500
You believe that NAPLAN tests are a waste of time and are counter productive for learning so you and your colleagues (who are all members of the NSWTF) to decide to boycott the tests despite directions by the Principal to undertake your duties.
NO. You must follow all reasonable duties as directed by the Principal that are within the scope of your ability as a teacher.
500
You decide to write a complimentary letter to the SMH praising the DoE's reform concerning LMBR.
YES. As an employee you cannot make critical comment regarding DoE in the course of your employment.
500
You borrow the school's mobile data projector for a 21st birthday and the Principal allows you.
YES. You must fill in the register of borrowed equipment and seek permission from your supervisor.
500
A student in your class has been particularly disobedient and to add insult, has used highly offensive language towards you in front of the class. They refuse to remain for lunch detention so you block the doorway to keep them in the room.
NO. You should never act in a manner that might be construed as aggressive behaviour towards a student.
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