
Edmund Rice Secondary School
Carrick-on-Suir
ADMINISTRATION & TEACHING POLICIES

1. Admissions and Participation Policy
This policy outlines the procedures required if enrolling in The Edmund Rice Secondary School. We are a welcoming school that values the views of students and parents. The school is inclusive and welcomes students of all faiths and none. Celebrating diversity and difference in values is important in an Edmund Rice school. Currently under review - updated version available soon

2. Attendance and Participation Policy
Progress at school requires the best level of attendance and punctuality because both are essential for efficient class work and to optimise educational outcomes. The aim of the School Attendance Policy is to provide an environment that encourages all students to attend regularly and punctually

5. Visiting Speaker Policy
The school recognises that outside facilitators can play a valuable role in supporting and augmenting school programmes. Staff aim to seek speakers and outside contributors who best complement the subject matter and proposed learning outcomes of school curricula and programmes.

6. Pastrol Care Policy
Pastoral Care is an integral part of our mission and as such it needs a formal structure to ensure its effectiveness in our school community on a day by day basis and particularly at critical times.
Currently under review - updated version available soon

10. Student Teacher Placement Policy
School placement is a critical part of initial teacher education and is designed to give the student teacher an opportunity to experience teaching and learning in a real environment. This policy outlines the procedures to be followed to ensure the process works to the benefit of all members of the school community.

11. Teaching Staff Induction Policy
The aims of this policy are to ensure that the teacher who is new to our school settles into routines and feels confident and happy with the school’s ethos and procedures as quickly as possible. That they are confident to teach the prescribed schemes of work at the required level to a range of student abilities.

12. Droichead Policy
The Droichead process is an integrated professional induction framework for NQTs (Newly Qualified Teachers). The main objective of the Droichead process is to support the professional learning of NQTs during the induction phase, thus laying foundations for subsequent professional growth and learning for the next phase of their career.

13. Code of Conduct for School Personnel
The purpose of this policy is to set out a clear code of conduct for staff. In addition to this policy, all staff employed have an obligation to adhere to the Teaching Council Code of Behaviour
Currently under review - updated version available soon

14. Staff Leave Policy
This Policy contains information on Staff/Teacher's Leave of Absence from school under various circumstances and the procedures in place for each eventuality.
Currently under review - updated version available soon

15. Working Outside of Regular Hours Policy
This Policy contains information for times when staff are carrying out work outside of the normal school hours
Currently under review - updated version available soon