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Issues covered include: Parents, legal disasters, Privacy law, mental and physical health of staff, misconduct, disability and discrimination obligations, race, sex and gender identity, children with physical and learning disabilities
One mistake and you may find your school besieged by angry parents, your inbox bursting with emails from lawyers, your calendar filled with court dates, and your students caught in the middle. Avoid the many legal risks facing schools with practical guides and indispensable legal insights into problematic parents, staff snafus, privacy risks and discrimination dangers.
Attend and earn 6 CPD points in Competency Area 4: Substantive Law
This conference was recorded in WA on 12 June 2019
Teacher Knows Best – How to Avert Legal Disaster
Chair: Karen Prendergast, Principal, Lumen Christi College
9.00am to 10.00am: Parents Behaving Badly: What you can and Cannot say
Presented by Rochelle Airey, Senior Associate, HWL Ebsworth
10.00am to 11.00am: Privacy Law: Is Your School Prepared?
Your school could face penalties of up to $1.8 million if it fails to protect the privacy of its students, parents, volunteers and staff. Are you 100% prepared?
Presented by Leslie Buchbinder, Director, Bowen Buchbinder, Vilensky
11.00am to 11.15am Morning Tea
11.15am to 12.15pm: Managing Staff Mental and Physical Health
Presented by Liz Carbone, Advocate, The State School Teachers’ Union of W.A. (Inc.)
12.15pm to 1.15pm: Effectively Managing Substandard Performance and Inappropriate Conduct/Misconduct
Presented by Murray Thornhill, Director and Gemma Wheeler-Carver, Solicitor, HHG Legal Group
Meeting Your Disability and Discrimination Obligations
Chair: Dr Julie Harris, Director of Teaching and Learning, Guildford Grammar School
2.00pm to 2.45pm: Minimising the Risks for Staff and Students Regarding Race, Sex and Gender Identity Discrimination
Presented by Allan Macdonald, Senior Legal Officer, Equal Opportunity Commission
2.45pm to 3.30pm: Religious Educational Institutions and Sex Discrimination
Consider the Discrimination Free Schools Bill 2018 and the proposed removal of religious exemptions under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SDA)
Presented by Agnes McKay, Principal, Agnes McKay Law Practice
3.30pm to 4.15pm: Supporting Children with Physical or Learning Disabilities: Obligations and Best Practice
Presented by Professor Joan Squelch, Dean, School of Law, University of Notre Dame
Parmelia Hilton
Level 1, Meeting Room, 14 Mill Street
Perth 6000
WA
Australia