School Law: Managing Whole of School, WHS and Offsite Risks
Issues covered include: enterprise risk management, offsite risk, student duty of care, sporting activities, WHS
Description
Training on risk for school leaders is especially relevant with recent press coverage given to the many risks that affect schools: air-quality, bushfire, sexual assault, family law issues and now medical pandemics and emergencies. Attend this webinar to better understand how to design, implement, and monitor legal risk in your school.
- There will be the ability to ask questions at the conclusion of each session via the online question portal.
- As well as online attendance, all delegates will receive recordings of each of the sessions after the webcast that can be viewed again at any time or shared with other colleagues.
- One registration will allow for multiple people from your school to attend the webcast.
For Lawyers
Attend and earn 3 CPD points in Competency Area 4: Substantive Law
This program is based on WA legislation
For Teachers
Attend and earn 3 PD points
Attending this conference will contribute 3 hours of Professional Learning addressing the standards as listed from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher registration in Western Australia.
4: Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments
7: Engage professionally with colleagues
Chair: Lynette McGivern, Director of Service Learning and Leadership and Teacher, Wesley College; former Vice-President, Political and Legal Educators Association of WA
9.00am to 10.00am: Practical Tips for Implementing an Enterprise Risk Management Program in Your School
- What is risk?
- Understanding the separation of operational and strategic risk
- Risk reporting across your school
- Managing emergencies: bushfires and pandemics
- Use of risk control effectiveness surveys
- Board risk reporting
Presented by James Field, Chief Executive Officer, Complispace
10.00am to 10.05am: Break
10.05am to 11.05am: THE STUDENT DUTY OF CARE RISK: MANAGING OFFSITE RISK
The Student Duty of Care Risk: Overview of Key Legal Issues
- Key legal Issues to Consider and Navigating the Risks
- Duty of care – to whom is a duty of care owed?
- Liability - who is liable and for what?
- General reporting obligations
- Workplace health and safety
- Student conduct & bullying
Sporting Activities and Other Risks
- Identifying risks for activities during a pandemic
- Sports (including contact sports)
- School drop off/pick up and parent contact
- Coronavirus outbreaks
Presented by Gina Nogal, Associate, HHG Legal Group
11.05am to 11.10am: Break
11.10am to 12.10pm: Adjusting to WA’s New Work Health and Safety (WHS) Laws: Managing WHS Risks at Schools
- Understanding the new Work Health and Safety (WHS) legislation for WA
- How the WHS legal obligations apply to schools as places of work
- Differences you need to know between the new WHS laws and the existing laws
- Corporate duties and liability of your school in its capacity as a ‘businesses or undertakings’ under the new WHS laws
- Your new personal duties and liability as school board member, director, executive and senior school leader under the new WHS laws
- Health and safety hazard and risk mitigation requirements and methods relating to educational settings
- Insights into Work health and safety as a part of your schools social responsibility and ‘licence to operate’
Presented by Michael Morgan, Consultant, Kott Gunning
12.10pm to 12.15pm: Final Q & A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Testimonials
A useful day. Thank you.
Very relevant topics and comprehensive notes.