Teachers

Every student has a right to feel safe at school. Every staff member has the same right to expect that schools will be free of discrimination and harassment.

A safe and supportive school begins with strong leadership. Principals and administrators have a responsibility to put effective strategies in place to provide students and teachers with progressive learning environments and real learning outcomes for all students.

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Safe Schools are effective schools

A safe school is an effective school and the Department of Education’s Blueprint website provides the framework for an effective Victorian government school system. Blueprint’s eight strategies for creating effective schools include:

safe and effective schools
professional leadership
focus on teaching and learning
purposeful tteaching
shared vision and goals
high expectation of all learners
accountability
learning communities
stimulating and secure learning environments

Read more about the Blueprint Strategies.

Find out more about Strategies for Safe and Effective Schools.

The National Safe Schools Framework

The National Safe Schools Framework is a collaborative effort by the Federal Government and state and territory government and non-government school authorities and other key stakeholders that presents a way of achieving a shared vision of physical and emotional safety and wellbeing for all students in all Australian schools.

Read more about the National Safe Schools Framework.

Knowledge Bank

is a collection of resources that supports the Blueprint for Government Schools, a framework for the Victorian government school system. On Knowledge Bank you will find case studies of exemplary and promising practice in Victorian education. Knowledge Bank also has Teacher Professional Leave reports and profiles current research in education and training