Rights

Student Rights

At McGlashan, students’ rights include:

·         the right to learn - at a fair, individual pace, from teachers who act professionally, who prepare adequately and who take the abilities of different individuals into account.

·         the right to teacher assistance

·         the right to work in a safe environment, free from bullying and intimidation from either students or teachers.

·      the right to tell their side in a dispute or conflict.

·         the right to be represented on the Board and to have their say in decisions which affect them.

Teachers’ Rights

We believe that teachers have rights also. They include:

·         the right to work in a pleasant and safe environment

·      the right to support from parents and from colleagues.

·         the right to be involved in decision-making within the school (in curriculum, school organisation and management)

·         the right to be treated with courtesy by students, parents, other teachers and Board members.

·         the right to remove students from class when they disrupt other people’s rights to learn or to safe movement.

·         the right to contact, and to back-up and cooperation from, par­ents and to be informed of family situations and home problems which may affect behaviour and attitudes at school.

·         The right to seek job satisfaction